coffee/to.do $Id: to.do,v 1.14 2007-07-10 15:40:05 steve Exp $ o one-shot items -- needed before we can go out for repro -- = $15 list price - 40% = $9 dealer price ->bonus album. See ../bleeding ->Publishing info: hyperspace-express.com/2007/ for products published in 2007. Really need the website o complete printout of preorder names and numbers so we can hand out at ConChord, Linux picnic, Baycon picnic * 0815 preliminary printout * 0815 start shipping o number and assign disks o merge prepaid and cash (envelope) preorders o hyperspace-express.com * hosting (dreamhost) o initial website o ??move/redirect Collected Works to/from steve.savitzky.net?? o permission forms from performers, artists. Work-for-hire on performers. o stevesavitzky.net for hostbaby (people are going to try it anyway) ~ preorder benefits (mostly see ../bleeding) o form: number selection, address update, etc. * work in progress goes in the working directories, e.g. Albums/coffee o daily automatic uploads with oggs and mp3s from the current tracks or may be better to do it manually o HEADER needs to describe the various lists. o auto changelog/feed o generate static INDEX.html from HEADER.html and the directory. o PayPal tip jar o update PayPal storefront -- should have been done while waiting for repro -- o songbooks in letter format with cover (direct from TeX) o lyrics in CD insert formats; needs 6- or 8-point type and will probably have to be laid out by hand. o transition from coffee/Xindex.html to Coffee_Computers_and_Song/X o X/Makefile pulls from coffee; Include is a symlink ? song directories, e.g. Songs/foo.* -> Songs/foo/* (See Songs/todo.txt) o register copyright o register with BMI o album-specific oggs need * album name o URL o license in comments. o website refurb: while the CD is being pressed. * switch to nn-longname.{ogg,mp3} for final (in ./Rips) ? split Rips into Oggs and Mp3s? o _extras_ (-> X?) -- possibly just a link to Albums/coffee/xindex.html * .../X/ instead of /_extras_/ for better sorting, shorter URLs. * pointer in the CD booklet text -- _not_ the website o figure out what goes in: o maybe not an index.html -- expose the whole directory o can simply link to Albums/coffee/Xindex for the track list o symlink to Albums/coffee/Rips o theStarport.com/{coffee,time} -> .../X/ -- that way the short URLs on the disk labels do the right thing. ======================================================================== * Final state of things: ======================== == artwork status * 0710 copy final artwork for label, logo into Graphics from ~hsx/Graphics * 0711 sketch out artwork choices and directions * 0712 add songwriting credits to the booklet!!!! * 0713 barcode. Decide whether ->Oasis or CD-Baby * get spec for barcode to Beckett -- Oasis will splice in. =white rectangle at least 1.25" wide by .5" high. * dimensions of tray card, booklet in pixels. Make half-size mockups. =booklet trimmed to: 4.75x4.75 + 1/8" bleed: 1425x1425 at 300dpi =tray card trimmed to: 5.9x4.63: 1770x1389 (spine margin 20px at 300dpi; total width 86px) useable area 5.15x4.38; spines .13x4.38 1545x1314 -- 1600x1200? barcode area: 1.25" wide by .5" high. *! new booklet text, CC license text to Beckett the CC stuff might be good to add to the easter egg * CC license graphic; HSX logo; copyright notice text, barcode to Beckett http://creativecommons.org/presskit/ for svg, eps buttons small: http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/88x31.png http://creativecommons.org/license/results-one?license_code=by-nc-sa * Graphics designer's checklist == software o need dependency on $(wildcard *.flk) for anything with text * (manually) flac-format rips for lossless downloads, copies. * \credits{short credit string} rather than time on long-format lists * booklet text with credits to Beckett o convert `` and '' to " in detex. Be nice if we could special-case, e.g., $21^{st}$; could simply ignore it for now == dump CDs, test drives == == track order == o swap teotw and uncle? + separates teotw from wannabe, which both use percussion - fast fast medium medium instead of fast medium fast medium == Track Status == = use "make list-times" to see if .wav and notes up-to-date with .aup = guilty normalize-audio -g -2dB guilty.wav = wannabe normalize-audio -g -2dB wannabe.wav o round track lengths o make git repos for all Tracks/*, coffee, bleeding o move to-ccs projects into ./Tracks/*/ for archiving. (do this *after* making git repos; it'll be almost no extra space in record/Tracks, and we'll be able to retrieve them in place.) * guilty -e * alphabet * mushroom -e (nothing to clean up) * stuck (nothing to clean up) * barratry * grab wav and make a new project in Tracks/barratry out of it * call it baycon-2007.wav -> to-ccs.aup; trim applause * bugs -e * vampire (nothing to clean up) * demon * silk * daddys -e * lcm e * first, second verses; "words of the salesman" from vocal2? * cicero * pigeon (nothing to clean up) * wannabe -e * teotw -e (bass boost not an improvement) * uncle (nothing to clean up) * world * net -e ~ second verse from unison? too close to call. (7/15: no) == parts needed == ============================================================================= ============================================================================= DONE ==== == 2006 == * 20061007 REDO * net * barratry -- the last of the total redo's From this point, everything is timing correct; tracks can be redone individually within existing projects. * 20061015 demon eq/reverb done; ready for final mix. * 20060930 listen to everything, adjust balance with monitors, not phones. * 20061004 "guilty" to GAFilk songbook http://www.gafilk.org/publicity.htm * 20061013 ship "net" to Callie for vocals * 20061013 request concert slots for * Consonance * LOSCON * 20061016 new round on the track status (reset bullets) o 20061122 guilty[1b] * count-in * vocal * guitar o ADD percussion (drum) * 20061215 resale number -- state tax office @ 2nd & San Carlos o artwork/text/layout for insert, C card, and disk * 20061212 pinged Beckett. * 20061212 design sketch -- see ./notes * 20061218 scanned coffee ring for disk * 20061224 commissioned disk art, HSX logo from Blackfyr == 2007 == -- notes from 0x00 dump -- (v = copied to main list below) v guilty (track 8) on the beta version of CC&S has the click track. Oops! v Some clipping on silk (track 14) v alphabet -- redo or eq for less bass on the guitar. Less volume on the final hiss. Maybe a sharp attack and fast decay. v teotw guitar track too loud and too bass-heavy; hides the treble strings. v world guitar track very bass-heavy. OTOH it's almost as good as a bass track -- take it down a little and add another? ~ net also bass-heavy. (???) -- notes from car, 20070124 -- o guitar too far down in the mix on many of the tracks (barratry, some others. some intros almost inaudible. OK on mushroom) o retake vocal on daddy's * guitar missing altogether on guilty (was wrong take, too) v guitar good on demon, but Callie's a bit loud. less reverb on verses. * ditch heaven -- it doesn't fit, and the performance is ghastly * some are definitely old takes. lcm in particular. * teotw has some serious problems; may not be the right take o artwork/text/layout for insert, C card, and disk * 20070113 looked at disk art from blackfyr; pinged Beckett * 20070120 photo shoot * 20070202 photos on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/artbeco/sets/72157594512613511/detail/ o work in progress -- simply auto-upload from Albums/coffee * robot exclusion; index.html that doesn't point to the good stuff o daily automatic uploads with oggs and mp3s from the current tracks * use ./[shortname].{ogg,mp3} during development * the makefile has to use trackinfo, not songinfo; add album name * xindex.html has to mention HEADER.html * xindex -> Xindex o 20070128 Notes from car trip ~ alphabet: whole song a little low (probably ok) v barratry: vocals low, guitar bass-heavy v uncle: vocals low, guitar bass-heavy * bugs: vocals too low in last verse v demon: my vocals too low; guitar bass-heavy v lcm: guitar too low. clicking at end: burn artifact? v silk: my vocals too low, variable; guitar much too low v vampire: guitar bass-heavy. Add reverb on "I'll be back" v pigeon: both low; too much reverb on vocals v wannabe: vocals low; guitar low in first verse. Words getting lost. v world: vocals low; words getting lost * net: vocals gone. Make sure all tracks get selected for export. o artwork/text/layout for insert, C card, and disk * 20070202 photos