18-02-2019, 05:39 AM (This post was last modified: 18-02-2019, 06:13 AM by Noneya Bidnes.)
Here's my submission for the contest, hopefully Im submitting it properly, and thank you to everyone involved in making this happen.
Edit: I had to reupload a new version just after 12 because the edit i uploaded after the original cut off the first snare/cymbal crash, idk if this ok, i just didnt want to leave the updated version without the full beginning
Hi Noneya Bidnes -- love that slapback treatment on the lead vocal! Very much in keeping with the general vibe, I think. Some more thoughts:
The biggest thing that hits me is that the overall tonality feels very heavy on the 200Hz region, giving the whole mix a rather congested and boxy quality. It's not a simple question of master EQ, though, because it seems primarily to be an interaction between the lead vocal and the bass, so I'd concentrate on tackling things on those channels.
Nice variety between the different effects treatments, and it sounds like there might also be some kind of automation going on into the choruses and Reintro/Outro, which may be part of the reason you seem to be getting a good sense of long-term dynamics. (That said, some kind of differentiation between the first pair of verses might improve things further in that respect, as well as a touch more of the mob vocals during the Outro.)
The lead vocal balancing is overall pretty strong, but your mix translation is still struggling on account of the raw vocal recording's tonal variations -- not least because of the 200Hz bias in the vocal tonality overall, given that it's the low-frequency range of the vocal tone that is particularly troublesome in this respect.
Although the bass has great small-speaker translation, it feels a touch lightweight in the sub-80Hz region, especially once the 200Hz emphasis is removed.
Hope some of that feedback is useful -- and thanks for letting us all hear your version!
