18-05-2014, 12:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-05-2014, 12:43 AM by Pedaling Prince.)
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OK. On the plus side I really enjoyed the nice powerful punch you got out of the drums here.
Problem is, though, that's really the only thing I really liked.
To be honest, while the overall balance actually sounds fairly decent, everything seems all squashed to the middle, particularly the vocals. Sounds like you centered them all. Those need to be spread across the stereo image; all on top of each other they sound like an old transistor radio to me. The piano has no sense of definition, and the strings during the quiet interlude 2/3rds in need to be much higher; without them when the backing vocals kick in they're a little startling with the big jump in level. Also sounds to me like you hammered the compression on this; that totally squashed the life out of the vocals for me.
I know that's a lot of criticism, so please understand I'm not trying to discourage you. Far from it; your overall balance, the fact that you got the vocals to shine out of all those tracks the way you did working with the limitations you mentioned (my system has trouble with anything over 48 tracks, too
) suggests to me that you have a talent for balance, and that's the most important skill for any mixer. I think the main thing you need to do here is spread things out more as far as stereo image goes, particularly the vocals (check out my mix for an example of what I mean), and bring out those high frequencies a lot more.
We're all here to help each other so I hope my suggestions will help you, and I welcome any suggestions you have on my work that might help me as well.
Again, welcome to the forum!
OK. On the plus side I really enjoyed the nice powerful punch you got out of the drums here.
Problem is, though, that's really the only thing I really liked.
To be honest, while the overall balance actually sounds fairly decent, everything seems all squashed to the middle, particularly the vocals. Sounds like you centered them all. Those need to be spread across the stereo image; all on top of each other they sound like an old transistor radio to me. The piano has no sense of definition, and the strings during the quiet interlude 2/3rds in need to be much higher; without them when the backing vocals kick in they're a little startling with the big jump in level. Also sounds to me like you hammered the compression on this; that totally squashed the life out of the vocals for me.I know that's a lot of criticism, so please understand I'm not trying to discourage you. Far from it; your overall balance, the fact that you got the vocals to shine out of all those tracks the way you did working with the limitations you mentioned (my system has trouble with anything over 48 tracks, too
) suggests to me that you have a talent for balance, and that's the most important skill for any mixer. I think the main thing you need to do here is spread things out more as far as stereo image goes, particularly the vocals (check out my mix for an example of what I mean), and bring out those high frequencies a lot more.We're all here to help each other so I hope my suggestions will help you, and I welcome any suggestions you have on my work that might help me as well.
Again, welcome to the forum!