19-07-2012, 10:16 AM
Hi marghe, and welcome to the Discussion Zone! A nice mix you've got here, with it's own unique interpretation and lots of little creative ideas. You've gone for a much smoother string sound, more like a viol consort, which is certainly one of the better approaches to this multitrack, in my view. The vocal double-track in the pre-choruses was a nice surprise. In general I'm quite enjoying hearing this one with a wider range of mix effects than on the preview mix. It's also intriguing to hear the change you've made in the overall mix dynamics of the middle section, which I'd always considered to be the climactic moment of the song, but you seem to take a more laid-back view of it here, going for the cleaner viola sound and saving more firepower for later on -- a valid judgement call, of course.
Not sure about the slapback on the chorus vocals. It's not that I don't like the general concept, it's just that I think it confuses some of the consonants a bit. Could you low-pass it perhaps to take some of the edge off it? Probably what I'd do. Overall, though, you've done a pretty good job of stopping the effects from taking over, despite some fairly long decay times in there.
I wonder whether the drums might be a little too cripsy in the upper registers too, the hi-hat in particular, but also the kick, which somehow loses a bit too much gravitas for me. I'd certainly look at multing that track to get individual control if you've not already.
The octave-doubled vocal line in the chorus is quite an unusual texture, so it does seem a bit of a shame to bury it in the texture quite this much. Also, the "rohypnol and valium" line only appears in the backing vocals, so it'd be nice to be able to hear that a bit better when it arrives, plus I think you're missing some opportunity to open out the chorus by mixing the backing vox that far back anyway. The "cos it cost your purity" feels like it's balanced a bit too high too -- slightly disconcerting when it comes in.
Enjoyed listening to that -- thanks for posting!
Not sure about the slapback on the chorus vocals. It's not that I don't like the general concept, it's just that I think it confuses some of the consonants a bit. Could you low-pass it perhaps to take some of the edge off it? Probably what I'd do. Overall, though, you've done a pretty good job of stopping the effects from taking over, despite some fairly long decay times in there.
I wonder whether the drums might be a little too cripsy in the upper registers too, the hi-hat in particular, but also the kick, which somehow loses a bit too much gravitas for me. I'd certainly look at multing that track to get individual control if you've not already.
The octave-doubled vocal line in the chorus is quite an unusual texture, so it does seem a bit of a shame to bury it in the texture quite this much. Also, the "rohypnol and valium" line only appears in the backing vocals, so it'd be nice to be able to hear that a bit better when it arrives, plus I think you're missing some opportunity to open out the chorus by mixing the backing vox that far back anyway. The "cos it cost your purity" feels like it's balanced a bit too high too -- slightly disconcerting when it comes in.
Enjoyed listening to that -- thanks for posting!