Thanks Moker, so we're talking about $45-$50 per average length song. But to be honest, I'm trying to learn as much as I can on my own because it will be more beneficial in the long run and it's fun. I'm in no position to pay someone else right now anyway though I know that they could do a much better job. On the other hand my songs are fairly simple, basically a vocal, two acoustic guitars and a bass.

Thanks for the info Mike. Like I said above my songs aren't that complicated and I think that I have a pretty good handle on the mixing. I'm new to compression and EQ and variable dynamics as you mentioned above is something else that I need to grasp. I have a song on the MP3 board right now called "Wolves" that I have been experimenting with. I just added compression to it and the sound quality has improved very much from the original version. Give it a listen if you have a chance. I'm going to go through all of my old songs and remaster them eventually. Some are of such poor quality from bad equipment and lack of knowledge that I have to completely do them over. Ben

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