16-11-2018, 06:55 AM
The mix is good enough, taking into account it's done on earbuds. There are issues, however, some of which are inevitable because of equipment used for monitoring.
I'm mixing that same song right now, and first thing I noticed is that there's a serious time mismatch in drum room track. It can be fixed by manually aligning it to overheads, as it's noticeably later than the rest of the kit. Guitars are masking each other, so you'd better EQ them really differently to give each some own space, and only then pan them accordingly. This way you'll get both nice stereo image and mono compatibility, which is still crucial even nowadays. Also, I think backing vocals jump out too much in certain places, and there's too much reverb on vocals in general. You probably don't even notice that in your earbuds (because they mask a lot of detail, including early reverb reflections), so I strongly advice to save some bucks and buy better headphones, as proper room treatment necessary to use nearfields at home will cost an arm and a leg. You can start with something like Audiotechnica M series or lower end studio AKG, they are relatively cheap, but well built, and have a satisfactory frequency response.
I'm mixing that same song right now, and first thing I noticed is that there's a serious time mismatch in drum room track. It can be fixed by manually aligning it to overheads, as it's noticeably later than the rest of the kit. Guitars are masking each other, so you'd better EQ them really differently to give each some own space, and only then pan them accordingly. This way you'll get both nice stereo image and mono compatibility, which is still crucial even nowadays. Also, I think backing vocals jump out too much in certain places, and there's too much reverb on vocals in general. You probably don't even notice that in your earbuds (because they mask a lot of detail, including early reverb reflections), so I strongly advice to save some bucks and buy better headphones, as proper room treatment necessary to use nearfields at home will cost an arm and a leg. You can start with something like Audiotechnica M series or lower end studio AKG, they are relatively cheap, but well built, and have a satisfactory frequency response.