Alan Evens Trio - I'm Coming Home Mix A

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I had typical issues with a live recording. I believe Alan Evans is the drummer and there is significant cymbal bleed into his mic, which causes phasing issues on the high end of the kit. I did my best with that by keeping compression to a minimum. I struggled with the kick badly. It sounds like a small (maybe 20") kick and tuned with not much bottom. Trying to get bottom out of it was a lost cause for me and when I stopped trying it made it easier to fit in the mix for me. The toms were very ringy and I tried not to alter that too much but to lay them in where they would work best. I approached this mix like the trio was playing a live show. To tell you the truth I'm not sure why I doubled Alan's voice as I did. Maybe to give it some breadth against the instrument bed without turning it up and reaping the heavier phasing of the cymbals.

Alan's drums have lots of tone and getting that to come through without overwhelming the mix was also a challenge. The Hammond and the Guitar are beautifully recorded and needed almost nothing to get them to sit in the mix. The big problem for me and where I spent my most time was the keyboard bass. If I have not mentioned it before, I hate keyboard bass. No exception here, but I think I got it to work.

I hope you enjoy this and will give me some feedback.