That's Entertainment

[loweche6]

Did this in about 45 minutes. Had to fight some frequency build ups, and trying to keep the piano natural while adding some body.

Thoughts?

Draper

[loweche6]

That piano's too bright, isn't it?

[ptalbot]

That piano's too bright, isn't it?

Funny, that's exactly what I was going to say!

[loweche6]

alright, put about 2 more hours into it. Notching frequencies, rebalancing, finding more resonant frequencies, compressing more, compressing less. . . I think you get the idea.

I think it may be over compressed at some points, but I am taking a break from this for now. Bah.

I don't hate my mix, I'm just not happy yet.

Draper

[loweche6]

Is it the fact that I have so much de essing going on?

[ptalbot]

Hum... I don't know about de-essing, but the vocals sound over-processed. Also the reverb/ambiance is very bright and sound rather artificial.
Just my first reaction to your new version, sorry, don't want to put you down, I can imagine this one is a lot less easier that it seems.
I think this track would benefit from a very natural sound, and I'm afraid that's not what you have ATM...

[loweche6]

No, I'm totally with you. There seems to be a "veil" on all of the mixes I've heard, so I went crazy with notch filtering resonant frequencies. I work with vocal music at my day job, and am usually quite good at it. . . but I'm having issues with this. I high passed and low passed all of my reverbs. I'm sure i'm doing too much on the mastering/conversion side of things (i mix in mixbus and use reaper to convert to mp3/rough master). This has been a real bi. . . . g pain. I hear how I know it should sound, but I'm not getting it for some reason. No worry boy-os, I'mma gonna get it.

Draper

[loweche6]

That was easy. Just remove about 50-75% of all plugins, and sometimes you'll improve your mix greatly. I at least am back to a point of being closer to a finished product.

[ptalbot]

That was easy. Just remove about 50-75% of all plugins, and sometimes you'll improve your mix greatly.

Sounds much better indeed!

[The_Metallurgist]

perhaps understanding the consequences of the Habituation Effect will help avoid some of the issues/pitfalls confronting you in your mixing processes.