16-10-2015, 03:29 AM
This was a great song to mix, though not without some minor challenges. I wanted it to sound like it was in a club, so I used the room mics fairly heavily - but I only brought them in when the drums started. I also added a tiny delay (20ms) to those mics to give it a tiny bit of slapback like you would hear in a club. Otherwise they made the mix a bit mushy with no delay.
After that, I needed to add a bit more ambiance ('verb) to the horns and snare - more or less matching what the room mics were doing - so they sounded like they were part of the room. They seemed a bit dry without anything.
The vocals were a bit were pretty straight-forward: HPF, brightness, compression and a teeny tiny bit of ambiance as well.
Anyway, I hope you like the mix. After I started mixing this, I decided I wanted to see them and they are touring right now! I bought tickets to see them in Seattle at the end of the month. Can't wait!
Mixed on Tracktion 6 with all free plugins.
--Dean
After that, I needed to add a bit more ambiance ('verb) to the horns and snare - more or less matching what the room mics were doing - so they sounded like they were part of the room. They seemed a bit dry without anything.
The vocals were a bit were pretty straight-forward: HPF, brightness, compression and a teeny tiny bit of ambiance as well.
Anyway, I hope you like the mix. After I started mixing this, I decided I wanted to see them and they are touring right now! I bought tickets to see them in Seattle at the end of the month. Can't wait!
Mixed on Tracktion 6 with all free plugins.
--Dean