02-06-2018, 02:56 PM
Hey, liked the mix. Nice choice to put the tremolo on the rhythm guitar. Helps it settle in better. I may have to steal that idea! Fixing the timing issues in this song is fun to say the least. I don't like having to resort to chop-editing drum tracks because you almost can't win. Either you make a bigger mess of things than before or you end up destroying the ambience in spots by the clip/cross fades you're forced to do. Everyone seems to agree though that you did a pretty good job there. Kudos!
I only have a couple of critiques.
First, I question the panning decisions. The slide guitar is the lead and it felt kind of odd having it off to the left like that. Most here seem to be putting the distorted guitar in one channel and the mono piano track in the other. Some are using Haas delays (20-40 ms, depending on taste) and cross feeding as well.
Second, it would be nice if the slide guitar poked out a little bit more, esp during the solo and the outro solo. Maybe a 2db boost at 2.5 or 6kHz would be enough to straighten that out.
Also, I'll note that your mix is pretty narrow. The trend with just about any mix today is that people want it wide. Over-wide even (stereo imagers set at like 125-150%, frequency based effects, or a micro imager.) Dave Pensado has some interesting tricks he uses. Check out his "into the layer" videos. Personally, I'm still trying to figure out the right/best way to do that but I've had some success with delays and imagers.
I only have a couple of critiques.
First, I question the panning decisions. The slide guitar is the lead and it felt kind of odd having it off to the left like that. Most here seem to be putting the distorted guitar in one channel and the mono piano track in the other. Some are using Haas delays (20-40 ms, depending on taste) and cross feeding as well.
Second, it would be nice if the slide guitar poked out a little bit more, esp during the solo and the outro solo. Maybe a 2db boost at 2.5 or 6kHz would be enough to straighten that out.
Also, I'll note that your mix is pretty narrow. The trend with just about any mix today is that people want it wide. Over-wide even (stereo imagers set at like 125-150%, frequency based effects, or a micro imager.) Dave Pensado has some interesting tricks he uses. Check out his "into the layer" videos. Personally, I'm still trying to figure out the right/best way to do that but I've had some success with delays and imagers.
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