23-05-2015, 02:38 AM
Hey Matt.
From a purely sonic perspective, what you've got going here is a good start in the right direction. I won't comment too much on subjective issues, mix energy, so on, but I've a few technical pointers.
My main concern is that the lead vocal isn't staying in front, spacially, with the drums and electric guitars occasionally stepping in front throughout the mix. From what I can tell from the quick listen, your ambiance isn't causing the problem... it's partly a dynamics issue and partly a spectral issue, with the guitars being a little over represented in the very forward sounding high mids. A little dip on the guitars, probably somewhere around 3 or 4 kHz, will most likely push them back suitably. To bring the vocal forward, I recommend a gentle squeeze, maybe one or two dB, with a compressor something like an LA-2A, followed by a bit of gain riding on the fader.
Again, purely talking about sonics here, I'd take a closer listen to how much transient you're allowing through from the overheads, mainly in the high frequency department. On headphones I'm hearing quite a bit of pointy-sounding stick noise on a ride cymbal or something, primarily in the left channel. Easy fix though, yeah?
From a purely sonic perspective, what you've got going here is a good start in the right direction. I won't comment too much on subjective issues, mix energy, so on, but I've a few technical pointers.
My main concern is that the lead vocal isn't staying in front, spacially, with the drums and electric guitars occasionally stepping in front throughout the mix. From what I can tell from the quick listen, your ambiance isn't causing the problem... it's partly a dynamics issue and partly a spectral issue, with the guitars being a little over represented in the very forward sounding high mids. A little dip on the guitars, probably somewhere around 3 or 4 kHz, will most likely push them back suitably. To bring the vocal forward, I recommend a gentle squeeze, maybe one or two dB, with a compressor something like an LA-2A, followed by a bit of gain riding on the fader.
Again, purely talking about sonics here, I'd take a closer listen to how much transient you're allowing through from the overheads, mainly in the high frequency department. On headphones I'm hearing quite a bit of pointy-sounding stick noise on a ride cymbal or something, primarily in the left channel. Easy fix though, yeah?
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!