Mixing Help

To all pros,

I am trying some home recording and I have tried my best to mix the song. While I have recorded all the audio within the 0db level, all the combination is throwing some really high RED zone (over 0db) in the master track. How do we go about solving this? I don't seem to get the clipping sound but I better keep it below 0. I have tried to go through each track and automate the volume (lower) on that particular area but its becoming tedious. Plus, the whole song sounds so low in volume now.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I will also post the song and perhaps get some feedback about the mixing once this is fixed.

Thanks,
Chandra

Hand Synch II

Original lesson: Hand Synch II by Ben Higgins

Just another step on mastering alternate and inside picking. Thanks Ben. :)

Eureka Moment!

I am practicing one lesson that involves inside picking and I have been really struggling. I have probably practiced that for a month now or even more but everytime I play, its not clean. I have sat down again and again trying to analyze and I play slow and it sounds clean. The moment I play on tempo, its the same old story. So, for a few days, I got busy recording my music and what not and completely didn't touch the guitar for probably 2 days. Last night, my baby woke up at 2am and I had nothing to do. So, I sat down, grabbed the guitar and played slow without my funky right hand technique, trying to mimic what I see. I practiced quite a bit and my hand started to ache (it never happened). Then, I got tired and probably half a sleep but my fingers were still moving, slow and steady. Then I slept.

Woke up in the morning and played the lick. Suddenly, it felt my left hand moved faster and its much cleaner! Don't know what happened but this is the EUREKA moment. I have had this before but this one is so totally different.

I am sure you have had the same experiences.. Would love to hear yours?

Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Soundcheck

Hey Guys,

If you remember, I asked about getting a new Audio Interface sometime ago and I finally got a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20. Thank you all for helping me choose one. It was new but wasn't in stock but I took the risk, hence it took a long time to land on my hands. So far, I am having blast of a time. Its pretty good and seems to sound better than my old Mbox 2 Pro. It only has 2 channel input at a time and I wanted to record a full band live with more channels. Here is the unboxing video and a little bit of recording test my band did. Since it seems to sound better, I thought I would share here and hope it might help anyone who is trying to buy a new interface.



Thanks for checking and let me know what you think.
Chandra

SRV - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Original lesson: SRV - Stevie Ray Vaughan by Muris Varajic

Thanks again for the feedback on my last REC. There is a cool bending lick on this. SRV kills finger tips. :)