Hi, I put a FabFilter Q2 across the master buss to remove a bit of low end. This is what I saw, and it looked a bit like your screen shot. It's...
The lead guitar is fighting with the vocal for centre spot, try a stereo widener, or copy the track and try a bit of complimentary eq....
Nomad Factory Echoes
Alesis D4 or DM5 or similar, that would give you 12 velocity sensitive inputs.
On the software front, something like Band In A Box gives you a lot of styles to work with, then you type chords into a grid. The resulting track...
Software wishlist for the 45+ Grundig tape sim, Sound City & HH amp sim, a DAW based on the Tascam Porta 1, Kontakt lib of a Columbus or Jedson...
Massey Tapehead
Multiband compressor, Fabfilter MB is really good.
Good luck hope it goes well ! :)
I left AD 1 on for the same reason, and have had no problems with the two versions coexisting. Win 7 64 Sonar X3
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