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first jazz mix

I had fun making it

This is way too loud for Jazz imho. The bass is really bass strong, the drums are a little too drenched in reverb. There's a lot of pumping in the drums from the compressor overreacting. It's hard to hear the snare drum over the piano and the bass, which seem to be gelled together in this case. It's a little too much of everything in this case. Give the instruments their own space in Jazz through good use of reverb.

I agree with Laurence, removing what sounds like very heavy-handed master bus compression/limiting would improve things no end. Confusing bebop with hip hop on a preset maybe

(08-10-2014, 04:54 PM)Laurence Bush Wrote: [ -> ]This is way too loud for Jazz imho. The bass is really bass strong, the drums are a little too drenched in reverb. There's a lot of pumping in the drums from the compressor overreacting. It's hard to hear the snare drum over the piano and the bass, which seem to be gelled together in this case. It's a little too much of everything in this case. Give the instruments their own space in Jazz through good use of reverb.

http://youtu.be/-C474U_MMHU