No, it's just how we grew up hearing things mixed. You and I grew up with lead instruments truly out front as if at a concert. Younger listeners are used to the mushy big glob in your face mixes of today where it might as well be mono unless something pans for effect. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Brayton To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:32 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: new song Thanks all I thought about turning them down abit but I'm not sure. I am a guitar player and tend to like em out front maybe a bit to much. I used trilogy for the bass, true piano wide for the piano, 1 instance of omnisphere to do the melody an octive up, could have used real guitar but I like the sound. I also used omnisphere for the stuff in the intro and a bit through out the song. A patch called city slumbers, one called Across the sky, and finally one called gently crushing eternity. For the drums, I used smart loops mediam straight rock this time. I also like drums on demand a lot. But the smart loops seem to fit this one. ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:26 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: new song I know what you're talking about with regards to the panned guitars. I think, though, that if he turned them down a bit they would blend in just fine. ----- Original Message ----- From: Darren H To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:22 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: new song It kind of reminded me of Jo Satriani if he was trying to do country. Nice guitar harmonies. Wanna give us a run down of hwo you put it together? Which soft synthes, plugins etc. The only think I wasn't sure about was the separation of the guitars, it kind of made them too separate from the mix, as if they'd been added on later. cheers Darren ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Brayton To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 5:11 PM Subject: [ddots-l] new song I just did this today in the studio and liked the way it came out. Just thought I'd share. I think if you click on the link below it'll take you there. http://www.gbrayton.com/new.htm