Diesel13 - Colour Me Red

[jeffd42]

Thanks for listening and feedback is appreciated.

Listened to the second version.

Levels seem nicely judged (except, perhaps, the snare/toms on the drum fills could come through a little more clearly). Like the way the mix surrounds you, and also noted the little pieces of automation; for example the Electric Guitar 4 panning.

On balance: To my ears the top end is a little bright/brittle, heard most clearly in the intro. Although other instruments come in to fill out the bottom end, it's still a bit to much "top and bottom, no midrange". Consequently the mix doesn't translate onto smaller systems well. Some more energy in the (guessing a little here) but, maybe, 400Hz-1KHz range may help.

The kick drum needs some work (it has the "cardboard box being hit" sound). That was a tough one to get right on this mix (a sample might be the appropriate remedy, unless you want to end up with seven plugins chained ... as I did!). Given there are several sections where only the kick drum is marking time it makes a huge difference to the mix to get that sounding solid.

Hope this helps! Cheers, Jeff