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Mix by Zbat - Zbat - 11-02-2019
Hi,
Somehow I always end up mixing pop punk songs
Cool chord progression and tight performance, it was fun to mix although lots of challenges.
When I first listened to it, it kind of reminded me of the Japan rock or metal bands that tend to be a bit epic / over the top / super produced. I wanted to take that direction without taking the song too far down that line.
I was struggling with the snare and the kick was a bit weak so used samples although they are behind and just there to have a fuller sound (had to tweak a lot especially EQ so needed some compensation).
The voice was the second difficult bit for me, the singer is a bit all over the place, not sure what mic was used but there's a lot of volume changes and "Ss" so compressed, had to create separate tracks to treat different parts of the song as i did not want to go too crazy on automation. I am still not happy with the voice but I am not sure what is wrong with it (please let me know if you can help!).
I wanted to do something fun with the intro, I felt like the fade in was not enough of a "pull the rug" effect, so added a silence, I first added a massive BOOM (from drum and bass electronic drums) synced with the first kick to make it epic but it was really over the top cliché ahah.
I wanted the song to feel punchy and in your face so it's very compressed, there's also a limiter on the stereo bus to get it super tight and punchy.
I would love some feedback, please let me know what you think.
Thanks a lot
Quentin