26-04-2012, 09:52 AM
Another good solid balance, uzilevi, and with a nice sense of bloom to the effects. I'd maybe rein in the high frequencies of some of the effects returns, or else just de-ess the sends a little, because I found the drum transients and vocal sibilants seem were spraying around in a slightly distracting way.
As you can tell from my sticky 'info' thread for this multitrack, I'm behind you all the way in your decision to brighten up the piano, because I think this can be done without any serious consequences in terms of obscuring the drums or vocals. However, I wonder whether you might have slightly overdone the EQ nonetheless, because I do find myself wanting a bit more of the low midrange warmth from the raw track.
In general, in fact, this is one area where I think I prefer the preview mix, as there's a definite earthiness about the overall mix texture there which feels like it's been a bit sanitised in your version. I imagine it may also be on account of your cutting rather a lot of low mids from the acoustic guitar as well. Of course, you'll have to work a little harder with automation if you reintroduce that information, because of the need to keep backing instruments out of the way of the vocals, but I think it'd be worth that extra effort.
As you can tell from my sticky 'info' thread for this multitrack, I'm behind you all the way in your decision to brighten up the piano, because I think this can be done without any serious consequences in terms of obscuring the drums or vocals. However, I wonder whether you might have slightly overdone the EQ nonetheless, because I do find myself wanting a bit more of the low midrange warmth from the raw track.
In general, in fact, this is one area where I think I prefer the preview mix, as there's a definite earthiness about the overall mix texture there which feels like it's been a bit sanitised in your version. I imagine it may also be on account of your cutting rather a lot of low mids from the acoustic guitar as well. Of course, you'll have to work a little harder with automation if you reintroduce that information, because of the need to keep backing instruments out of the way of the vocals, but I think it'd be worth that extra effort.