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Those mandolins are so beautiful and heart achingly pretty that its hard not to shine a light on them ...... but i fear that for this song, less could well be more..... And i fully understand the sirens call.....my first rough mix was probably even busier
Apart from that, i like your mix a lot.
cheers, Simon
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I like the sound of everything overall but I feel like the vocals are a little buried and in the back behind everything else. People have already mentioned the mandolins and acoustic guitar so I think if you did any changes based on those comments that would probably give the vocals more space and have them stand out more.
That said it's a very good sound that just needs some minor tweaks.
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(11-04-2017, 05:12 AM)HbGuitar Wrote: Those mandolins are so beautiful and heart achingly pretty that its hard not to shine a light on them ...... but i fear that for this song, less could well be more..... And i fully understand the sirens call.....my first rough mix was probably even busier
Apart from that, i like your mix a lot.
cheers, Simon
Cheers for the feedback Simon
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(11-04-2017, 04:47 PM)RoyMatthews Wrote: I like the sound of everything overall but I feel like the vocals are a little buried and in the back behind everything else. People have already mentioned the mandolins and acoustic guitar so I think if you did any changes based on those comments that would probably give the vocals more space and have them stand out more.
That said it's a very good sound that just needs some minor tweaks.
Cheers for the feedback Roy
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Version 2 sounds much nicer more pleasant to listen to. Job well done.
personally I would pull the snare back just a bit so that it sits below the Vocals, but that's just me
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(19-06-2017, 10:55 PM)L.Mix Wrote: Version 2 sounds much nicer more pleasant to listen to. Job well done.
personally I would pull the snare back just a bit so that it sits below the Vocals, but that's just me
Thanks for having a listen ,you are right about the snare ,will bring it back !
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21-06-2017, 06:06 PM
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In mix 2 I really like your bass guitar. It sings nicely against the ensemble without being too intrusive. I almost got a sense of Simon and Garfunkle in your mix. I do wonder why you have not cleaned up the ending. I guess there will be more mixes to come. when is it ever done, huh?
Well done so far.
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(21-06-2017, 06:06 PM)Mixinthecloud Wrote: In mix 2 I really like your bass guitar. It sings nicely against the ensemble without being too intrusive. I almost got a sense of Simon and Garfunkle in your mix. I do wonder why you have not cleaned up the ending. I guess there will be more mixes to come. when is it ever done, huh?
Well done so far.
Thanks for having a listen ,I'm happy you like the bass guitar ,Definitely version 3
coming soon listening to your mix and others are inspiring to try some different ideas.
I like this song so much i didn't wan't it to end lol ,will fix that in next version !
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(10-04-2017, 01:20 PM)Dangerous Wrote: The drums lock the rhythm in nicely. Well played.
You could try and side chain the mandolin around the vocal with a big RMS setting on a compressor. This approach works well and ducks quite naturally.
Dave
Cool idea for the mandos. I'll want to try that.
