Guys! I really NEED your advice about recording my Triton!

[Finnishprince]

Hello, guys! I've got a real problem during my first recording session at studio with my triton. Let me try to describe you my problem.

First of all I should say there are a lot a keyboard parts in my music that i should play at once. I used some "combies" (not just a single patches). But when I tried to listen to the result (even when I recorded just 2 tracks), I found it a big problem to make theese two tracks sound good. I mean they just cant sound like a single mix. I suppose it depends on the same Master EQ settings, but I'm not sure.

So, I've got a question: how should I arrange my tracks correctly to make my keys sound good IN THE WHOLE MIX? I mean with guitars, bass, drums and so on.

Can I use combies or I should use only single instruments when I'm recording my parts? Because I've noticed that when I used just single patches, my parts could be put in my mix without any problems. But single instruments sound so dull and boring Combinations sound really better!

Thanks in advance, hope we'll find the solution together.

[phaceless]

try using the base sound of your combis then link the other sounds to the same channel in the seq that way you have more control over all the sounds.you can pan and add efxs as you see fit.. so you can build a combi in the sequencer in another words. hope this helps you a bit...

[platinumaudiolab]

I think what you're experiencing is the phenomena of over-represented frequency range. Basically, what makes a sounds appear 'full' and therefore 'good' to the human ear (brain) is how much sound energy it contains throughout the audible spectrum, about ~80hz - 16000hz

A musical composition sounds 'full' if it has the entire range represented; bass(kick drum, bass), mids (vocals, leads, percussion) and highs (upper harmonics).

Each instrument has to carve out its own section to sound right in the mix. If it overlaps too much with other instruments then it will all muddle togethor, competing for the same limited room in the frequency spectrum. That's why sounds can sometimes sound great 'in the mix' but thin and uninspiring on their own.

So if you have this great bass sound which is layered many times over and even contains lots of high-mid and upper harmonics, then it may sound amazing on its own, because it represents so much of the frequency spectrum available, but in the mix its competing with all of your other instruments, making your composition muddy and all over the place. This is the main reason I don't recommend overlayering multis/combis unless you have a clear idea of how it sounds in the mix. Else you will have to make up for it with lots of EQ at the mixing stage.

[Rosen Sound]

also a good tip is to route your programs in the combi through the individual outputs, this will bypas the master effect, however you will have more control assuming you have an interface