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Through My Eyes
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Hey Pile63!

I think the some of the distortion Lammy is hearing may be a byproduct of your mp3 render, which based on what I'm hearing and the file size, was done at a very low bit rate. It's very hard to assess the high end of your mix unless you convert to mp3 at 320 kbps, where the fewest disortion artifacts will occur.

There's also a distracting amount of compression on the lead vocal, and the piano indeed sounds a little "crunchy" as though an excess of distortion were added. Distortion is a great mix tool for helping something cut through a busy mix, but for this genre it should probably be much subtler in application: in a ballad, you want to think smooth B) For my part, I prefer saturation style distortion for this because it has a smoother overall sonic signature... I actually used it on many elements of my own mix of this tune.

Based on what I'm hearing, it sounds like you're trying too hard to control something that's really pretty well controlled already... this track was put together with skill and discipline, and Mike added a few very restrained bits to help the texture a bit, so resist the temptation to go nuts on the processing, especially on the lead vocal. If you've got a beautiful vocal recording like this and you feel like you need audible compression and EQ to control it, my guess is that your efforts elsewhere are falling short Smile but still, it's hard to assess when rendered at such a low bit rate.

Great start, keep going... and if your mix settings work in one section and not in another, that's no excuse to bludgeon the track with heavy compression! Try automating the volume and effects sends before you increase the processing Big Grin
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!
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Through My Eyes - by pile63 - 04-09-2014, 04:09 PM
RE: Through My Eyes - by Lammy - 12-09-2014, 11:34 PM
RE: Through My Eyes - by pauli - 13-09-2014, 03:04 PM