They sound pretty similar to me. The 2nd track sounds like it has better vocals
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Your comments are so useful/helpful to me -
I am extremely grateful for your quick response.
Details were in the MP3 tag -
both were:
VR-10 internal mics (no surprise)
24bit 48k original
split out in Audacity
foobar2000 converted to vbr MP3
ReplayGain (89db default) added with MP3Gain
They were recorded in the same continuous file only about 5 minutes apart (one other song in between) .
The second has a different person singing -
actually IMHO the singer - Larry Keel - has a great voice.
I think it may well have been my listening -
at first I thought the second had more and boomy/muddy bass compared to the first -
but this shouldn't have been - due to the exact same recording conditions -
my only mitigating excuse is that the first track started without the bass and on acoustic banjo (with pick up and amp) so sounded clearer/cleaner, before the bass came in - whereas the second track had more or less the full band from the start - being bigger sound may have fooled my ears into thinking the track as bassier.
I have nothing against good bass, and it was an exceedingly good bassist - Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers) - that's why there was the comment at the end of the first track "
we never could afford a band like this"!
Back to that other earlier track 01 tune1.mp3 -
Sounds good. Decent soundstage and good overall balance!
thank you also for the kind comment -
this was one of those recordings that turned out much better than it had any possible right to.
the VR-10 was set on its kick stand on a divider - about bar height, to the right of stage -
more or less from this viewpoint:
I was really surprised by how good this sounded -
again I know I can be influenced by the song/performance -
and really needed more experienced ears and clearer/more objective head to give a more impartial judgement.
(although I also took into account that you probably are being kind too
)
Thank you.