14-07-2012, 06:45 PM
Thanks for the helful comments Mike. I'm only not sure I get what you mean regarding the lop-sided stereo with the guitar & ukulele. Do you mean it's tilted too much towards the ukulele side?
Cheers
Eric
Cheers
Eric
(09-06-2012, 12:04 AM)Mike Senior Wrote: You've gone from a more 'glued' mix here than in uzilevi's bold LCR presentation, which makes a nice comparison. I like the way you've tried to differentiate the guitar and ukelele parts so that they both demand more individual attention (even in mono) rather than melding into a unified dual-layer rhythm instrument. However, I wonder whether that leads to them feeling a lop-sided in stereo mix.
In terms of overall tonality, I do like the warmth of your vision, with the dependable low end and solid, insistent kick. It does feel as if the top end might have lost out a bit, though -- the drums and vocal seem to lack a degree of air. Just adding some top octave over the whole mix helps for me, opening everything out a touch. A bit less 300Hz on the Ukelele might also help the balance a bit, and maybe even slightly remedy the slight stereo tilt I'm feeling. Could the snare have a bit more low end? This might be a phase thing -- a slightly different time/polarity relationship might be all you need.
Like the fact that you've been tangling with the flute breath levels, but I think you might have thrown the baby out with the bathwater a bit. Although the breaths can be obtrusive if you leave them as is, they do lend a certain emotional immediacy and sense of authenticity to the performance as a whole. The breath at 3:11 feels fine to me, for example, so I don't think there's any need to rein in the others so astringently.
Overall, good stuff, though. I can see The Phonk's point too, that something between this mix and uzilevi's would be nice to hear too, because they both have so much to offer.