27-01-2019, 11:00 AM
Hi all,
First time posting here
I'm a originally a musician but want to become a producer so learning everything from song writing to recording and mixing.
I've been learning how to mix for about 6 months now. I mainly use Logic Pro which I love as I use my midi piano a lot, program drums, keyboards etc.
I liked this song because there's a bit of a Jamiroquai vibe at the beginning and tons of options given there's so many mics / tracks. So had a blast!
I have attached my version of the mix, I would love to know what you think and what I can do to improve in the future!
Some stuff about my mix: I am not a massive fan of the backing vocals during the chorus and even with the reference mix I struggled a lot on how they would bring something to the song, I tried putting them behind with reverb but it sounded a bit muddy and the chorus had less impact, so I "kind of" tried to have a bit of a "boxy" sound like question / answer from the lead vocal and the other one. I did not push it that far but think kind of the new metal vibe where you would have a sentence or a scream with a "phone" voice.
Other thing, very difficult to get anything out of the kick, not sure if it's a gain issue while the drums were tracked but even with the EQ it felt either too round / muddy or very smacky (is that a word) almost / sometimes clipping, so I "cheated" and added a sample behind to get a heavy bottom (electro bump GP in Logic FYI) sound behind and use the attack from the mic, compressed to get consistent hits and some more attack.
! I'd be super curious to know if other people struggled with the kick and if they managed to get a good sound out of the tracks and how they achieved it?
Same with the snare, I wanted a bit more balls so I used a trick, I duped the snare bottom, compressed it heavily and used a pitch transformer to get it 5 semi tones down, also this one sent a fair share to an aux with a distortion pedal and a reverb so it almost acts like it's triggering some pink noise (a bit 80s style).
During the guitar solo, I would have removed the reverb on the guitar as it feels like the guitar is behind but it was recorded like this so had to automate a bit the volume and EQ to get it a bit closer but am not super sure about the results.
Had the keyboard on one side and guitar on the other to get some width.
Lots of other tweaks but that I think covers the main things.
Thanks a lot,
Quentin
First time posting here
I'm a originally a musician but want to become a producer so learning everything from song writing to recording and mixing.I've been learning how to mix for about 6 months now. I mainly use Logic Pro which I love as I use my midi piano a lot, program drums, keyboards etc.
I liked this song because there's a bit of a Jamiroquai vibe at the beginning and tons of options given there's so many mics / tracks. So had a blast!
I have attached my version of the mix, I would love to know what you think and what I can do to improve in the future!
Some stuff about my mix: I am not a massive fan of the backing vocals during the chorus and even with the reference mix I struggled a lot on how they would bring something to the song, I tried putting them behind with reverb but it sounded a bit muddy and the chorus had less impact, so I "kind of" tried to have a bit of a "boxy" sound like question / answer from the lead vocal and the other one. I did not push it that far but think kind of the new metal vibe where you would have a sentence or a scream with a "phone" voice.
Other thing, very difficult to get anything out of the kick, not sure if it's a gain issue while the drums were tracked but even with the EQ it felt either too round / muddy or very smacky (is that a word) almost / sometimes clipping, so I "cheated" and added a sample behind to get a heavy bottom (electro bump GP in Logic FYI) sound behind and use the attack from the mic, compressed to get consistent hits and some more attack.
! I'd be super curious to know if other people struggled with the kick and if they managed to get a good sound out of the tracks and how they achieved it?
Same with the snare, I wanted a bit more balls so I used a trick, I duped the snare bottom, compressed it heavily and used a pitch transformer to get it 5 semi tones down, also this one sent a fair share to an aux with a distortion pedal and a reverb so it almost acts like it's triggering some pink noise (a bit 80s style).
During the guitar solo, I would have removed the reverb on the guitar as it feels like the guitar is behind but it was recorded like this so had to automate a bit the volume and EQ to get it a bit closer but am not super sure about the results.
Had the keyboard on one side and guitar on the other to get some width.
Lots of other tweaks but that I think covers the main things.
Thanks a lot,
Quentin