02-11-2016, 03:45 PM
Thanks Roy!
It does make sense. I agree with the snare saying "look over here". I do find my left ear getting a bit fatigued by the end of the song. I'll center the snare for my next try. I'm sorta torn however because I do like the toms being panned L/R. but I want to see what it sounds like with less panning and dead center. I do agree it'll probably change how that sits in the mix - I had some real issues getting the drums to play nice as I found they were either too loud or too quiet as I was adjusting the mix.
I'm glad you noticed the delayed strum of the guitar in the bridges. That's the guitarist in me saying "ok... I know what to do with this part at least". I'll play with the EQ on the right side delay to see if I can reduce some of that metallic tone.
Bass... bass bass bass. I struggled with this instrument too. Unprocessed it felt thin, but admittedly did sit well in the mix. I tried to leave it alone as much as possible. I'm just using some saturation, EQ, and light compression to fatten it up a little but keep it smooth. I do want to run it through a SansAmp or something similar so i'll give that a try and see if that extra grit helps.
With panning the BGV's, it jumped out at me immediately to set them up in a 'call and response' scenario. I'll bring them a little bit more centered. I think they're 70% L/R in this mix. With the drums being more centered (as I plan to do) it may make the BGV's panning sit a little bit better.
I really appreciate your input. I've been obsessing over this song from the first day of the contest (my wife is sick of me talking about it). I'll play around with this tonight some more and post another edit.
Thanks
nate!
It does make sense. I agree with the snare saying "look over here". I do find my left ear getting a bit fatigued by the end of the song. I'll center the snare for my next try. I'm sorta torn however because I do like the toms being panned L/R. but I want to see what it sounds like with less panning and dead center. I do agree it'll probably change how that sits in the mix - I had some real issues getting the drums to play nice as I found they were either too loud or too quiet as I was adjusting the mix.
I'm glad you noticed the delayed strum of the guitar in the bridges. That's the guitarist in me saying "ok... I know what to do with this part at least". I'll play with the EQ on the right side delay to see if I can reduce some of that metallic tone.
Bass... bass bass bass. I struggled with this instrument too. Unprocessed it felt thin, but admittedly did sit well in the mix. I tried to leave it alone as much as possible. I'm just using some saturation, EQ, and light compression to fatten it up a little but keep it smooth. I do want to run it through a SansAmp or something similar so i'll give that a try and see if that extra grit helps.
With panning the BGV's, it jumped out at me immediately to set them up in a 'call and response' scenario. I'll bring them a little bit more centered. I think they're 70% L/R in this mix. With the drums being more centered (as I plan to do) it may make the BGV's panning sit a little bit better.
I really appreciate your input. I've been obsessing over this song from the first day of the contest (my wife is sick of me talking about it). I'll play around with this tonight some more and post another edit.
Thanks
nate!