Ive been tossing around the idea of recording my own album, I have so many songs that are collecting dust over the years, and new ones collecting newer dust, so thats a dillemna in itself.

But as I dig deeper into recording there are some enigmas when doing it.

One such is how the sound of each individual instrument tend to shrink when a new instrument is added.

I programmed a drum track, and im thinking these drums are massive, they are going to be too loud and slamming for a song that doesn't need that.

Then add just one guitar and suddenly it loses it's spaciousness.

Im guessing that there is only so much room in the sonic field for everything to coexist.

But drums that seemed to be bombastic and large suddenly have a hard time cutting through the mix. and you might not even be able to hear the high hats clearly.

This after hearing nothing but high hat when it was by itself.

Strange how that happens.

Might be worth getting some pros to help me, it's hard enough being the voice of a generation!

Last edited by Bugsey; 10/19/13 06:27 AM.