18-02-2013, 10:46 PM
[Just realised I was listening to the first version of the mix -- hope the comments are some use nonetheless!]
The backing balance seems pretty respectable in general, so good work on that, although I think you could give the kick more low end -- a shortcoming of the raw recording, I'm afraid. What kind of muppet recorded this?!
I think you could also probably do more to help the snare sustain, because it's coming out as a bit of a 'blip' rather than a 'bosh'. I suspect that there may be some gating going on here, which may be part of the problem -- everything sounds a bit lacking in blend, where the kit should pretty much blend fairly naturally straight out of the box because of the way it was recorded.
The vocal when it arrives sounds a bit stuck on (it's got reverb, but not the kind of thing that's going to blend it with the backing) so that the illusion of a band performing together is weakened. The long-term dynamics are another area to reassess, I'd say. The choruses feel like a step down rather than a step up, which doesn't feel right to me. Some more obvious buss compression would probably be in keeping too, and it's the kind of thing you need to cater for at the mix, rather than at mastering, I think.
The backing balance seems pretty respectable in general, so good work on that, although I think you could give the kick more low end -- a shortcoming of the raw recording, I'm afraid. What kind of muppet recorded this?!
I think you could also probably do more to help the snare sustain, because it's coming out as a bit of a 'blip' rather than a 'bosh'. I suspect that there may be some gating going on here, which may be part of the problem -- everything sounds a bit lacking in blend, where the kit should pretty much blend fairly naturally straight out of the box because of the way it was recorded.The vocal when it arrives sounds a bit stuck on (it's got reverb, but not the kind of thing that's going to blend it with the backing) so that the illusion of a band performing together is weakened. The long-term dynamics are another area to reassess, I'd say. The choruses feel like a step down rather than a step up, which doesn't feel right to me. Some more obvious buss compression would probably be in keeping too, and it's the kind of thing you need to cater for at the mix, rather than at mastering, I think.