14-03-2020, 10:52 AM
I usually feel most comfortable commenting or critiquing someones mix, when I'm unfamiliar with the song and it's contents. So most posts I make are in this context, either new threads I haven't explored or older ones that have faded in memory. I generally find it difficult to post a mix of a song and then comment on others. My mindset is still very much stuck with my own direction and ideals for the song in question, for better or worse. As for this song, I've only listened to a hand full of versions including the reference track in full. I'm not familiar with the elements at play, but there is quite a variety of styles and arrangements with the mixes presented, so there must be scope within.
You are sounding a little deflated and defensive Mitc, but I'm not sure why? As far as the mixes I've listen to, this would be my favourite as for the reasons fore mentioned in my previous post. I wouldn't get too worked up about the snare. If thats the sound you want, run with it. My only thought was it could come back a bit in volume as far as balance was concerned. Turning the mix right down left me hearing the snare and nothing else.
As for cohesion, I feel your thinking is on the individual elements / instruments and their passages. The issues I'm hearing is more with the short term rhythmic mash up of the song as a whole. I'm not sure what you are going with the compression and master bus processing , but it almost feels like something here is amiss. Without really knowing whats at plays though I'm purely guessing.
I not sure if you have pulled up stumps with this one, but I reckon it's worth trying to get it right. A lot of mixes I listen to, you get the feeling they have pushed it to the limits of where they are trying to go. I'm not feeling that here.
You are sounding a little deflated and defensive Mitc, but I'm not sure why? As far as the mixes I've listen to, this would be my favourite as for the reasons fore mentioned in my previous post. I wouldn't get too worked up about the snare. If thats the sound you want, run with it. My only thought was it could come back a bit in volume as far as balance was concerned. Turning the mix right down left me hearing the snare and nothing else.
As for cohesion, I feel your thinking is on the individual elements / instruments and their passages. The issues I'm hearing is more with the short term rhythmic mash up of the song as a whole. I'm not sure what you are going with the compression and master bus processing , but it almost feels like something here is amiss. Without really knowing whats at plays though I'm purely guessing.
I not sure if you have pulled up stumps with this one, but I reckon it's worth trying to get it right. A lot of mixes I listen to, you get the feeling they have pushed it to the limits of where they are trying to go. I'm not feeling that here.