18-12-2014, 02:28 PM
I really like the way the rhodes sounds; sounds to me like you put some really snappy compressor on it.
I considered the verse snares to be bit thin in your mix. They were that way inherently; I remember adding like 15 dBs of bottom end to the snare tracks to make them sound normal.
I personally find it a bit boring if all the tracks have same kind of reverb the same amount. Have you ever considered using reverb to create a contrast between instrument instead of using it as tool to mesh up all the tracks together into a single space? How about, say keeping the vocal bone dry while adding lots of reverb to the Rhodes to push it far back in the mix? Food for thought
I think you took the wrong direction with the chorus approach. When you have such few elements, you've got all the space to make all the instruments as big as you ever wish them to be. Mainly I'm talking about the synth bass, don't corner it into the bottom end but let it take over the full spectrum. Same with vocals, no need to "make them sit in the mix", there's barely anything that's gonna get in their way. When mixed like this the chorus sounds like it's missing instruments.
I considered the verse snares to be bit thin in your mix. They were that way inherently; I remember adding like 15 dBs of bottom end to the snare tracks to make them sound normal.
I personally find it a bit boring if all the tracks have same kind of reverb the same amount. Have you ever considered using reverb to create a contrast between instrument instead of using it as tool to mesh up all the tracks together into a single space? How about, say keeping the vocal bone dry while adding lots of reverb to the Rhodes to push it far back in the mix? Food for thought
I think you took the wrong direction with the chorus approach. When you have such few elements, you've got all the space to make all the instruments as big as you ever wish them to be. Mainly I'm talking about the synth bass, don't corner it into the bottom end but let it take over the full spectrum. Same with vocals, no need to "make them sit in the mix", there's barely anything that's gonna get in their way. When mixed like this the chorus sounds like it's missing instruments.