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James May - Hold On You
#1
Beautiful song!
Some issues on both snare track and OH track.
(OH track volume dip somewhere 2.00 minutes)
Corrected the "pfffound" on the VOX track at about 1:37 (compare with uncorrected versions)

Not entirely satisfied about my mix yet.

Cheers,
Luc

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Update: Final version added in this thread and below in the replies.
Completely new mix, as exercise I gave extra attention to 2 back vocal tracks, based on the original lead vox track. I think that went very well Big Grin

Cheers,
Luc


.mp3    James May - Hold On You_1.mp3 --  (Download: 7.82 MB)


.mp3    James May - Hold On You-Final.mp3 --  (Download: 7.82 MB)


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#2
V2
Slightly changed the mix (not the FX)
cleaned the OH in sub low, adapted both kicks to compensate
Acoustic guitars bit louder, slide a tiny hair lower.

Cheers,
Luc


.mp3    James May - Hold On You_2.mp3 --  (Download: 7.82 MB)


Pro Tools 12.7
https://soundcloud.com/luc-van-der-stap
http://www.aecom.nl
-Mobile and static studios are ready :-) http://www.audioreg.com
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#3
V3

Study on adding back vox, added some bck vox
Changed lead vox level
Changed bass level
OH level and kick front level





.mp3    James May - Hold On You-V3-plus Bck vox.mp3 --  (Download: 7.82 MB)


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#4
Backing vocals are nice addition on this song, but why did you pan them only to the right ? Pan them like this, lower harmonies narrower, but higher ones wider.
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#5
(27-08-2015, 08:14 PM)Obelix Wrote: Backing vocals are nice addition on this song, but why did you pan them only to the right ? Pan them like this, lower harmonies narrower, but higher ones wider.

Hi Obelix,

Thanks man, appreciate your comment!

You are right for sure, the point is that I got "sound blind" while mixing too long without a break Rolleyes
I think you know this phenomena too hahaha

I will adapt your comments into a revision soon, expect a week or so.

Cheers,
Luc
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#6
Like the BVs would be even better if doubled on other side. Nice balance And the difficult snare sounds pretty goodSmile
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#7
Final version
Complete new mix, added 2 new back vox using another engine :-)
Its been a nice case study to add artificial back vocals and try to bring the best out of difficult tracks.

Cheers,
Luc



.mp3    James May - Hold On You-Final.mp3 --  (Download: 7.82 MB)


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https://soundcloud.com/luc-van-der-stap
http://www.aecom.nl
-Mobile and static studios are ready :-) http://www.audioreg.com
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#8
Hi Luc

sounds a great mix , really nice and smooth. I really like the extra vocals but for me they are a bit to forward and maybe drop them sometimes in phrases to add a different dimension. If they were dropped back a couple of notches as it seems to mask the music on my headphones. Acoustic guitar possibly could do with a little more centre volume as it keeps drawing me to the left , but that ,maybe as I am listening on my phones and there is no diffusion.

awesome mix though, did you use outboard hardware ?

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