06-11-2014, 09:45 AM
Hi bmullen,
a few things register in my head about your mix which you might want to revisit if you have time....
The overall presentation is a little too dark, all the upper mid range and high end content of the tracks (bar the kick and bass) could do with lifting up individually.
The overheads seem to have disappeared, the hi-hat is only audible on the heavier hits, and not in the verses, which sounds like you only have the spill from the snare channels rather than the close mic/OH
The kick is a real headscratcher, i'm guessing they forgot to include the common 'kick in' mic with the download cause the kick out is one of the worst i've heard in a long time. I resorted to replacing it but made sure to recreate the originals dynamics with velocity editing. You've done a great job (far better than my attempts) to get it sounding like you have, but it's just not sitting right.
a few things register in my head about your mix which you might want to revisit if you have time....
The overall presentation is a little too dark, all the upper mid range and high end content of the tracks (bar the kick and bass) could do with lifting up individually.
The overheads seem to have disappeared, the hi-hat is only audible on the heavier hits, and not in the verses, which sounds like you only have the spill from the snare channels rather than the close mic/OH
The kick is a real headscratcher, i'm guessing they forgot to include the common 'kick in' mic with the download cause the kick out is one of the worst i've heard in a long time. I resorted to replacing it but made sure to recreate the originals dynamics with velocity editing. You've done a great job (far better than my attempts) to get it sounding like you have, but it's just not sitting right.