02-05-2015, 06:05 PM
Here is my attempt at mixing "Black Out Betty." I thought the song was cool, but lacking a bit in production. I mixed it using Mixbus on KX Studio Linux.
Here is a little bit about my mix:
I muted quite a few parts, especially the extra guitar parts. In my opinion, one guitar track for each guitar was enough for this song. The tone of the kick-in track didn't quite sound right to me, so I muted it and shaped the kick-out track with a bit of EQ. I reversed the polarity of the bottom snare track, which gave the snare a fuller sound. For the bass, I tried to find a good balance between the DI and the amp track. As far as vocals go, I added some reverb and delays; but tried to keep them from sounding too wet. There were also some bleed issues on the vocal tracks with a lot of low end. I used EQ to decrease that. The lead vocal itself was only processed with a bit of flange, de-esser, and EQ. However, the rap vocal received a bit more processing to add a bit of character to it. Of course, the Mixbus channel compression and EQ were used on most tracks, as well as some subtle compression on the 2-bus. I didn't process the guitars much, just a bit of reverb, EQ, and compression.
Overall, this song was fun to mix.
Thanks for listening
- audioMan
Here is a little bit about my mix:
I muted quite a few parts, especially the extra guitar parts. In my opinion, one guitar track for each guitar was enough for this song. The tone of the kick-in track didn't quite sound right to me, so I muted it and shaped the kick-out track with a bit of EQ. I reversed the polarity of the bottom snare track, which gave the snare a fuller sound. For the bass, I tried to find a good balance between the DI and the amp track. As far as vocals go, I added some reverb and delays; but tried to keep them from sounding too wet. There were also some bleed issues on the vocal tracks with a lot of low end. I used EQ to decrease that. The lead vocal itself was only processed with a bit of flange, de-esser, and EQ. However, the rap vocal received a bit more processing to add a bit of character to it. Of course, the Mixbus channel compression and EQ were used on most tracks, as well as some subtle compression on the 2-bus. I didn't process the guitars much, just a bit of reverb, EQ, and compression.
Overall, this song was fun to mix.
Thanks for listening
- audioMan