30-04-2015, 04:14 PM
Thanks for listening and commenting. You're correct on the vocal, it definitely needs detailed automation since I have so much compression going on in the mix. After having another listen, I could've been a little more diligent about the vocal sibilance as well.
As for brightness and punchiness, it's a little lacking and probably not consistent with modern commercial standard. Compression is certainly darkening a mix a bit and might be dulling the punch as well, but to a certain extent that's intentional and a product of my references. This mix for me naturally wanted to come together a little on the dark side simply because the recordings are a bit dark. I personally don't like pushing the treble if for nothing else because I don't have tools that are high quality enough to excite the highs without becoming abrasive, but in this case you're right... I probably should have raised the highs on some of the tracks to compensate for tonal changes incurred by compression.
Thanks again
As for brightness and punchiness, it's a little lacking and probably not consistent with modern commercial standard. Compression is certainly darkening a mix a bit and might be dulling the punch as well, but to a certain extent that's intentional and a product of my references. This mix for me naturally wanted to come together a little on the dark side simply because the recordings are a bit dark. I personally don't like pushing the treble if for nothing else because I don't have tools that are high quality enough to excite the highs without becoming abrasive, but in this case you're right... I probably should have raised the highs on some of the tracks to compensate for tonal changes incurred by compression.
Thanks again
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!