on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/artbeco/sets/72157594512613511/detail/ * 20070217 selected cover shot; re-pinged Bob Daverin * 20070219 approved final artwork * 20070220 received final artwork from Bob * 20070221 received final artwork from Beckett * 20070305 paid Beckett. Artwork all paid up now. o Chorus vocals needed: o 20070225 Joyce * barratry (unison vocals) * lcm * teotw (may need another take) * mushroom o from oggs, 20070320 * lcm has click-in o mushroom: noticable echo/bleed o uncle: noticable echo/bleed * pigeon: guitar too high * oggs, mp3s should use mytracks.make to check dependencies o lcm has odd pauses in my vocals -- redo? o from car, 20070319 dump CD v lcm -- guitar very low v silk -- everything very low v mushroom -- vocals too high v stuck -- noticable bleed/echo v uncle -- muddy o world -- use live? v net -- bad pitch control on vocals ~ is it possible that silk wasn't normalized? if normalization includes compression, it's not idempotent! it's possible that normalizing twice is a win. o one-shot items (20061001 -> 20061013) * 20061215 resale number -- state tax office @ 2nd & San Carlos * Publishing info: hyperspace-express.com/2007/ for products published in 2007. Really need the website * Master/Premaster scheme from ../bleeding * 20070318 stage 32-bit wav files in Premaster/WAV * 0320 snarf track data -- especially now that we're exporting 32-bit wavs * 0320 make cd from 16-bit wav files in Master * 0323 make oggs and mp3s from files in Premaster/WAV o Track summary by category (20061002 -> 20061022) [ not kept up to date -- deleted 20070324 ] o +count-in o? world o? barratry ~ silk * guilty * lcm * mushroom o REDO * lcm(all) * mushroom(all) o guilty o teotw(v) o? demon(g) o? silk(g) o? world o? barratry(g) o EDIT o lcm o guilty(intro) o ADD percussion on o daddy's o guilty o teotw o ADD effects on o vampire o ADD chorus vocals on o net o ADD whistle on o barratry o from dump 20070323 * silk -- more reverb on Callie, otherwise OK v wannabe: low levels. o Dump 20070325 * stuck o vocals low on first verse o moved down from -- old -- section: see notes ? world[2b1] ?redo guitar OR add a higher guitar or ?synth [fixed w\ eq] boost bass flute, my vocals; pull Callie down a little just for grins try shifting guitar track down an octave * silk (1028) (0121) (0318) (0322) o redo guitar: bleed o raise vocals my vocals too low, variable; guitar much too low; raising guitar adds too much echo to vocals. o lcm[5] o edit to merge new vocals (0323) * some odd lags on my vocals. (0322) * bring up guitar more (0315) * merge guitar tracks * vocals ** guitar * chorus vocals o mushroom o edit to merge new vocals (0323) * odd lags in "the CEO went to the boss" (0322) * amplitude control * vocals much too high o demon (0318) work on reverb and guitar levels. ? redo guitar?? REDO? guitar -- final mix. o less reverb on verses only my vocals low; guitar bass-heavy o Dump 20070326 * net * guitar low * inserted verse too loud -> may need g retake * silk * my vocals too high o daddys o fingernail clicks -- retake guitar o many o guitar intros low o alphabet * shorter hiss. o replace with "input truncated. retry?" * uncle * try less bass boost -- go back to the original take * demon * callie up * lcm * guitar low o timing oddities -- retake vocals o teotw o lags on chorus? o dump (oggs) 20070327 v pigeon o revert eq o net o vocals low. fix envelope o Revert to original take or redo vocals o alphabet o revert eq o bugs o vocals low o demon o callie still low * Robin Baylor coming over 20070417 for harmony vocals * net * pigeon * alphabet o parts needed: ~ Callie o net (chorus) ~ barratry (whistle) [not necessary if we use live version] o dump 20070415 * net * retake vocal -- it sucks * wannabe o one booming chord o stuck o guitar up; maybe less bass o teotw o my vocals on first chorus sound out of sync * daddys * retake vocals to fix timing glitches, reverb problems * demon o bring intro up o bugs o bass heavy ~ alphabet o bass heavy o lcm o vocal glitch after "...saw them at all" v pigeon o add harmony vocals o dump 20070418 * mushroom o CEO verse too loud v demon o raise intro. o raise callie a little * daddys o didn't export latest mix * net o robin down a little * pigeon o robin chorus only * wannabe * booming chord. next-to-last or last