09-01-2016, 03:18 AM
(03-01-2016, 11:14 PM)[email protected] Wrote: That was excellent. How do you get the volume? What are you using to Master?
Thanks! I'm working in Reaper, and mixed it to about -17db RMS, peaking around -5. Mastering chain was the Antress Modern Console EQ, followed by GVST's GClip to tame some peaks (mostly snare), and then VlagG's Limiter No6, tweaked to taste. Final level is around -7db RMS.
(07-01-2016, 06:50 PM)cipher Wrote: Really good mix. I like the clarity you've created and the feeling of space in the mix. What did you use on the main vocals? It sounds quite airy (in a nice way), or did you use a lot of reverb?
If I have to critisice I would say that the main guitar is a little bit too harsh for me, maybe some reduction in the higher frequencies would have been good. But that's just me, might be my headphones as well that I'm listening through (Audio Technica M20x).
Nice job though!
Thank you! Vox were treated very simply. EQ and compression, then sent to a reverb track and to a slapback delay. That's it. Backup vox were treated the same way, but with a different verb, and I used MSED to nudge out a few db in the middle to keep that space for the lead vox. I used MSED on a lot of tracks in this mix.
I agree about the guitars, especially during the solo sections. That's part of the challenge in this one for me with both rhythm and lead on the same track.
Since I ran that mix I've made some changes. I duplicated the guitar track, then snipped out the solos and pasted rhythm guitar sections in their place, copied from elsewhere in the song, making one standalone rhythm track. Now I can treat rhythm and leads separately. I duplicated that rhythm track so I can have one panned left, and one right. I'll probably delay one by a few ms too. Then I'll address EQ on the solos. We'll see if it's any better.