Angels in Amplifiers

[sonicenergystudio]

You got rid of the pumping on the second version. That's good.

However I still feel your instruments can't really breath.

This is a short example of my mix so you can hear the separation without the vocals.

*Rythm acoustic Gtr is hard panned to the right
*Intro solo Acoustic Gtr is Hard panned to the left

With that, I leave room for the Bass, kick, snare and Piano to breath and be understandable.

*Electric Distort Gtr is going through a spreader which is making the mono signal into a Stereo signal creating an apparent sensation of spacy floaty guitar and is slightly panned to the Left (To even out the information excess of the Acoustic guitar to the right)

*Percussion track is also 90% panned on the left to even out excess information of Acoustic rythm Gtr on right.

*Piano is audible now in the center because of the separation I put on those tracks.
*Boosted around the 400-500hz on the bass to make sure it's piercing though enough to be audible in the center.

Never be afraid to do 100% panning. It will make life easier in the beginning of a mix. You can hear and understand your mix better when you spread what you have.

Shul,

Thanks again or your time. Here is REV2 of my mix. Was always a little reluctant to hard pan things but it turned out nice.

Left the lead electric guitar rught up the middle--being an old guitar player myself I couldn't alter the sound. Besides I like that Santana sound for sure. I use a pod HD500X in stereo and tis a pretty cool thing for sure.

Once again thanks for your time. I use only free plugins except the voicentric from Greg Wells. Easy vocals for only $49.00 american. Really made the work easier and hence more fun.

I will probably try another song on this site. Tried one but the tracking was pretty bad with way too much bleed so I trashed it. Any Suggestions?

Thanks again for your time. I have to say that I am impressed with this site and yourself. Nice to find a place to work on my craft without all the negative banter and BS.

Thanks again,

Mike