"Who I Am" Chris93 Mix

[Pedaling Prince]

Here's my mix of this. It's great to be able to get such good quality tracks to mix, makes it worth doing. Also, this way I know that any/all problems are my fault.

I particularly like the lead vocal and bass tracks, which I notice are both on an AK47...

I did this about a month ago and only discovered this forum last night. Mixed on Shure SE215 in ears and also sounds good on a small Denon HiFi. Most of the plugins on this are from Antress.

It can get a bit strident on the Shures when all the strings come in (particularly at 2:11) but it's fine on the hifi, which I supppose you'd expect. Not really sure how it actually is on proper monitoring.

Guitars are a bit lost but I managed not to notice until I had the mix at about this point and then I decided to leave it as any attempts to fix it made the mix worse and I'm happy enough as it is.

Thanks,

Chris

Interesting. Normally I'd call the vocals a little too high in the mix but with this particular mix they work where they are. Also, congratulations on showcasing that beautiful backing vocal; so many people who've done this song tend to bury it.

Found the snare a little snappy here; might try pulling back on the top mic 3-5 dB to bring out more of the smoother sound of the bottom mic.

Things sound a little boxy and constrained overall. I suspect you could clear up a lot of that by panning your stereo arrangement just a tad wider and pulling back a dB or two on the midrange at 1-2 kHz on the banjo, mandolin and dobro tracks.

Otherwise, a solid, enjoyable mix! And, once again, nice use of the backing vocal! Love it!