15-03-2014, 06:37 PM
Sounds good, man. I haven't seen the raw multitracks to this one yet but here are some observations/suggestions.
There's a lot of pick noise on that guitar in the intro and elsewhere in the tune. If you find it distracting you can soften it with a de-esser. I think most of the guitars could also lose a bit in the broader upper mids so they won't be so harsh.
The harmonic density of the mix as a whole seems sort of thin during the choruses... from what I can tell it's because the instrumentation is sparse, but overly cavalier low cuts might cause that, too. You can use simulated tube distortion/analog soft clipping to thicken up individual tracks, and saturation on the entire mix would probably suit the track a great deal. If there's one track the serves entirely different purposes in different places, cut it up and process them differently... maybe if the same guitar is playing during the verse and the chorus, you can mult the chorus section over to another track, duplicate it and pan it in opposition and that'd thicken it up.
Other than that, it's great, but I have no idea what the challenges are with this one, so take my suggestions with a grain of salt!
Good work as always!
There's a lot of pick noise on that guitar in the intro and elsewhere in the tune. If you find it distracting you can soften it with a de-esser. I think most of the guitars could also lose a bit in the broader upper mids so they won't be so harsh.
The harmonic density of the mix as a whole seems sort of thin during the choruses... from what I can tell it's because the instrumentation is sparse, but overly cavalier low cuts might cause that, too. You can use simulated tube distortion/analog soft clipping to thicken up individual tracks, and saturation on the entire mix would probably suit the track a great deal. If there's one track the serves entirely different purposes in different places, cut it up and process them differently... maybe if the same guitar is playing during the verse and the chorus, you can mult the chorus section over to another track, duplicate it and pan it in opposition and that'd thicken it up.
Other than that, it's great, but I have no idea what the challenges are with this one, so take my suggestions with a grain of salt!
Good work as always!
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!