06-02-2021, 06:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-02-2021, 10:51 PM by Pete Hughes.)
Had lots of fun with this one.
A major help was downloading the preview track into my DAW and using it as a reference. I was surprised by how great I thought my mix sounded, until I went back to the reference and compared. Quite deflating at first, so I took a few days and then came back, and use the reference heavily to rebalance the mix - defo an improvement!
On this track I took extra time on the automation, in particular bringing up background parts in the vocal gaps.
I've been experimenting with grouping all the tracks, except vocal, bass, kick and snare, and high-passing the entire group at 320hz. It removes body from the guitars, but there's jump in clarity in the overall mix.. Also when the drums and bass kick in on the first chorus, their low-end really packs a punch. It also seems to help the vocal sit over the top of the mix. I've uploaded a version without the high-pass filter so that you can hear the difference.
v5: See post no 10 below for details...
A major help was downloading the preview track into my DAW and using it as a reference. I was surprised by how great I thought my mix sounded, until I went back to the reference and compared. Quite deflating at first, so I took a few days and then came back, and use the reference heavily to rebalance the mix - defo an improvement!
On this track I took extra time on the automation, in particular bringing up background parts in the vocal gaps.
I've been experimenting with grouping all the tracks, except vocal, bass, kick and snare, and high-passing the entire group at 320hz. It removes body from the guitars, but there's jump in clarity in the overall mix.. Also when the drums and bass kick in on the first chorus, their low-end really packs a punch. It also seems to help the vocal sit over the top of the mix. I've uploaded a version without the high-pass filter so that you can hear the difference.
v5: See post no 10 below for details...