30-06-2014, 02:12 AM
I just love a good acoustic guitar recording so I figured I'd tackle this one first. 
Anyone have any thoughts?
Anyone have any thoughts?
30-06-2014, 02:20 AM
The guitars sound great which is definitely the most important aspect of this one. My only suggestion, and it's minor, would be to get a bit more separation between the kick and bass. Really nice mix
30-06-2014, 07:16 AM
Very good work, very smooth sound and the minimal use of compression suits this style of music very well. I agree with bmullen about the kick/bass separation... I can feel the sub from the kick, but I can't actively hear it's contribution, but the separation of guitars is very admirable, especially given the very wet reverbs in a few places of the song. The acoustic (steel string) guitars are maybe a little toppy in a few places, very slightly taking away some of the high end definition from the electric guitars, but it still sounds very good.
The only other thing that comes to mind to me is that there seems to be a lot of reverb (and reverbs of different types) applied to individual instruments, maybe as inserts(?) but not a whole lot of space surrounding the mix as a whole. Perfectly valid artistic decision, nice and smooth, but maybe some slightly higher pre-delays on the individual reverbs could bring them forward a bit, and some shorter pre-delays on the drums/steel strings for blend. Matter of personal taste though... I like to use reverb as an instrument of itself
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Great work, put this one in the portfolio.
The only other thing that comes to mind to me is that there seems to be a lot of reverb (and reverbs of different types) applied to individual instruments, maybe as inserts(?) but not a whole lot of space surrounding the mix as a whole. Perfectly valid artistic decision, nice and smooth, but maybe some slightly higher pre-delays on the individual reverbs could bring them forward a bit, and some shorter pre-delays on the drums/steel strings for blend. Matter of personal taste though... I like to use reverb as an instrument of itself
.Great work, put this one in the portfolio.
01-07-2014, 04:03 AM
Actually, the same reverb effect is used on all the tracks, just in varying intensity (it's a send effect).
Well, I like the way the reverb mix and you've said yourself that's a personal taste thing. About the only thing you both brought up that was not personal taste was the bass drum issue. I had trouble balancing it against the bass guitar so I'm not surprised there's an issue there. However, listening back to it, and given pauli's comment about feeling it but not hearing it, I wonder if just bringing it up a dB or two might do the trick...?
So that's what I did here.
Well, I like the way the reverb mix and you've said yourself that's a personal taste thing. About the only thing you both brought up that was not personal taste was the bass drum issue. I had trouble balancing it against the bass guitar so I'm not surprised there's an issue there. However, listening back to it, and given pauli's comment about feeling it but not hearing it, I wonder if just bringing it up a dB or two might do the trick...?
So that's what I did here.
01-07-2014, 05:05 AM
04-07-2014, 02:29 PM
Nice Spacious sounding mix John !
Not sure if the bass guitar could come down a touch or mine should come up a touch lol
Not sure if the bass guitar could come down a touch or mine should come up a touch lol
04-07-2014, 09:01 PM
(04-07-2014, 02:29 PM)thedon Wrote: [ -> ]Not sure if the bass guitar could come down a touch or mine should come up a touch lol
OK. Let me just go over to your mix, have a listen, and I'll tell you what I think.