chorus o dump 20070420 * demon * raise intro * raise callie (actually just lowered me) * net? * less reverb on voice * pigeon * less reverb on voice * guilty * reverb on voice o teotw o reverb on voice [waiting for percussion, guitar] ~ stuck ~ delete? NO It doesn't seem to fit the theme too well. o dump 20070423 (International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch Day) * guilty too much reverb; click-in exported * demon my voc too low * daddys too much reverb * bugs my voc too low; add reverb v lcm add reverb * net bass cut guitar o dump 20070425 ~ put a solo piece in the #2 slot -- too many in the second half * stuck may need to move up in the sequence -- swap w\ daddys? * daddys lower my vocals a bit * bugs less reverb on Kat * pigeon less reverb on me * stuck guitar up o 20070426 * move uncle down to after teotw? better fast/slow, key, time sig. balance ~ rm stuck? NO far from theme; mild profanity (but bugs has "damned near") o 20070428 parts needed: o vocals: * guilty * net * wannabe * lcm ~ pigeon ~ stuck o guitar: * guilty * net * wannabe * teotw * daddys ~ pigeon ~ stuck o percussion: * guilty * teotw o 20070427 * stuck too low. raise vocals, bass cut guitar * mushroom vocals too high? * pigeon bass cut guitar o 20070502 * lcm lip smacks v wannabe tambourine -- figure out a different pattern from teotw v bugs more voices in chorus; less reverb on kat * stuck vocals down. v teotw retake vocals, at least in the first verse ~ guilty did a drum or click track not get deleted? no -- just odd hits * daddys ~kat only on the "I can't" lines, before pitch wanders (move deleted tracks heaven to ABT) * put heaven on ABT o 20070504 o silk vocals low? o demon vocals low? o wannabe wasn't there a tamborine track on this one? o mushroom vocals low? = large blob of obsolete stuff moved in bulk -- vocal and/or guitar to redo -- o teotw o may need another go at the vocals (0503) splice new vocals -- verse+chorus retake o reverb (0503) vocal on first verse for sync; (0501) fix tambo (missed beats, first couple of hits too loud) o silk o guitar? (0323) * more reverb on Callie; otherwise might be ok (the bleed compensates for lack of reverb on me) -- parts to add, but nothing to redo -- o guilty o percussion. Jordan Uggla? o bugs o more voices in chorus; * less reverb on kat -- possibly fixable with EQ (bass cut guitar) and/or envelope -- -- some editing; nothing to add -- -- ready for final mix -- (add a little reverb on my vocals and guitar) -- only tweaking remains -- -- deleted -- ~ heaven (eq) ADD percussion (shaker? Tamborine?) -- old -- should really be in notes -- * (0422) Kat: * bugs chorus vocals * daddys chorus vocals -- tweaking after road trips -- * alphabet (1022) (0119) * barratry (live) (0501) noise reduction * bugs ... (0422 kat's vocals) (0423) (0604) (0610) * cicero (1029) (1031) (0120) (0601) (0604) (0606) * daddys (0422 Kat) (0423) (0426) (0503) (0602) (0608 Emmy) * demon (0318) (0421) (0423) (0610) (0612) * guilty (0422 reverb) (0423) (0604) (0610) * lcm (0427) (0503) * mushroom (0427) (0601) * net ... (0421) ?retake vocals?? (0423) * pigeon (1026) (0121) (0127) (0311) (0324) ... (0421) (0501) (0607) * stuck (1021) (0121) (0324) (0325) (0501) (0503) (0601) * teotw (0612) * uncle (1028) (0124) (0311) (0322) (0324) (0601) * vampire (0604) (0612) * wannabe (0424) (0503 tambourine) (0612 shaker) (0612) * world (0318) (0602) live? NO -- o alphabet (0417) * merge harmony * smooth (0419) * reverb * barratry need much less noise reduction -- sounds odd. 6db works ~ barratry (0311) o ADD whistle? o vocals up o bass cut => live? o guilty (0422) * reverb. (0325) * vocals * guitar * ADD percussion (bongoid) o lcm (0427) paste guitar into 1 track; reverb me and Joyce (0327) retake vocals (0324) edit to merge new vocals o mushroom paste vocals into one track; eq and reverb. timing oddities? -> remember to save as!! merging is tricky! (0324) edit to merge new vocals o net ?o retake my vocals (0419) * reverb on vocals (0421) * less reverb (0417) * harmony vocals on refrain * merge harmony vocals (0416) * vocals (0328) retake vocals (0325) guitar and vocals redone maybe overdub my vocals rather than replacing. o pigeon (0420) robin on chorus only (0421) levels (0417) * merge harmony * smooth (0419) * reverb * stuck (0501) bass cut guitar, adj. voice * stuck (0325) raised vocals on first verse * uncle * revert eq o daddys (0422) Kat's vocals (0417) retake vocals (0413) * vocals * guitar *smoothing * reverb o wannabe (0424) * smoothing * reverb and eq (0410) * scratch * take out bad verse * vocals o? guitar (0328) loud clunks, lots of bleed. (1021) (0124) (0311) * low levels ->try with compression o teotw (0428 guitar, tamborine) * vocals * (0225-6) chorus * vampire * need spin-up and stop effects. * dump the ringmod (0428) ADD effects; guitar eq ok? * reverb on "I'll be back" guitar bass-heavy; vocals low * wannabe (0503) tambourine ...maybe ~ edit = end blob * 20070529 WARNING!! Callie's tracks for guilty in NewTracks/guilty/take-1e (not 1f) * Callie's tracks for alphabet in NewTracks/alphabet/take-2e1 These are not the latest versions of the tracks, but should be sync'ed. There may be timing glitches, but there would be anyway because of the lack of calibration on the Mac. o 20070606 dump * cicero me down (guitar up) * pigeon robin down v guilty me down v demon filter sibilants on callie; adjust balance o 20070612 * cicero * me down? * alphabet * me up on verses * demon * redo callie reverb * cut first line of intro v guilty o whistle down, voice and guitar up * vampire * less reverb on me * wannabe * shaker down * teotw * no tambourine except for the shake at the end o 20070618 (dump) ? alphabet a little sync trouble on last chorus (can't hear it) * demon intro, me up v lcm pitch on "salesmen you _see_"; o sync in last chorus = mushrooms gold standard for EQ and guitar/vocal balance * stuck vocals low * net try unison -- the harmony sucks * wannabe shaker down, or eliminate * teotw shaker down. v Drum? v daddys still some sync trouble with Emmy's part o 20070620 dump * lcm * sync on last ch. ? didn't hear the pitch problem this time v wannabe * "oh give" too low o shaker uneven * daddys o more reverb on me o sync on the choruses * net * guitar up * chorus down (maybe just * autoduck) * barratry * check out Baycon version o 20070622 * demon * raise Callie's _good_ morrow o lcm o "employment and _all_", "live _on_ a farm" "_salesmen_ you" o wannabe o shaker down o add drum o better shaker at end * world * filter "s"'s * net * first verse from the unison part if it's better o current: from 20070528 (listening with Callie) and subsequent dumps * cicero separate guitar and vocals, or * bass cut guitar -> guitar and vocals fine. Why was I working on 3e1 not 3f2?? * alphabet * select/merge Callie; * robin on chorus only * add Callie vocals * WARNING!! in NewTracks [2e1] * mushroom * bass cut guitar (try 50, 100Hz) (current curve OK) * stuck * too much reverb (* eq or retrack?) ~ barratry * Baycon 2007 version * bugs * integrate Emmy; remap stereo: K g v E ~ Kat on Bugs... only, not "there's always..." NO * less reverb on me; * bass cut guitar; raise it. * demon * filter sibilants * more reverb Callie; ~ remap me to the middle ~ world? NO: it's a duet. cf silk. * more reverb on me; bass cut guitar (rejigger levels) o* guilty o Jordan on djembe * whistle down, voice and guitar up * bass cut guitar = whistle 1: v. 2, 3 rough; small problem on 4 whistle 2: v. 1, 2 have problems * small whistle boggle in break after v1; get from 1 * Callie on whistle * WARNING!! in NewTracks [1e] *? lcm o pitch on ...employment and >all<; may not be worth fixing ? bass cut guitar; pitch on last chorus?? * timing problems on last chorus (can probably fix by delaying Joyce a fraction in two spots.) * silk ok boosted the drop D a little. boomy? check it. ~ bass cut guitar on the inst. break, but otherwise perfect * more reverb on Callie. ->Reference track for guitar o* vampire o modem "twitter" (nyquist) * more reverb on "I'll be back" * carry spin (A) through at low volume? YES * bass cut guitar * more reverb on voice * spin up/down * more reverb, bass on stake, consider pitch-shifting down * pigeon ~ pitch on "RFC"; pitch on Robin's "flight" in last verse * use robin 1 for the last "flight"; fixed "R" reverb on my vocals is about right o* wannabe o sync problems; o could use better shaker hit at the very end. * raise "Oh give" * more reverb on me; * shaker on choruses ** daddys * sync * Emmy * bass cut guitar. *? teotw ? Jordan on djembe * reverb. ? redo shaker