Here's my take on this tune.
I saw this more of a soft jazz tune so treated it somewhat in that vein.
Biggest challenges here were the fact there were a whole slew of imprecise edits in the multitrack that resulted in a lot of pops and clicks that had to be edited out. In Pro Tools, this is a perfect application for the pencil tool. Unfortunately, Sonar doesn't allow me to scribble on wave forms so I had to take different measures to deal with these. Worst was the bass and AG2 but there are others scattered about. Second was the vocal line. After you apply compression, all his breathing comes way out and has to be automated back down where it belongs. Third was the snare drum. I generally like a less prominent snare but it was rather hard to do here without making it sound distant rather than softer.
Anyway, here's my take on this. (I probably need to go through and see if I can't even out the levels more between the various sections of the tune but otherwise, I feel it sounds about right.) Wish I had some sweetener plugins to use on that vocal. It sounds like it would take well to them.
Comments welcome as always.
(Edit May 6, added v2 mix)
I saw this more of a soft jazz tune so treated it somewhat in that vein.
Biggest challenges here were the fact there were a whole slew of imprecise edits in the multitrack that resulted in a lot of pops and clicks that had to be edited out. In Pro Tools, this is a perfect application for the pencil tool. Unfortunately, Sonar doesn't allow me to scribble on wave forms so I had to take different measures to deal with these. Worst was the bass and AG2 but there are others scattered about. Second was the vocal line. After you apply compression, all his breathing comes way out and has to be automated back down where it belongs. Third was the snare drum. I generally like a less prominent snare but it was rather hard to do here without making it sound distant rather than softer.
Anyway, here's my take on this. (I probably need to go through and see if I can't even out the levels more between the various sections of the tune but otherwise, I feel it sounds about right.) Wish I had some sweetener plugins to use on that vocal. It sounds like it would take well to them.
Comments welcome as always.
(Edit May 6, added v2 mix)
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