My Free New Album: 100% Digital Performer

[Tidwells@aol.com]

My new album was composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered 100% in Digital Performer and prominently features MachFive 3 instruments, including the Fazioli grand on every song. I also used MOTU's MX4 and the old Garritan Instant Orchestra extensively.

It is available for free streaming and free download on Soundcloud at this link: https://soundcloud.com/doug-tidwell-100 ... al_sharing

I'm calling the music "Jesus songs" because it's not really contemporary Christian music. Maybe it was contemporary 40 years ago! I hope it inspires listeners to love Jesus. This was a 3-4-5-year "labor of love".

I'm not real happy with the streaming quality of the the MP3's on Soundcloud. Do you think if I upload higher-quality audio files to Soundcloud (instead of MP3's) that the streaming will sound better?

Doug

[Oddur G]

Simply amazing production. Many thanks. Strange that there haven't been any comments.

Oddur

[Tidwells@aol.com]

Thanks, Oddur! What's your opinion on the SoundCloud streaming quality? To me, the "highs" sound "fizzly" on some of the tambourine, hi-hat, and cymbal sounds. I was very careful when mastering the MP3's in DP to set the Masterworks Limiter to a -1.1 db ceiling, which I've heard is a good maximum level for MP3's.

Doug

[Oddur G]

Hi Doug

I'm not the guy to talk about ´highs´ anymore. I'm 71 and worked as an aircraft mechanic for over forty years around loud jet engines.

Oddur