Against the Wind by Bob Seger

Welcome Michmuch !!

@CopyCat : Thanks for thinking of me for this collab :-)

Just had a listen CC great job @Eric must not have got the notification

Thanks so much CC. Published. Sound awesome!

Looking forward to it CC

Thank you! Sounds great and tight. It certainly fills a void. It's perfect. Published!

On my end, it's the chord progressions G-D-C and G-C-D in verses that I keep mixing up.

@Eric : Thank you Eric. Did you try my mix? Bass is full volume in the published mix. Way too loud imo

@CyberBass: Ah, just noticed the Saved Mix feature. My problem right now is that I just redid my piano/organ track so I think I cannot reuse your mix. I'll try to adjust the mix properly and republish and let you review in a jiffy...

@Eric : You are correct, the saved mixes also save the tracks themselves. I saved a new mix if you want to listen.

@CyberBass: We're working at the same time on the same stuff so I'll back-off a bit for now. I just published my own mix (not knowing you were doing it too) but don't hesitate to let me know if what's there isn't as good as your mix? I also removed the BT to remove that crutch for our listening. Might have to put it back in for the guitarist...

Actually, I'm still not happy with my latest recording. I'll redo again. :-)

@Eric : Our own worst enemy eh? lol I thought it sounded good but you know best.

@Eric : The lowest level is the keys. The rest of the levels need to be dropped to balance it all out evenly.

@CyberBass: Correct. Especially with this song, there's some numbing effect going on. I think it's the singing that takes away my focus somehow (that's a compliment).

@Eric : Agreed. In my mix I dropped everything but the keys. Vocals too.

@CyberBass: Awesome background with the horses.

@Eric : They're silver bullet horses!

@CyberBass: I didn't even know that's where the band name came from. Just learned something.

@Eric : Lol - sorry didn't mean to mislead, I was just being stupid. I wanted running horses like Seger's album covers.

@Eric : Sorry about that - I tend to tweak the audio until it sounds right. But I have no ability to publish your collab. Anyway, my hands are off! The BT should prob stay until the last recording is in. Just lower the volume completely to remove it from the mix beforehand.

@CyberBass: Agreed, you wouldn't havenoticed it but I published after muting the BT, then I restored the BT volume for the next contrib w/o republishing. So I just wanted to hear how good it sounded w/o crutches. :-)

@Eric : yes the true collab is laid bare with the bt at zero!

Thanks so much, that's great! Very solid and pretty quick. Thanks for putting in the time to practice this one. It's not as common as other songs.... FYI, I trimmed your track by -0.090 to make it line up as closely as a could (looking in DAW in max. zoom). Let me know if you're OK with my operation. Your first hit is a snare and the song's is the bass drum so that threw me off a bit :-).

Listening to it, there's some timings that are off. I'm not sure yet where. I think it's the keys that need adjustment (or a retake)...

@Eric : yep happy with the changes , I know you can add your own count in which would have helped. CopyCat can add a count in if you ask and I can redo , it's never a problem. Bandhug count in is just default.

Love it John! we're sounding right in the pocket!

@CyberBass: Agreed !!!

@Bdajaysus: I’ve been recording offline lately and using my own count-in with reaper. It’s just quicker to get started

@CyberBass: In the pocket, right on! Solid rhythm section.

@Eric : To add a count-in (would have to adjust all tracks afterward in DAW), add a track from YouTube - Artist: BandHug ,Song : Count In and choose from there

@CyberBass: That's a PITA! :-) I guess I prefer accepting imperfect beginnings and endings (to lots of UI refresh wait times). But for the endings (in future collabs), come to think of it, maybe I'll start including ending instructions from the get-go in the comments?

@Eric : haha - yes it is a pain for sure! I think we’re limited with endings on hug. Offline you can taper but not everyone works offline

@Eric : YvesC always edits his collabs with a count-in and count-out. They really sound polished

@Bdajaysus: Ok, Just to be clear, are you asking me to do this here or for our future collabs?

How does count out work? Asking cuz I normally prefer avoiding fade outs be finding a clean ending (although I haven't done enough of that on Hug)

@YvesC don't hesitate to enlighten me (or John)

You have a Collab I should check out?

@Eric : for the future Eric this sounds too good even with the few flaws I introduced deliberately (NOT)

The count in and out are embedded in backing track and it's a simple count of 4 for both. YvesC did it for one of my collabs I'll send you the link after I sort it on my pc as Collab is completed

@Bdajaysus: LOL, let's blame the green beer. Joking aside, I haven't heard any flaw but maybe it's because mine bother me more