Thanks for taking the time to listen to my mixes!
I think you are exaggerating about the level of the lead guitar. It's not below the ensemble part, but it might need a few more dbs anyway. I have a tendency to undermix distorted sounds like this, because they sound harsh and aggressive even when they are quiet.
I didn't reference any live recordings because I usually don't like the sound of live recording, but I did use a few studio records as references. I don't really care about making this sound like other live recordings, I just want to make it sound good and more importantly feel good.
Placing the instruments in space is very important to me when mixing. In this mix I pushed back the drums, while the bass is a bit more forward and the vocal sits in the front of the mix. The guitars are out to the sides while cross feeding to reverb on the opposite sides. The organ floats around between the left and right, quite far back. To me, this make for a more engaging and immersive listening experience, but maybe I should be more subtle about it. Is this what's making you think my mixes need more glue? Glue is such a broad term. What do you suggest I do to make the sounds more cohesive?
I agree with you that the levels of the vocals, the organ and the lead guitar might need some adjustments and automation. I wasn't trying to create the perfect mix. I do more automation on my real mixes than I do on the multitrack from this webpage. I don't want to spend too much time on these mixes.
Again, thanks for taking the time to give me some feedback.
I think you are exaggerating about the level of the lead guitar. It's not below the ensemble part, but it might need a few more dbs anyway. I have a tendency to undermix distorted sounds like this, because they sound harsh and aggressive even when they are quiet.
I didn't reference any live recordings because I usually don't like the sound of live recording, but I did use a few studio records as references. I don't really care about making this sound like other live recordings, I just want to make it sound good and more importantly feel good.
Placing the instruments in space is very important to me when mixing. In this mix I pushed back the drums, while the bass is a bit more forward and the vocal sits in the front of the mix. The guitars are out to the sides while cross feeding to reverb on the opposite sides. The organ floats around between the left and right, quite far back. To me, this make for a more engaging and immersive listening experience, but maybe I should be more subtle about it. Is this what's making you think my mixes need more glue? Glue is such a broad term. What do you suggest I do to make the sounds more cohesive?
I agree with you that the levels of the vocals, the organ and the lead guitar might need some adjustments and automation. I wasn't trying to create the perfect mix. I do more automation on my real mixes than I do on the multitrack from this webpage. I don't want to spend too much time on these mixes.
Again, thanks for taking the time to give me some feedback.
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