now that sync fixed. (3 still the good one) ? minor sync & pitch problems; probably ok at this point * still some sync problems on v.1 * add reverb * s/tambo/shaker/ -- Joyce's avocado, maybe; more reverb on me * uncle * bass cut guitar; * more reverb on me *? world o too much bass cut?? * bass cut guitar; * more reverb on vocals * pan map: guitar l, voice center, flute r, bass flute R *? net ? redo intro? second v. from unison? unclear. * merge new vocals * add reverb * auto-duck * retrack my vocals, it's awful. * no reverb on guitar o callie on choruses * harmony vocals o parts: o 20070626 Jordan: * guilty djembe * wannabe djembe ~ teotw djembe o 20070625 o wannabe much less shaker. Drum o teotw less reverb on me ?drum o lcm the bobbles aren't too bad. let it slide? Unclear. o silk Put this right after demon? The transition from lcm is jarring somehow. demon silk vampire lcm maybe? o 20070627 v bugs o first words of verses getting lost. v barratry o eq? * daddys * move after silk o take out E's "hold...hand" v lcm o still problems in the last 2 verses * wannabe * no shaker o 20070627 v bugs o first words of verses getting lost. v barratry o eq? * daddys * move after silk o take out E's "hold...hand" v lcm o still problems in the last 2 verses * wannabe * no shaker o 20070628 * bugs * first words of verses getting swallowed v lcm o pitch problems * daddys * sounds loud after silk -- bring down the vocals * world * swallowed first words o 20070702 (Westercon 2007 concert) * daddys * shaker on choruses? o 20070629 v lcm o "now I live _on_ a farm" the only one that's really awful v vampire o answer tone 2100Hz 3.3s o various o first words still getting swallowed multiple places o lcm o voice a little hot relative to daddys o teotw o fix shaker o 20070705 dump (Kim McCall listening in) * [seq] * vampire same tempo/strum as bugs (Kim) ? swap bugs with barratry? * bugs * first words o lcm ~ sounds a little boomy; maybe just lower the guitar 3dB * remix with new vocals o me *? wannabe (0706) * shaker, ? maybe vocals * daddys (0706) * shaker on chorus * teotw (0706) * shaker * lcm (0706) * vocals ("live on a farm", etc.) o one-shot items (20061001 -> 20061013) o 20070703 include files: ./Include, replace-template-file.pl * use distinctive comments for the begin and end lines * fragments: * credits * performers * equipment * targets: * booklet * index * Xindex o 20070703 derive booklet.txt from booklet.html by elinks -dump o 20070706 dump ? daddys * claves. [handclaps don't work -- not enough resonance] ? wannabe * no shaker (too close to teotw; has drum) * teotw * claves [on start of chorus] * less shaker o 20070709 Track Status o next task: separate Audacity projects for cleanup and final tweaking * guilty * mix * Jordan on djembe * alphabet * mushroom * stuck ? barratry * eq? (now the Baycon 2007 version with eq, copied here) * bugs * first words of verses getting lost. * vampire * 2600Hz before dial; * answer tone 2100Hz 3.3s * demon * silk *? daddys ? sounds loud after silk -- still? * lcm * new vocals. * cicero * pigeon *? wannabe * cut shaker altogether ? better shaker @ end * jordan *? teotw ? tweak shaker * reverb down ~ Jordan on djembe * reverb. * uncle * world *? net o second verse from unison? too close to call. == track order == constraints: barratry, guilty, wannabe have drum * (0627) bugs demon guilty lcm silk vampire - bugs vampire demon silk lcm guilty guilty too close to wannabe - bugs vampire demon silk guilty lcm still too close ->bugs vampire demon silk lcm cicero guilty to first place * (0628) ... silk daddys... == parts needed == * Callie: o net vocals o Emmy: o find out how she wants to be listed on the liner notes o me o daddys o handclaps o 20070708 oggs / dump CD * lcm * guitar up a little? o guilty o adjust drum hits o barratry ? cut intro? o less applause o alphabet o very short noise burst, then ~2 beats of silence * vampire * ^our^ boss came in... * daddys * keep it as is: it's fine without percussion o wannabe o adjust drum. o Remove shaker tracks -- they're leaking in ? daddys <-> silk ~ probably not o 20070707 oggs * need numbered, properly-named rip files ? daddys o try bells; no claves ? move Emmy to center, percussion to sides o lcm o too hot after daddys (taking out claves may fix it) ~ "salesmen" a fraction late -- not fixable; good enough ? demon ? lilt my part while Callie's singing? * 20077020 copy final artwork for into Graphics from ~hsx/Graphics o 20070713 dump = world reverb and eq on voice are just right ~ daddys vocal a little hot but matches lcm well. Keep it. ~ daddys emmy off-sync in next to last chorus (not worth fixing) ? lcm guitar booming? ? pigeon guitar booming? o wannabe drum sync o new tracks bass boost vocals a little, make sure reverb is right they haven't been tweaked as much as the older ones o 20070716 dump, oggs ~ mushroom more eq, reverb?? * lcm too much reverb on me? duck? * cicero clicks at the end ? wannabe drum sync ~ second chorus; two hits at end * alphabet noticable, multiple clicks in the intro o 20070713 dump = world reverb and eq on voice are just right o wannabe drum sync o new tracks bass boost vocals a little, make sure reverb is right they haven't been tweaked as much as the older ones (from track status) * next task: separate Audacity projects for cleanup and final tweaking name: to-ccs (sorts after take-*) remove take-*.wav ~ bass boost my vocals if necessary on tracks tagged "e" 20070719 web test (fractalwolf, tibicina) * alphabet my vocals up (chorus vocals down) o mushroom quiet relative to guilty o stuck quiet relative to guilty o barratry quiet relative to guilty * bugs my vocals up (guitar down) * vampire effects down a little * demon my vocals up * silk my vocals up, guitar down * lcm joyce down to match my vocal * wannabe percussion down ~ teotw good balance ~ uncle good balance ~ world good balance, a little soft o net harmony off? Possibly easier to lower guilty, daddys, net 20070719 oggs from work ? guilty * try just lowering it (2dB seems about right) vocal is centered, with whistle on the right. ?more reverb * alphabet try lowering guitar a bit * demon ?my vocals too hot? -- back down 1dB ? daddys * guitar up to match lcm. ? Maybe all down ~2dB * cicero something odd about the reverb. redo, maybe. Me up? bass boost probably bleed in the guitar track. leave reverb alone. ? pigeon me up? I don't think so. o wannabe ? reverb up to match teotw? Probably ok * uncle ! nothing exported! vocals a little hot? all down 2dB? o world me up a fraction??? * net guitar up? bass boost me? * more reverb? * no unison chorus (chorus vocals down) * see if it wants the unison vocals to go away. 20070719 xmms *.flac at home * alphabet raise my vocals relative to chorus * demon my vocals too hot relative to Callie; may be the reverb * silk raise guitar or lower bass flute in break * lcm joyce down another notch? me up 1-2dB matches cicero better o wannabe down 2dB? ? net bass boost? * vocals down a little 20070720 drive, work * silk guitar up, me down; try to match demon better o cicero all down (? -- try raising me in lcm) * teotw * guitar up, * percussion down; o chorus sync o uncle me down ? world guitar up? * net guitar up 20070721 am drive * alphabet guitar up * mushroom joyce down * bugs reverb down? * lcm me down 1dB * wannabe guitar up o Text: booklet.txt ->publishing info = copyright, publisher, URL, logo * disk -- title, publishing info * inside -- booklet.html->txt -- credits, website info, dedication ... tracklist+notes ? licensing, ? about, * back -- ? tracklist+times, publishing info -- printer paper(?) * C card -- title, tracklist, publishing info, barcode * CC&S/index from templates o 20070721 pm listen * alphabet guitar up * alphabet callie down? o lcm me down *** 20070809 *** back from repro! o one-shot items -- needed before we can go out for repro -- * barcode (->Oasis or CDBaby) (it's free from Oasis. Get spec) * catalog number HSX-CCS-0707 (that's 2007-07) * 20070716 sent heads-up email to Oasis * 20070720 phone call to Oasis * 20070720 accept quote from Oasis and set up project * 20070722 download and fill out tracklist. * 20070724 master sent * 20070729 upload artwork * Retrieve HTML emails and provide any necessary information this mostly has to do with the "tools of promotion" package * 20070804 fill out form for Oasis sampler (guilty) * sample tracks on the preorder page as well (one from the bonus disk) * 20070804 update website for things like album ship date * 20070804 sample tracks accessible from preorder, ./index.html * cicero, paper, world