(24-04-2013, 08:19 PM)rodion Wrote: Hi, thanks for being my first responder.
And thanks also for the tip. You were absolutely right on the button. I've toned down the verbs considerably and filtered out the hi's and low's and I believe it cleared up a lot. It was a problem of building reverb upon reverb till the point I didn't even notice the problem anymore.
Now that is a difference, isn't it
This new version allows to listen to your mix more closely. Very interesting take. First of all I think you should be carefull with the overall level. Although I did not spot obvious clipping your mix sounds quite distorted. I tend to put the blame here on your mixbuscompression or limiter. Now this might be intended but it makes your mix fatiguing to listen to. There is also a lot going on in the lower midrange. I tried pulling out 2,5db at around 400hz and thought that it improved the overall clarity a bit. The same can be said about the super lows. I put a hipass (12db/octave) at 18hz and it seemed to help your mix. The kick does not need to be that low for this kind of music.
You have to judge that for yourself to see how far those things might contradict your intention, but as a listener I don't care about your intention if your mix fatigues my ears (especially if it is because of the mix and not the music!).
Quote:I've listened to your mix as well. I think this intro begs for some tweaking as it's in my opinion somewhat long and boring as it was played. I think you can win something there in making it more interesting right away. Apart from that a well balanced mix I think. Great to be able to compare all these different versions!
Thank you. You are right, it is great. Trying to comment on other peoples mixes is a great way to improve your own mixes by improving your perception, by the way
I tend to disagree with you about the intro. To me this song is more folk than pop and the intro already has a nice twist to it, as the band enters the forth time the motive is played, reducing the intro to rather unusual 3 times. Although I think that the different treatments of this part of the song are very interesting, I don't think that they are necessary. This comes down to personal vision and aesthetics, I guess.