My Attempt.
Beautiful raw tracks and performance. I didn't feel the need to get too carried away with this one. A light weight mix keeping things natural with a bit of automation throughout to aid the arrangement.
Thanks for listening
Dave
Mix#2 added 10-04-17
I have trimmed some fat from the thighs and cleaned up some of those low mids as suggested. Added some extra automation moves around the arrangement. I would love to spend a couple of hours refining it further. (I think it would be worth it). Lastly I've raised the level of the overheads by copying the original, high passing and removing the snare with a side chained comp and then throwing it back into the drum bus. It's helped with some extra sparkle. Still some issues with the vox, but I'm doing more harm than good in my attempt of any improvement.
Hopefully an improvement on the first version.
Mix#3 added 17-04-17
Just some added arrangement tweaks. I have tried to feature the mandolin and pedal parts more purposely and selectively throughout whist being complimentary to the song. I am happy with the pedal steel at this stage but the mandolin is possible still a little over represented and could be trimmed back further. Some of the runs and licks are quite repetitive.
See how I feel about it in a couple of days.
Beautiful raw tracks and performance. I didn't feel the need to get too carried away with this one. A light weight mix keeping things natural with a bit of automation throughout to aid the arrangement.
Thanks for listening
Dave
Mix#2 added 10-04-17
I have trimmed some fat from the thighs and cleaned up some of those low mids as suggested. Added some extra automation moves around the arrangement. I would love to spend a couple of hours refining it further. (I think it would be worth it). Lastly I've raised the level of the overheads by copying the original, high passing and removing the snare with a side chained comp and then throwing it back into the drum bus. It's helped with some extra sparkle. Still some issues with the vox, but I'm doing more harm than good in my attempt of any improvement.
Hopefully an improvement on the first version.
Mix#3 added 17-04-17
Just some added arrangement tweaks. I have tried to feature the mandolin and pedal parts more purposely and selectively throughout whist being complimentary to the song. I am happy with the pedal steel at this stage but the mandolin is possible still a little over represented and could be trimmed back further. Some of the runs and licks are quite repetitive.
See how I feel about it in a couple of days.