One Cold Night (Remastered)
This song was written and recorded years ago and was in bad shape sound wise. I remastered it today. Does it sound ok now? It's based on a true, sad store about the dangers alcohol abuse
https://gloriousmagicalfields.bandcamp.com/track/one-cold-night-remastered
Lyrics:
They found him one cold day
Winters' night in an alley way
He meant so much to me
I know it's hard to believe
When it's your family
I know it can be anyone
Not me
I can see the point of my life
I can see what they say about the light
I wish I could erase that one cold night
Comments
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I think the guitar and the vocal sound quite good, especially the vocal.
Unfortunately in bringing up the volume, it's brought up the hiss with it. You might be able to EQ some of that down, but it's always an issue when compressing a track. You are always limited by the quality of the original recording.
Still, I'd rather here it this way even with the hiss.
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Thanks. I actually did two more vocal lines over the original to bring them out. I try to remove the hiss but couldn't find a sample of it alone on the track, so it was there to stay. There's probably a way to eliminate it But I believe that would take a professional audio engineer with all the equipment to do.
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Just go to a studio and work with pros , it takes years to figure that all out
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Well that would do it, but an expensive route!
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Well its being professional, its not that pricey, $75.00 a hour for a decent studio , Your not walking in Studio A for that lol
3 hours ya knock a song out
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Really? That's a lot cheaper than I thought. I haven't checked it out in years here in Australia, but I remember it being much more expensive even back then. Certainly if you are looking to put together a track to sell, then that's much more practical than I thought.
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Some are 45.00 a hour , 75 is about right if the studio guy is a producer , of course you can pay $500.00 a hour , big time guys
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Remember when it cost millions to do an album? Like Def Leppard Hysteria album cost like $3 million back in 1986.
I have heard that today you don't need the studios of the past. There is affordable equipment, like only hundreds of dollars, that can produce quality of the studios of the past, if you know how to use it. There was professional producer, with minor credits, who quoted me $500 to do each song. He said he would even play all the instruments! My guess is there are professionals in countries like India who would do a song for like $50. The quality would be comparable to any major studio.
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10000's of dollars man Pro Tools , what pro use . The topic was you not knowing recording , My suggestion go to a studio , Not worry about pushing buttons , but on the music .50 bucks your dreaming in India , I work with studio guys in India . They know the market . I will cost you with all the players $1400.00 , Not including Aptos mix. Guitar /Vocal maybe $300.00 at your local studio , with pros . Cheap stuff ? , Yeah you get what you pay for . Like Adacity , or whatever you call that .
India player , he does not work for 50 bucks. They know USA market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFT23ek3nbo
Unless you can do all the parts your self , Your going to pay studio guys $200.00 per song , Your dreaming on a 50 buck song
You should listen to pros , I do man , it's not amateur hour . it's 2025 , things change
Aptos mix alone is a big learning curve
A good studio producer is worth the investment to sound PRO
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You need to also be a professional player, too. Many people play instruments and sing really well but getting to the professional sound level is quite rare.
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Then you need to worry about that , let engineers push buttons . mike set ups all that jazz
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Right. That's why you typically see a "engineer" listed on the album along with the musicians. The famous engineer, Eddie Kramer, comes to mind. He worked with Hendrix and other major artists.
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Well that's big time , I'd work with a local studio , find one that's a musical producer , Like BZ Lewis . Stop worrying about buttons and gadgets . Yes its old fashioned but effective
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I was just concurring with your point that most players should focus on playing, unless they have the recording talent, and use the services of a professional engineer.
Some great players are great engineers. Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin, not only did his own engineering, he created techniques, such as novel microphone placement. Their first two albums sound like nothing else before! In fact that sound created genres of "hard rock" and "heavy metal" that gave enjoyment to millions and millions of people.
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