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Great mix with energy!!! The bass guitar might be a bit too loud but its my opinion. It does hide the vocals a bit with it being so prominent. Great job on this one.


Cheers,
Frank

the bass has way too much low end and the guitars are too fizzy. I hate it when people kill all the mids in guitars, because what you will end up with is a mix that has no balls, no power, no movement. What was the reason to make the guitars so fizzy? There is nothing that fights the guitars in that region, the synths can be placed on top of the guitars easily. The vocals have enough room if you make a cut at 2.5 - 3.5khz in the rhythm guitars. Right now there is a huge hole in your mix and no other instrument that fills this hole. Don't make cuts in the low mids/mids because some guy on youtube told you that he always does this. That's stupid, use your ears. Do the rhythm guitars really mask anything when properly panned and balanced?

the melody guitars are drowning in reverb/delay. The vocals are way to loud in the first verse, and the delay/reverb is so much over the top that it is a distraction for the listener. There is too much high end fizz in the Overheads/Hihats and they sound unnatural - sounds like you made a low cut way up to 1k

My advice would be: You have a good ear for balance, but you should try to get a good static mix first, without any fancy fx on the tracks. don't make crazy eq cuts and boosts, the tracks are already very balanced and don't need that much eq. as always you will get a better, less static and overhyped mix with less drastic eq cuts & boosts and more volume automation on each track. Of course you need some eq cuts and boosts to get the low end right and some more to make room for the vocals, but other than that I don't see why you should make so many drastic eq decisions?

have a good day,
Dirk

(06-04-2017, 05:38 AM)fjuarez3 Wrote: [ -> ]Great mix with energy!!! The bass guitar might be a bit too loud but its my opinion. It does hide the vocals a bit with it being so prominent. Great job on this one.


Cheers,
Frank

A bass hides a vocal? New one to me, thanks anyway

(06-04-2017, 09:52 AM)Blitzzz Wrote: [ -> ]the bass has way too much low end and the guitars are too fizzy. I hate it when people kill all the mids in guitars, because what you will end up with is a mix that has no balls, no power, no movement. What was the reason to make the guitars so fizzy? There is nothing that fights the guitars in that region, the synths can be placed on top of the guitars easily. The vocals have enough room if you make a cut at 2.5 - 3.5khz in the rhythm guitars. Right now there is a huge hole in your mix and no other instrument that fills this hole. Don't make cuts in the low mids/mids because some guy on youtube told you that he always does this. That's stupid, use your ears. Do the rhythm guitars really mask anything when properly panned and balanced?

the melody guitars are drowning in reverb/delay. The vocals are way to loud in the first verse, and the delay/reverb is so much over the top that it is a distraction for the listener. There is too much high end fizz in the Overheads/Hihats and they sound unnatural - sounds like you made a low cut way up to 1k

My advice would be: You have a good ear for balance, but you should try to get a good static mix first, without any fancy fx on the tracks. don't make crazy eq cuts and boosts, the tracks are already very balanced and don't need that much eq. as always you will get a better, less static and overhyped mix with less drastic eq cuts & boosts and more volume automation on each track. Of course you need some eq cuts and boosts to get the low end right and some more to make room for the vocals, but other than that I don't see why you should make so many drastic eq decisions?

have a good day,
Dirk

If I were you I would move on to a new en-devour, this one ain't for you

Oh, I´m sorry. I wrote this song, recorded most of the parts, worked with Dirk Verbeuren on the drums, did the original mix with a little help from Joel Wanasek and Joey Sturgis, mastered it together with Ermin (who mastered Periphery and Animals as Leaders lately) and somehow all those guys were, really, really, really excited about the song, the mix and the universe we all live in. But, okay, I probably have to move on and better do something else, this stuff ain't for me, hahahaha

I'm sorry if I did hurt your feelings, bro I was just trying to give you some honest feedback, from the artist to the mixer.

Have a good day

(06-04-2017, 10:23 AM)Loose Juice Wrote: [ -> ]A bass hides a vocal? New one to me, thanks anyway

A bass can totally obscure a vocal.

Dirk is taking the time going through almost all of these mixes (of his song) and giving fairly detailed responses. The least you can do is be a little gracious about it. This is a place to learn from others and sometimes you might not agree with them but appreciate their perspective.

Also, in this case he's totally spot on.

(06-04-2017, 10:45 AM)Blitzzz Wrote: [ -> ]Oh, I´m sorry. I wrote this song, recorded most of the parts, worked with Dirk Verbeuren on the drums, did the original mix with a little help from Joel Wanasek and Joey Sturgis, mastered it together with Ermin (who mastered Periphery and Animals as Leaders lately) and somehow all those guys were, really, really, really excited about the song, the mix and the universe we all live in. But, okay, I probably have to move on and better do something else, this stuff ain't for me, hahahaha

I'm sorry if I did hurt your feelings, bro I was just trying to give you some honest feedback, from the artist to the mixer.

Have a good day

You didn't hurt my feelings bro, when you have no idea what your talking about its laughable. Like I said your in the wrong business

All my points are valid, and as a matter of fact I know exactly what I´m talking about because I am the guy who recorded and mixed this song in the first place. What actually is laughable is your way dealing with my critique. If you don't want comments, don't post your mix

Have a good day,
Dirk

(06-04-2017, 02:44 PM)Blitzzz Wrote: [ -> ]All my points are valid, and as a matter of fact I know exactly what I´m talking about because I am the guy who recorded and mixed this song in the first place. What actually is laughable is your way dealing with my critique. If you don't want comments, don't post your mix

Have a good day,
Dirk

So because you mix a track your way you know what you're talking about?
Yes its laughable because you're a joke, plain & simple