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Passenger Side - Alex's livestream mix
#1
Ok, this song definitely grew on me Smile

Being a fairly live recording (sounds like maybe one or two overdubs, shall have to look into it) I didn't want to do anything too radical with automation and fx, just a nice straightforward rock mix.

Let me know what you think.

The entire mixing process was ~100 minutes, not including some initial set up of the session. The entire process is documented here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK1rpJg8s3U ... You can skip to 1:46:00 (give or take) for the final mix, an export of which is also attached

As usual, the DAW and plugins are all freely available... this one I'm trying a few new plugins, including the "Tubes... Creamer..." Smile

Cheers,
Alex



.mp3    PassengerSide-Livestream.mp3 --  (Download: 7.87 MB)


Research Scientist, interested in Audio Technology and Psychoacoustics.
Music Producer and Audio Engineer.

Mixing livestreams --- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc4fser...o60xeOPDHQ

Speak your mind --- https://www.minds.com/alexwilson?referrer=alexwilson
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#2
Hey man i like it the instrumental, sounds more natural for me !
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#3
I think it's pretty close. I haven't had a chance to check out the video yet to see what you did. It feels a bit contained. I don't know if it's compression or whatever. I think it could be a little bigger. At least the drums. The vocals could be de-essed and they get a little lost at the end.
Overall, it has a warm tone which works and keeps it organic.
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#4
Thanks guys.

Yeah, I deliberately had less kick and snare than I normally would. There's a bit around 20 mins in where I turn up the kick and say "it's not that kind of song" Big Grin ... As far as I recall there was no EQ or compression on the kick. The snare has a little bit of compression and the drum bus has a fairly typical 4dB gain reduction or so. I think the drum performance is what's a bit flat -- I'd probably automate the 3 snare mics in order to get a variety of sounds over the song.

I've always noticed I mix vocals quieter than average, especially towards the end of a song. The justification is, that since you've already heard the lyrics and melody before, that its ok for some of the instruments to come up a bit at the expense of some vocal masking. Your brain fills in the gaps because it's familiar with the lyrics and melody and so knows what to expect.

Yeah, definitely a few more things to do but tried to keep it under 2 hrs!

Alex
Research Scientist, interested in Audio Technology and Psychoacoustics.
Music Producer and Audio Engineer.

Mixing livestreams --- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc4fser...o60xeOPDHQ

Speak your mind --- https://www.minds.com/alexwilson?referrer=alexwilson
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#5
Fair enough. I can understand your point about the vocal level at the end of songs. I'd sometimes do the same to give the illusion of the vocal being drowned out and the band is rocking out more at the end. I considered that in this one but felt the vocals are what's creating the lift and excitement at the end so I kept them up in my versions.

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#6
Hi Alex,
Nice sounding mix, well balanced. Vocal and guitars are nicely done. Only two things comes to my mind, that drums could have more reverb, Oh are pretty dry and seconds bass timbre is a bit too prominent. Good work I like it. Cheers
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