21-11-2014, 08:01 PM
Welcome to the addiction that is known as mixing!
So, I'm just going to lay out what I hear. I hope that my critique doesn't come off too harshly!
Firstly I think you are mixing with your faders up too high. I think you need to give yoursels some headroom. Everything seems constricted. The snare sounds kind of cardboardy (yes it's a word, I just happened to make it up) and it is too far up front I think.
I think your Vocal is a little too scooped in the mids, so its sounds thin.
Also, your overall levels and eqing would benefit from making sure you have everything leveled really well in mono, before you pan anything. I spend a lot of time doing that, and always going back and checking for phase and for general balance. I lose the main vocal at the beginning of your choruses, and I think the entire mix is just too drum driven (i'm not sure that sentence has been uttered by me very often). Your highs overall are a little bright.
Good first swing, just take your time in the mono balance stage and make sure everything really is loud and clear!
Keep it up!
Draper
So, I'm just going to lay out what I hear. I hope that my critique doesn't come off too harshly!
Firstly I think you are mixing with your faders up too high. I think you need to give yoursels some headroom. Everything seems constricted. The snare sounds kind of cardboardy (yes it's a word, I just happened to make it up) and it is too far up front I think.
I think your Vocal is a little too scooped in the mids, so its sounds thin.
Also, your overall levels and eqing would benefit from making sure you have everything leveled really well in mono, before you pan anything. I spend a lot of time doing that, and always going back and checking for phase and for general balance. I lose the main vocal at the beginning of your choruses, and I think the entire mix is just too drum driven (i'm not sure that sentence has been uttered by me very often). Your highs overall are a little bright.
Good first swing, just take your time in the mono balance stage and make sure everything really is loud and clear!
Keep it up!
Draper