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Hold on You - James May - muthomi - 29-03-2017
I enjoyed this song's groove while mixing, superb recordings, and that slide guitar
... too slickI welcome your feedback on this mix.
Muthomi
RE: Hold on You - James May - Obelix - 30-03-2017
Overall, good sounding mix. Snare drum in this song was the though one. A little bit more low end on bass , and thats it.
RE: Hold on You - James May - muthomi - 31-03-2017
(30-03-2017, 09:21 PM)Obelix Wrote: Overall, good sounding mix. Snare drum in this song was the though one. A little bit more low end on bass , and thats it.
Thanks Obelix for giving it a listen.
I didn't quite understand your comment regarding the snare, kindly clarify when you have a moment.
Regarding the bass, I will add some low end on bass and see what that sounds like.
I mixed this on headphones and I don't have studio monitors speakers at the moment. When it came to listening it over the apple earpods it came across as too boomy and dark. Any ideas with that?
RE: Hold on You - James May - Dangerous - 31-03-2017
Hi Muthomi,
Listening to your mix, in it's own right, I think it stands up pretty well, There are although, some tonal issues that I think probably relate back to your use of headphones for the mixing purpose. The main issue for me is a strong build up in the low mids region up to the 500hz mark that's really clouding the mix over.
I have added a version of your track that I've eq-ed a bit to try and balance things up for comparison. I found a -6dB shelving cut up to 530hz with a slight boost at 65hz helped matters. I also removed some harshness at 965hz ,2400hz and 10khz which become apparent when the mids were cleaned up. This is just a rough attempt at correction using my headphones and macbook whist sitting on the couch, so it's far from perfect, but I think you'll get the point. Besides these tonal balance moves are best applied to the individual tracks within the mixing session.
I hope this helps, The mix otherwise is pretty good. Referencing your mix with commercial tracks would be beneficial in this respect.
Dave
RE: Hold on You - James May - muthomi - 04-04-2017
Dave,
Thanks for the recommendations from last week.
I went back to the mix and made another attempt to correct the problems you mentioned. I have attached new mix below. Let me know if it has actually improved.
As for referencing to similar songs, I will definitely look more into that.
Sam