11-11-2015, 11:46 PM
hi, and welcome.
you've some good things happening in this mix. the main thing which is spoiling it is the treble. what worries me a bit is that your judgement is being skewed for some reason and it's causing you to mix bright...very bright. the simple cure is to hi-cut to bring the treble under control, but you need to hear the treble reasonably accurately in order to make the necessary adjustments?
did you mix this on headphones by any chance, or a playback device which doesn't present high frequencies well? such a situation would contribute to skewing your judgement. i guess all will be revealed shortly....?
i personally wouldn't employ delays in this song, it contradicts the genre(?) and i have to admit it sounds cheesy because of it. it's always a good idea if we aren't too familiar with a genre, to do some research first and get a handle on what listeners have come to expect.
you also need to keep an eye on your master buss....it's clipping and causing distortion. best to drop a limiter on it to prevent this (set it to -0.5dBFS ready for conversion to mp3). i also recommend you don't compress the final buss as hard as you have. aim for -14LUFS generally. this came out at -10LUFS.....not too far out, but enough to lose dynamics. the points i've made each contribute to reducing audio quality rather than improving it so just attending to these issues will move your mixing forwards in a good way.
can i ask you to post 320kbps mp3 in future, for quality reasons? ta
please don't forget to give others feedback, importantly it will improve your listening skills no end and you can put this skill as it develops, into assessing your own work. this is a 2-way street, so contribute, yeah? thanks in advance.
you've some good things happening in this mix. the main thing which is spoiling it is the treble. what worries me a bit is that your judgement is being skewed for some reason and it's causing you to mix bright...very bright. the simple cure is to hi-cut to bring the treble under control, but you need to hear the treble reasonably accurately in order to make the necessary adjustments?
did you mix this on headphones by any chance, or a playback device which doesn't present high frequencies well? such a situation would contribute to skewing your judgement. i guess all will be revealed shortly....?
i personally wouldn't employ delays in this song, it contradicts the genre(?) and i have to admit it sounds cheesy because of it. it's always a good idea if we aren't too familiar with a genre, to do some research first and get a handle on what listeners have come to expect.
you also need to keep an eye on your master buss....it's clipping and causing distortion. best to drop a limiter on it to prevent this (set it to -0.5dBFS ready for conversion to mp3). i also recommend you don't compress the final buss as hard as you have. aim for -14LUFS generally. this came out at -10LUFS.....not too far out, but enough to lose dynamics. the points i've made each contribute to reducing audio quality rather than improving it so just attending to these issues will move your mixing forwards in a good way.
can i ask you to post 320kbps mp3 in future, for quality reasons? ta
please don't forget to give others feedback, importantly it will improve your listening skills no end and you can put this skill as it develops, into assessing your own work. this is a 2-way street, so contribute, yeah? thanks in advance.
Beware...........Cognitive Dissonance!