15-05-2020, 08:25 PM
Thomas, Thank you for your reply and observation!
Approaching this track, I listen to it about 10 times before making any track additions, enhancements..etc.. The very 1st thing I noticed and said to myself was, The singers vocals. It must pop, clear, wide solid. I make notes. In this case, I had a few pages lol!
- like your vocal reverb choice - nice
- Thanks! She has a great voice so I wanted her vocals to really "shine" I used the plugin "Verbsuite Classics" by LiquidSonics
- brightness of the verse guitar a little abrasive at higher volume
- I didn't notice this but then again, I listened to this song right around 200 times lol!
- second verse at the bridge - vocal feels a little pushed back vs the rhythm guitars
- I'll check this out. Maybe I missed it. Thank you!
- really nice middle section - you did something interesting with the chimes - nice
- I added some reverb and some ping pong delay. I wanted them to really pop out, shine, "twinkle" if you will lol! Thank you!
- I like your general treatment of guitars - coming from the guitar player
- I am also a guitar player :-) Some of the channels I doubled and panned left/right to create a nice spread. I also used an EQ to kinda clean them up just a tad. What was your guitar rig setup? What mics did you use on the cabs? Did you use a amp modeler?
- get the occasional feeling I am hearing the buss compressor
- No compressor on the mix bus. I had one during mixing but I turn it off when mastering.
- you got the bass fills coming through really nicely.
- Thank you! I did a little experimentation/ enhancement here with Aplitube SVX-500 modeling amp. It gave the bass a little push and sweetened up the mids. They weren't quite cutting through for me as much as I like them to be. To me, the bass kinda fattens up the mix so I like to have the bass sit nicely.
I appreciate the feedback! I am a student at Full Sail university so I got some kinks to work on still :-)
On each channel I used CLA Mixhub plugin. Been using this plugin for quite awhile. It gives each track an"analog" sound which I really like.
Approaching this track, I listen to it about 10 times before making any track additions, enhancements..etc.. The very 1st thing I noticed and said to myself was, The singers vocals. It must pop, clear, wide solid. I make notes. In this case, I had a few pages lol!
- like your vocal reverb choice - nice
- Thanks! She has a great voice so I wanted her vocals to really "shine" I used the plugin "Verbsuite Classics" by LiquidSonics
- brightness of the verse guitar a little abrasive at higher volume
- I didn't notice this but then again, I listened to this song right around 200 times lol!
- second verse at the bridge - vocal feels a little pushed back vs the rhythm guitars
- I'll check this out. Maybe I missed it. Thank you!
- really nice middle section - you did something interesting with the chimes - nice
- I added some reverb and some ping pong delay. I wanted them to really pop out, shine, "twinkle" if you will lol! Thank you!
- I like your general treatment of guitars - coming from the guitar player
- I am also a guitar player :-) Some of the channels I doubled and panned left/right to create a nice spread. I also used an EQ to kinda clean them up just a tad. What was your guitar rig setup? What mics did you use on the cabs? Did you use a amp modeler?
- get the occasional feeling I am hearing the buss compressor
- No compressor on the mix bus. I had one during mixing but I turn it off when mastering.
- you got the bass fills coming through really nicely.
- Thank you! I did a little experimentation/ enhancement here with Aplitube SVX-500 modeling amp. It gave the bass a little push and sweetened up the mids. They weren't quite cutting through for me as much as I like them to be. To me, the bass kinda fattens up the mix so I like to have the bass sit nicely.
I appreciate the feedback! I am a student at Full Sail university so I got some kinks to work on still :-)
On each channel I used CLA Mixhub plugin. Been using this plugin for quite awhile. It gives each track an"analog" sound which I really like.