Preliminary Mixes

Having now listened through all of the raw recordings, I have determined which are the best takes of each track and created basic mixes of each.

This was done in part so that version of these tracks could be posted on sound cloud and thus made available on here, but also so the singer has guide track to record 2, which should be taking place over the next week or so depending on his availability.

Mixing of these tracks largely involved applying EQ's and Compression to improve the overall sound of each isolated elements. In addition, it was necessary to strip silence both the Rack and Floor tom, as both were ringing when other components of the drum kit were hit, which was causing an odd and undesirable ringing through the whole mix.

For both Black To Grey and The Insider, I was able to find a performance where the whole band plays the song correctly and therefore provides a good, useable recording for the purposes of my project. During all version of Killers and Saints however, one of the guitars slips slightly out of tuning, which is not noticeable during the verses or musical interludes, but is quite evident during the chorus.

I have decided however to carry on in spite of this, on the grounds that this is what i have laid out in my project plan and additionally this is a problem that does occur live, and is slight in the recording.

The following link takes you to a playlist of these initial mixes. Please note that Killers and Saints session 2 mix 1, will be the version to be used for my project rather than Killers and Saints session 3 mix 1, in which the detuning was far more severe.

http://soundcloud.com/moleman23/sets/first-mixes