garageband drums stereo spread vs spreader

Next set up a reverb bus so you can play with the front-to-back dimension. Is the delay panned on the same side as the guitar? Maybe try panning it to the opposite side for more width. The electric melody part has some delay on it.It sounds like you doubled the acoustic part maybe? How are those panned? Would wider be better?.The spoken part or the drum loop could work just as well panned hard left or right as down the middle.I don't think your pieces have to adhere to the normal rules for mixing rock music. Now that the mix has some room from top to bottom, you can work side-to-side. the monotone speaking part is sort of self-eq'd by its nature, but it wouldn't hurt to hi and lo pass it.the electric guitar can live in the midrange, that's what they do best.cut off everything below 200hz and everything above 2500hz and see what you think.let the drum loop have the bottom, chop off all its highs (those tinny cymbal sizzles aren't very appealing anyway, and you'll still hear them).let the acoustic guitar inhabit the high end, and chop out all its lows.Remember that you're mixing the *song* and not trying to flatter the drum machine or guitar. Start with using EQ to limit each element to its most essential frequencies. To get the space and dimension you're missing, you have to create some room for it to exist. As of now it sounds like each of the elements was EQ'd to sound good on its own rather than as a part of the mix. It sounds like you're going for a pretty dense mix with a lot of elements doing different parts, which is cool. There are a bunch of good articles online addressing this topic. So what can I do to give space, make my demos sound more professional, and generally create a wider and better sounding soundscape? Is it my choice of sounds? Do I need to pay more attention to competing frequencies? Any good (free!) plugins to add space? I've including a couple of examples below - please excuse lack of arrangements and voice/palying - these are demos/ideas. I have to say I have quite a bit of hearing loss in one ear (which doesn't help when mixing) I can hear the lovely wide spaces and stereo images on other recordings! My question is about creating space, wideness, and a really good stereo sound-field in my mixes - despite using different reverbs, panning, effects, recording several parts with different sounds to add textures, the mixes seem flat and one-dimensional.

I use the Apple Drummer, and for the odd (rare) keyboard part I just use the GarageBand sounds. I'm not a singer (!) but again, the recording sound is OK bearing in mind the limitations of my mics (and voice!). I have a couple of nice Focusrite plug-ins that came with the interface - the Red Compressor and EQ, and I am reasonably happy with my guitar sounds which I record DI'd through my pedalboard using a Tech21 Liverpool, or via the above mics and my Vox AC15 and Fender Super 60. I only really record demos - some for a duet I work in, others just for my pleasure or for the kids to get involved with. I use a Focurite Forte interface which is excellent quality, as well as a Rhode M3 and a Sure SM57. I now use Garageband - upgrading to Logic is out of the question for a long while yet - which I think is pretty good. I have been recording home demos for a quite a few years, using a variety of gear, starting with an Atari ST, graduating to Cubase and PCs, and using a few stand-alone recorders as well such as a Zoom 8 track. First post in this forum, I normally lurk in the Effect Pedal area.

Garageband drums stereo spread vs spreader