The other track has more of a Basie vibe so I tried to make it as dynamic as I could, whereas this one is more of a punch in the face the whole time so it felt more logical to leave things pushed for most of it.
Soundcloud version with bass panned to the center, I started the mix trying to be creative, not sure it was really worth so I posted also a more standard version for comparison.
I honestly like it with the bass panned, the cab is low passed and left and the DI is high passed and center, it let me sneak more low end into the guitar in the right channel.
Because everything is so hot I rolled off some of the super high-end in mastering. Decided to add individual reverbs to the guitar and piano this time as well.
After leaving it for a few hours and coming back I feel like vocal down a dB or a half dB might be more right. The way the bones bleed into the room mics left the overall dynamics of the song a little non-negotiable, maybe that isn't the case though. I feel like doing it bass down the middle with the rhythm section eq slotted this way is, is almost like making the rhythm section into an acoustic version of a metal band, (not trying to make anything small, even re-sampling the snare in a few places, and automating the kick drum volume up when it hits unison figures with the band,) except all the close mics are like the LV of a country song, and there's 6 of them.
The low bass in both channels does something to the limiter that makes everything sound louder but I don't know if the balance is better. It makes the vocal sound too loud as well. I suppose if you build a whole mix around 120 Hz in the left channel and then at the end you put the same amount in the right channel without changing anything else its sort of asking for trouble, It gives it a "wall of sound" vibe, whereas with the bass in the left channel a few things are more separated and the maximizer isn't doing as much because its getting half as much low frequency signal. So easing off the maximizer is probably a solution, or perhaps just turning the bass down while its in both channels. Its a hard call because the fact that the one version is just "louder" makes me like it but I don't know if it's actually better or if it's just louder. However, the center bass version with just the vocal down a touch and the opening sax phrase down a touch might be better too, (saxes should not be blasting until after the trombones come in I feel.)
Soundcloud version with bass panned to the center, I started the mix trying to be creative, not sure it was really worth so I posted also a more standard version for comparison.
I honestly like it with the bass panned, the cab is low passed and left and the DI is high passed and center, it let me sneak more low end into the guitar in the right channel.
Because everything is so hot I rolled off some of the super high-end in mastering. Decided to add individual reverbs to the guitar and piano this time as well.
After leaving it for a few hours and coming back I feel like vocal down a dB or a half dB might be more right. The way the bones bleed into the room mics left the overall dynamics of the song a little non-negotiable, maybe that isn't the case though. I feel like doing it bass down the middle with the rhythm section eq slotted this way is, is almost like making the rhythm section into an acoustic version of a metal band, (not trying to make anything small, even re-sampling the snare in a few places, and automating the kick drum volume up when it hits unison figures with the band,) except all the close mics are like the LV of a country song, and there's 6 of them.
The low bass in both channels does something to the limiter that makes everything sound louder but I don't know if the balance is better. It makes the vocal sound too loud as well. I suppose if you build a whole mix around 120 Hz in the left channel and then at the end you put the same amount in the right channel without changing anything else its sort of asking for trouble, It gives it a "wall of sound" vibe, whereas with the bass in the left channel a few things are more separated and the maximizer isn't doing as much because its getting half as much low frequency signal. So easing off the maximizer is probably a solution, or perhaps just turning the bass down while its in both channels. Its a hard call because the fact that the one version is just "louder" makes me like it but I don't know if it's actually better or if it's just louder. However, the center bass version with just the vocal down a touch and the opening sax phrase down a touch might be better too, (saxes should not be blasting until after the trombones come in I feel.)