25-01-2019, 10:50 PM
Thank you Mike and Thomas.
All comments very much spot on.
Played with the mid/low balance (and no subwoofers shall be harmed now!) I'm sticking with the kick drum tone (no sample there; its direct from the recording). Some tighter control and more pop friendly processing on the vocal; including the suggested multiband EQ. I still want to have a play with flying some parts of the lead vocal around to create a double in the chorus: both for added interest and as some phrases are markedly clearer in one or other verse/chorus. On the high end, Mike, you were exactly right; a dip at 4kHz and some extra sparkle at 15kHz. I then had to throw a de-esser on the snare to tame the hi-hat bleed. The Hammond has a sidechained compressor against the vocals to duck it 1-2db (as does the base against the kick drum). The 15KHz boost made the reverbs more audible and I added a little on a few elements. Distortion n the base was primarily with an eye towards tone but certainly also a nod to keeping it audible on smaller playback systems.
Thanks again for the detailed listen and the comments.
Cheers, Jeff
All comments very much spot on.
Played with the mid/low balance (and no subwoofers shall be harmed now!) I'm sticking with the kick drum tone (no sample there; its direct from the recording). Some tighter control and more pop friendly processing on the vocal; including the suggested multiband EQ. I still want to have a play with flying some parts of the lead vocal around to create a double in the chorus: both for added interest and as some phrases are markedly clearer in one or other verse/chorus. On the high end, Mike, you were exactly right; a dip at 4kHz and some extra sparkle at 15kHz. I then had to throw a de-esser on the snare to tame the hi-hat bleed. The Hammond has a sidechained compressor against the vocals to duck it 1-2db (as does the base against the kick drum). The 15KHz boost made the reverbs more audible and I added a little on a few elements. Distortion n the base was primarily with an eye towards tone but certainly also a nod to keeping it audible on smaller playback systems.
Thanks again for the detailed listen and the comments.
Cheers, Jeff
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