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The Long Wait- Back Home To Blue - Father Dougal Maguire - 28-10-2016
I think this is the 4th complete mix I've done, so looking forward to getting some feedback on my progress.
RE: The Long Wait- Back Home To Blue - Father Dougal Maguire - 28-10-2016
I've just noticed that I forgot to account for the snare sample when the drums are doing side stick!
D'OH! Rookie behaviour, that.
RE: The Long Wait- Back Home To Blue - Mixinthecloud - 28-10-2016
The sounds are generally fair but it seems the mix is disjointed. Nothing gluing it together. The kick and bass seem a bit thumpy. I know the drums on this track were very incomplete but I don't think a replacement was needed for the snare which makes it even more disjointed. Intonation of the guitars and bass is also a bit suspect and may be attributable to a chorus effect in the original track which makes it even more difficult to mix.
RE: The Long Wait- Back Home To Blue - Father Dougal Maguire - 28-10-2016
Thanks for the feedback!
RE: The Long Wait- Back Home To Blue - Father Dougal Maguire - 29-10-2016
When you talk about glue what do you think would help?
Would it be a short reverb? Slightly more compression on the master bus? Altering some of the EQ?
I'all try the tweaks to the drums that you suggest too.
RE: The Long Wait- Back Home To Blue - Father Dougal Maguire - 29-10-2016
OK, for this revision I did the following:
- Added a short room reverb and sent a lot of the instruments to it.
- Adjusted my 2 buss compressor to make it more grabby.
- Took the sample off the snare, tweaked the EQ and re-sat.
- Pulled the bass guitar and kick drum back a bit.
Interested to know what you think.