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My 2-Cent
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Overall I prefer the second-version balance considerably over the previous mix, and I like that it's clearer and more open-sounding than the preview mix too. The guitars make much more sense overall now, although the loss of brightness then gives the mix a slightly dull tonality overall. A general 'smile' EQ curve across the whole mix would probably be sensible -- I was able to do a good job of this with Variety Of Sound's new Baxter EQ. Even with that, though, I think I'd still try to get some more HF and midrange sustain out of the snare, which is coming across as a bit muffled still, relatively speaking. The guitar texture during the choruses still feels like it needs thickening here too, from a long-term dynamics perspective, although it already works a lot better now than it did.

I wonder whether you might want to make the vocals a little smaller-sounding, though, because they feel like they're undermining the implied power of the backing at the moment. It's a tricky line to tread, this, though -- you want enough vocal to get the song across, but not so much that the backing sounds small. Shaving a little off the low midrange on the vocal can help square that particular circle.

The main thing I'm missing other than that, though, is a sense of size for the choruses in particular -- a hint of reverb space. Not anything with a tail, just something to suggest some wider environment. Maybe just a touch more slapback if you want to keep it raw? I reckon the production as a whole might benefit from a bit more in the way of blend effects too (short reverbs/delays and maybe some subtle widening/modulation), especially during the more stripped-back sections, particularly at the end. You don't want anything that's really 'heard' as such, but just something to glue everything together -- you should only be able to hear it's there when you switch it off! Smile
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My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 11-06-2012, 03:53 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by uzilevi - 12-06-2012, 08:38 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 12-06-2012, 10:19 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 12-06-2012, 11:36 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Mike Senior - 29-06-2012, 08:39 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by uzilevi - 12-06-2012, 02:13 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 13-06-2012, 09:02 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Mike Senior - 28-06-2012, 10:38 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 29-06-2012, 03:04 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Mike Senior - 29-06-2012, 05:51 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by ThePhonk - 30-06-2012, 02:12 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Mike Senior - 30-06-2012, 07:06 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 02-07-2012, 08:04 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by ThePhonk - 02-07-2012, 08:44 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 03-07-2012, 09:32 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by ThePhonk - 04-07-2012, 11:57 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 06-07-2012, 09:07 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 02-07-2012, 07:37 AM
Mix #3 - by Artbass - 19-07-2012, 12:17 PM
RE: Mix #3 - by azwayne - 08-05-2014, 10:53 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Aussiebail - 19-07-2012, 01:49 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 21-07-2012, 07:05 AM
RE: My 2-Cent - by sano - 13-08-2012, 08:25 PM
RE: My 2-Cent - by Artbass - 14-08-2012, 08:19 AM