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Adam Buckley: 'Drag Me Down' is my first mix on this forum
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Version 2 is better than the first.
here are my observations

*Reverb on intro guitars is quite strong. There is a build up in mid freq. there that I particularly do not like. I would highpass the reverb a lil more to get rid of some of that build up. or perhaps the tail is too long and is making me hear that not sure.
*Vocals are very muddy in the low end. There is an excess of low end rumble in it. Sounds like a boost on the vocal track because the instrumentation does not suffer from this bulk in the low end.
*The drums are really punchy good job on them. If anything I would brign back that reverb. Not sure if it's in the master bus or in the snare but the stereo reverb in the drums is quite strong. It's a taste thing so you can totally ignore this.
*Is there reverb on the top end of the bass? if so I think it's too much.. if not then my ears are playing tricks on me.
*on the last part of the song that acoustic rhythm guitar has a really STRONG boost on the top end.. the strumming is really poking out way too much in my opinion. I would compress that with a de-esser or with a multicompressor.

Finishing the song sounds more like you added a master reverb on the master buss but you kinda over did it. I could be wrong.

It's a good mix. Just more polished reverb on it and that vocal clean up will get your mix on the money in my opinion. Perhaps less top end on that bass but hey that's a taste thing for me.

Hope this helps and good job.
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RE: Adam Buckley: 'Drag Me Down' is my first mix on this forum - by Shul - 02-01-2019, 08:11 AM