(22-08-2022, 10:10 PM)JadeStudio Wrote: Wow, I love this version a lot. Is way cleaner than my messy mix, I particularly love the sound of the violin, very typical for this style of music.
Thanks. Although I think the LCR panning might be a touch too extreme and I could maybe bring things in a little. I missed a couple of spots of "esses and t's" on the vocal too. I thought it was only fair I gave it a go though as I'd not attempted this one previously.
If it helps, the violin is highpassed to around 350, and I notched out a couple of freqs I didn't like at 854 and 2838Hz, followed by some very light compression just to keep it in place. Actually pretty much all the tracks are just high passed, with the odd resonance notched out. Very little else going on.
Quote:Now hearing it, I can see that I have a loooot to learn.
Me too, having now read Mike Senior's notes on the track! To be honest I didn't really pick up on the issues he mentions
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I don't think your mix is that far off to be honest. I think just panning things about a little, and maybe not so much compression would likely do the trick.
One thing I did that I don't usually do - I didn't put reverb on the individual tracks. I just put some very light reverb on the mix bus, just enough to add some glue. (I did cut some highs and lows on the reverb signal). I think I've only done that on one other mix. Normally I'd use individual sends on each instrument as per usual.
For inspiration I love listening to Chuck Ainlay's mixes, for example Mark Knopfler's Shangri-La album, etc.
I'm by no means an expert but do let me know if you have any further questions, etc.
Cheers!