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This is some stuff I recorded for some friends out of Austin. I'm in the process of mixing for them and thought I would post to get some feedback. Feel free to lay any opinion or advice out there.
Come Down:
http://www.box.net/shared/v12kadhmju
913006:
http://www.box.net/shared/ffhracd3kr
Zee Wavesurfer
07-28-2010, 06:06 PM
Comments for ''Come down'' :
Sounds pretty cool :) Good riff too.
The left/right balance is off a tad, the guitar on the right stands out too much imo, it should be leveled like the one on the left, then I believe you'll get it pushing properly... Since the 2 guitar tones are different, no worry they'll both come through fine.
Personal taste : I wouldn't make the vocals pan so wide in such a left/right guitar context. Vocals level sounds a tiny micron too low but properly balanced all together. The lower male vocal is too present compared to the girl's voice but I believe you have a panlaw set to +x so narrowing should take care of it...
Fatter kick maybe.
Still, overall it is very pleasant to listen too.
Keep it up :)
Thanks Zee.
I'll play around with that advice and see where it gets me.
kindafishy
07-29-2010, 05:46 AM
Come Down
Cool song first off. Creative arrangement.
This is a creative choice, and completely subjective, but given the distinct difference between what the different guitars are doing in the verses, I might have panned them differently. The guitar on the left, I would have maybe doubled it (or haas'ed it maybe) and panned it L and R, and put the guitar on the right up the centre. The whole mix kind of leans to the left for me in the verses. For every other section, I like the way the guitars are panned as is. I'm not trying to suggest that you experiment with this, just thinking out loud how I may have approached it differently. The creative side of mixing is very cool.
The density and intensity of what is going on changes, but I don't get much of a sense of a change in dynamics. Maybe there is a lot of limiting/compression happening? If not, maybe you could consider some volume automation of different instruments for different sections to make them pop a little more.
More or bigger kick.
913006
How many different people are singing? I like the way this sounds
I'm getting the same sense of a lack of dynamic range here. It's missing a sensation of a natural pulsation of the music. I don't know what it is. Everything is very flat.
More or bigger kick.
Oveall, all the sounds, performances, timbres and tones sound like they were well recorded. I bet the people in this band are really happy with this, I would be.
Thanks for listening fishy, I appreciate the comments.
I like what you're suggesting about trying to create more of a pulse, I'm going to look into that. Maybe I can find a way to bring more of a pocket out of the song.
Actually, on a production not, there's not a lot of compressin. There's a ton on the vox, because those performances were all over the place dynamically. However, my biggest tool for mixing these was really just low shelves and hi-passing. That and a ton of sources for natural eq.
I think this project is a huge jump forward for me in terms of not over boosting and over compressing. I'm glad to hear that anyone enjoyed it.
I'm going to remove these tunes in the next few days, so I just wanted to bump this in case anyone was willing to offer some more feedback.
kindafishy
07-30-2010, 10:42 AM
shame that you're going to remove these. I often come back and listen to stuff from here many more times...
I appreciate that very much, but I feel that I need to because the tunes are not mine, and they are not done yet. I really just wanted help along the way.
I thought you guys had some good advice, and I'll probably post some more of their stuff as I work along. And I would like to post some of the finals when we get done.
Thanks again, your insight was great.
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