01-10-2017, 07:45 PM
Hard panning the guitar and keys DOES leave a lot of room for the drums and vocal, and the vocal along with the bass and horns are the driving melodic structures in this track.....but they could perhaps be automated so they don’t leave the intro so exposed. In any case, I like the drum sounds, think the idea of using the bass to drive the low end is perfect for this type of funky track, as that’s how it was often mixed “back in the day”.... great balance of the vocals against the rest of the song. Very forward, but still IN the mix and not on top. Well Done! The balance of the lead to backgrounds is also dead on.
The bass is solid as a rock, yet I can’t really hear the compression, so I’m guessing some sort of opto compressor (or plugin) and it sounds really great!
The compression on the drums is more audible, course, but still super tasteful. I like that the toms are loudest in the kit with some reverb on them....again a great period touch.
The sibilants are a matter of taste....the important part is that if you DID deess that you didn’t turn “sss” into “shh” or “fff”....I personally don’t find them objectionable at all.
The horns are laid back as a pad, which is absolutely perfect.
Dude, you pretty much nailed this one to the board and dropped the mic. Nice work.
PS: better late than never, but I’m sorry it took so long. Work has been crushing me and I haven’t even had time to come into the forum for 3 weeks)
The bass is solid as a rock, yet I can’t really hear the compression, so I’m guessing some sort of opto compressor (or plugin) and it sounds really great!
The compression on the drums is more audible, course, but still super tasteful. I like that the toms are loudest in the kit with some reverb on them....again a great period touch.
The sibilants are a matter of taste....the important part is that if you DID deess that you didn’t turn “sss” into “shh” or “fff”....I personally don’t find them objectionable at all.
The horns are laid back as a pad, which is absolutely perfect.
Dude, you pretty much nailed this one to the board and dropped the mic. Nice work.
PS: better late than never, but I’m sorry it took so long. Work has been crushing me and I haven’t even had time to come into the forum for 3 weeks)