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Mix Critique - jlawford - 20-02-2021

Hi all - what a great track - love the bagpipes!

So anyway, I'd appreciate some critiques on the attached mix. Overall tonality, reverb choice and levels etc.. many thanks!


RE: Mix Critique - SonicTramp - 22-02-2021

Great mix, man. I like it. I like the piano a lot, very nice. The strumming guitar is super nice but could be a bit louder. I think it should be slightly louder than the piano for sure. Kick is nice too. Overall a bit dark, but the song likes it that way Smile. Nice job! Cheers!


RE: Mix Critique - jlawford - 22-02-2021

(22-02-2021, 08:55 AM)SonicTramp Wrote: Great mix, man. I like it. I like the piano a lot, very nice. The strumming guitar is super nice but could be a bit louder. I think it should be slightly louder than the piano for sure. Kick is nice too. Overall a bit dark, but the song likes it that way Smile. Nice job! Cheers!
Thanks! Drums were too bright so it was tricky to get the snare and kick to snap nicely so I ended up rolling off the top end which recessed the cymbals somewhat.
Vocal mics were quite fizzy so rolled off some top as well! So it probably is slightly dark but I'm mixing on cans and a mono Avantone Mixcube so probably would need mastering for a commercial release.


RE: Mix Critique - SonicTramp - 23-02-2021

(22-02-2021, 10:06 PM)jlawford Wrote:
(22-02-2021, 08:55 AM)SonicTramp Wrote: Great mix, man. I like it. I like the piano a lot, very nice. The strumming guitar is super nice but could be a bit louder. I think it should be slightly louder than the piano for sure. Kick is nice too. Overall a bit dark, but the song likes it that way Smile. Nice job! Cheers!
Thanks! Drums were too bright so it was tricky to get the snare and kick to snap nicely so I ended up rolling off the top end which recessed the cymbals somewhat.
Vocal mics were quite fizzy so rolled off some top as well! So it probably is slightly dark but I'm mixing on cans and a mono Avantone Mixcube so probably would need mastering for a commercial release.
That explains it. I always thought the song should be a bit dark anyway. I took a slightly diff approach to tame the hi. I use a de-esser instead (~6kHz-up) bc I think rolling off using EQ is static. The de-esser, and sometimes even a compressor with fast attack side-chained using vocal, can also tame the hi but with bounce (dynamics) if set correctly. But that's just my way of doing it. Nothing's wrong with yours. Cheers!