You Are The One - Mixed by Simman

[simman]

Great song! Here's my take on the mix and any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Oh wow!

Way to hit it out of the park, man! This is, by far, the best mix of this song I've heard so far. Honestly? I generally prefer my own mixes, as I'm sure we all do. But this? I actually prefer it over my own! Seriously! You've got a really nice, smooth groove going on here, nice full bass without it being obtrusive, and the sharpness of the drums and the guitar nicely contrasts with that nice bed of bass, floating on it and rocking like a canoe in a gentle river! Nice!

My only complaints about the whole thing are the acoustic guitar is a little on the dull side and the piano is way too far back in the mix. In both cases, though, I suspect these problems were due to the limitations of the source material. Yes, that acoustic guitar recording is brutal and the piano sounds boxy like an old Victrola (I can understand why you wanted to bury it). However, if you'd like to check out my mix I think you'll agree that both can be salvaged if you're willing to get a little aggressive with the EQ.

Here's what I did:

On the acoustic guitar, I applied a -24 dB cut at 260 Hz, a 3.5 dB boost at 3100 Hz and a 16 dB boost at 4800 Hz; I also applied a hipass rolled off at 200 Hz. The low cuts helped address the hum and the mud and the high boosts helped bring back some of the sparkle. On the piano, I applied a 4.5 dB boost at 80 Hz to give it a little body, a 5.5 dB boost at 12 kHz to give it some air and to help it stand out and give it a little life I boosted 24 dB at 7600 Hz. I also applied some gentle compression to help it stand out in the mix.

I would love to hear what this mix sounds like with those adjustments applied and with the piano level pushed up a good 6 dB. I suspect that'll totally rock this baby!

Thanks for the kind words and feedback I greatly appreciate it. Haven't listened to this mix in a while but going back I agree with you that the acoustic could be a bit cleaner. The piano track is is a bit back as well but I need to look at what's going on with that. I will go back and tweak the two tracks a bit based on the recommendations and repost an update.