Hey Draper. Listened Boz Mix contest 3.
There is still an imbalance between low end and the rest. Its like a song of two halves level wise. The low end sub 200Hz is at a commercial mastered level.... and the rest is significantly quieter. Its really obvious if you look at a FFT spectrum.
I think you've mixed your mid range instruments nicely around your vocal....so all you need really is a technique to marry the two halves together
I made a point in a previous thread regarding low end balance....its a generic thing really....and not a golden rule.....but try and match your kick and bass energy, using a FFT analyser, to be around the same as your vocal .....so in this case your kick/bass is at -24db on the spectrograph....but your vocal during the intro is down at -36db!!!
Dig out your 10 favourite songs of all-time..or any decent reference songs for that matter...put them into your DAW and study the FFT spectrum and how the different sections of the frequency spectrum line up......typically sub 200, 200-2K, 2K-5K, 5-10K and 10K and above......if they sound good on your headphones and speakers......then you know there's a good chance that if you can replicate for your own mixes....it may sound good too......then you can start getting crazy with your re-amping, tones and plug-ins
I'm sensitive to the fact that you have hearing impairment ....I'm just trying to help mate...don't take any of this the wrong way.
Cheers, Simon
There is still an imbalance between low end and the rest. Its like a song of two halves level wise. The low end sub 200Hz is at a commercial mastered level.... and the rest is significantly quieter. Its really obvious if you look at a FFT spectrum.
I think you've mixed your mid range instruments nicely around your vocal....so all you need really is a technique to marry the two halves together
I made a point in a previous thread regarding low end balance....its a generic thing really....and not a golden rule.....but try and match your kick and bass energy, using a FFT analyser, to be around the same as your vocal .....so in this case your kick/bass is at -24db on the spectrograph....but your vocal during the intro is down at -36db!!!
Dig out your 10 favourite songs of all-time..or any decent reference songs for that matter...put them into your DAW and study the FFT spectrum and how the different sections of the frequency spectrum line up......typically sub 200, 200-2K, 2K-5K, 5-10K and 10K and above......if they sound good on your headphones and speakers......then you know there's a good chance that if you can replicate for your own mixes....it may sound good too......then you can start getting crazy with your re-amping, tones and plug-ins
I'm sensitive to the fact that you have hearing impairment ....I'm just trying to help mate...don't take any of this the wrong way.
Cheers, Simon
Be fierce in your encouragement, kind in your criticism and try and remember that the art of a good critique is not to make someone else's mix sound like yours...but to help the mixer realize their own vision.
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