30-12-2013, 10:00 AM (This post was last modified: 28-09-2015, 02:21 AM by HbGuitar.)
Hi guys,
New to this forum/website...what an amazing resource!
Here's my take on the song. I was immediately drawn to the pedal steel/vocal interplay which forms the focal point of my mix. I wanted the stand-up bass to sit in behind and used the accordion as a pad. The acoustic guitar fills between bass and accordion.
I've left plenty of headroom in the mix-down, an average of -18 dBFS RMS for the whole track, though it gets nearer to -10 dBFS RMS during the loudest parts, so you may need to adjust your speakers up a little.
Thanks for listening....any feedback will be gratefully received
Just took a swing at this, and saw your mix on here. I think you've improved a lot from this mix. I feel like the center channel is really small and feels cramped somehow. I hear your panning, and it's a pretty wide mix, so maybe that's why I feel cramped. The instruments on the side seem separate from the middle, and the middle just feels a little jammed up. I've heard a good bit of your newer mixes, and I would love to hear your take on this now. There is nothing glaringly wrong with this mix. . . I just think you can pull more emotion out of it with a re-balance. Not a bad mix, though!
(17-07-2015, 01:47 AM)loweche6 Wrote: Just took a swing at this, and saw your mix on here. I think you've improved a lot from this mix. I feel like the center channel is really small and feels cramped somehow. I hear your panning, and it's a pretty wide mix, so maybe that's why I feel cramped. The instruments on the side seem separate from the middle, and the middle just feels a little jammed up. I've heard a good bit of your newer mixes, and I would love to hear your take on this now. There is nothing glaringly wrong with this mix. . . I just think you can pull more emotion out of it with a re-balance. Not a bad mix, though!
Draper
Hey Draper,
Thanks for dropping by. I think that this was my 2nd ever mix, the 1st being "Backroom in Tulsa", so I'd hope to have improved a bit since then!
All the Wesley Morgan songs are so great to mix that absolutely, a fun project would be to remix this and BRIT and do them the justice they deserve.
Wholesale remix from scratch with a new session rather than tinkering with the old one. New panning and levels, new FX plus used mute button (quelle horreur!) on accordion for first two verses - mainly 'cos I wanted a stronger accordion presence 2nd time around but it was too much for whole song.
Be fierce in your encouragement, kind in your criticism and try and remember that the art of a good critique is not to make someone else's mix sound like yours...but to help the mixer realize their own vision.