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This is my first attempt at mastering.


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#2
Hey Dave,

welcome to the forum.

Good starting point but your mix has some balancing issues:

- Vox very dry and sits on top of the mix rather than in the mix.
Try to a subtle (!) amount of room or small hall reverb to fix that.

- Bass is very loud
Always check your mixes with a spectrum analyzer so that you will spot errors you can't here. For example: If you have a poor bass response check the analyzer to make sure that you haven't mixed the bass to hot.

- Pann out Back Vox for wider sound.
The BG VOX Sound very narrow which really doesn't fit this kind of music.
A typical technique is to pan 2 BG VOX tracks far opposite of each other, 1 all the way left and 1 all the way right.

- 1:23 Acoustic Gtr drenched it reverb, also too loud
The Gtr thats playing the lick pokes out of the mix and a listener will immediately say: "Wait. Whats that?"
Because your mix is very dry and then you suddenly introduce a lot reverb the mix does not sound cohesive. You want to be consistent with stylistic choices.

- Drums need to be louder, carry more punch and maybe ambience
The Drums on the other hand sound a bit dull for this kind of music.
They could come up a bit and also could use some ambience especially the snare. A nice snare tail can really help to solidify it in the mix.

- 2:33 2nd Guitar Solo also very loud and masks Vocal
The Guitar sits (relativly) in the center as is the vocal and they occupy a fairly similar freqency range. Due to this, the vocal sounds thinner and does no longer come through as clear and upfront.
Possible solutions could be to decrease the volume of the guitar or maybe pan it somewhere else.
Just decide which carries more importantce and treat them accordingly.


After all that 2 general tips:
- Give your ears a break regularly (like 5 minutes every half hour)
- Use references! Try to find similar music, which has beem mixed by "pros" and try to spot errors in your mix to correct them or try to find out what you like about a certain mix and try to replicate it in your own.

Thats quite a lot but I hope you will soon uplaod the next version of this mix.

Cheers,
LukasAngel
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#3
(11-01-2018, 01:38 PM)LukasL Wrote: Hey Dave,

welcome to the forum.

Good starting point but your mix has some balancing issues:

- Vox very dry and sits on top of the mix rather than in the mix.
Try to a subtle (!) amount of room or small hall reverb to fix that.

- Bass is very loud
Always check your mixes with a spectrum analyzer so that you will spot errors you can't here. For example: If you have a poor bass response check the analyzer to make sure that you haven't mixed the bass to hot.

- Pann out Back Vox for wider sound.
The BG VOX Sound very narrow which really doesn't fit this kind of music.
A typical technique is to pan 2 BG VOX tracks far opposite of each other, 1 all the way left and 1 all the way right.

- 1:23 Acoustic Gtr drenched it reverb, also too loud
The Gtr thats playing the lick pokes out of the mix and a listener will immediately say: "Wait. Whats that?"
Because your mix is very dry and then you suddenly introduce a lot reverb the mix does not sound cohesive. You want to be consistent with stylistic choices.

- Drums need to be louder, carry more punch and maybe ambience
The Drums on the other hand sound a bit dull for this kind of music.
They could come up a bit and also could use some ambience especially the snare. A nice snare tail can really help to solidify it in the mix.

- 2:33 2nd Guitar Solo also very loud and masks Vocal
The Guitar sits (relativly) in the center as is the vocal and they occupy a fairly similar freqency range. Due to this, the vocal sounds thinner and does no longer come through as clear and upfront.
Possible solutions could be to decrease the volume of the guitar or maybe pan it somewhere else.
Just decide which carries more importantce and treat them accordingly.


After all that 2 general tips:
- Give your ears a break regularly (like 5 minutes every half hour)
- Use references! Try to find similar music, which has beem mixed by "pros" and try to spot errors in your mix to correct them or try to find out what you like about a certain mix and try to replicate it in your own.

Thats quite a lot but I hope you will soon uplaod the next version of this mix.

Cheers,
LukasAngel
Thanks for the feedback.
I will try to redo the mix
dave
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