09-02-2019, 07:29 AM
(28-01-2019, 01:01 PM)Mike Senior Wrote: Hi batguitar! Although it's officially past the deadline for mix critiques, I'm actually a little ahead of schedule so I've still been able to sort out some feedback for you before the submission deadline:
- The start and end of the mix file are both quite hissy, which slightly taints the first and last impressions of your mix. There are also frequent prominent HF clicks (brightened editing glitches from the conga part?), which get distracting during the more stripped-back parts of the arrangement.
- The kick is dominating over the bass guitar at the low-end, which means there's less low-end support for the song's harmonies. In general, the bass guitar feels underbalanced overall too, given its melodic and rhythmic importance to the music. Whatever you do, though, I reckon you could trade in a little 150Hz for more sub-80Hz energy in the mix as a whole, and maybe cut a little around 1kHz too, as there's a slightly nasal quality to the mix tonality as it stands.
- The global reverb feels rather splashy at the high-end, which distances the whole ensemble unduly, I think. That reverb also seems to be very mono-incompatible, so your mix sound changes quite a lot when heard over a single speaker.
- In general the vocal balancing feels pretty respectable, although the low-frequency variability of the raw recording does destabilise the balance on occasion. The singer could do with a bit of de-essing too, because its bright effects are emphasising the sibilance.
- The Outro could have a touch more mob vox and Hammond, I think, so the song goes out on more of a high.
Hope some of that input is useful -- thanks for posting your mix for us all to hear!
Thank you Mike! I tried to follow your advices, and now update to new version of the mix)