Rubblebucket 'Carousel Ride' MikeGoPro Mix

[MikeGoPro]

This is an interesting song, but it gave me some trouble with the mic bleed, but I gave it the good old college try.

Feel free to leave a comment

Cheers!

Edit: latest version in Post #3

[MikeGoPro]

My first upload of this track was a bit rough, so I did some minor tweaks to try and smooth out the lumps and bumps. Made a few more automation moves to keep things in the pocket so to speak.

[MikeGoPro]

Okay, I did more automation, more panning and, filtering to uncover some of the little hidden gems in this song that I was masking by being to heavy handed.

It's not perfect but I think I'm done for now.

Update: Okay I've been going through some of the mixes I've uploaded, and addressing some things that I felt needed to be ironed out.

I tried to smooth this one out so it wasn't so jumpy, for lack of better terms.

[MikeGoPro]

Okay, I did more automation, more panning and, filtering to uncover some of the little hidden gems in this song that I was masking by being to heavy handed.

It's not perfect but I think I'm done for now.

Update: Okay I've been going through some of the mixes I've uploaded, and addressing some things that I felt needed to be ironed out.

I tried to smooth this one out so it wasn't so jumpy, for lack of better terms.

So I updated this mix guys.

Feel free to leave a comment.

[Dangerous]

These mixes all vary quite a bit, but all seem to be suffering from the same thing. Listening to all these mixes, I'm get the feeling your having a real crack, but are coming up short each time and not really sure whats going wrong. There seems to be a strange phasey filtering issue that's present and consistent in all these mixes. I don't remember too many issues with this multitrack, so I don't have much advise. I would have to go back into the session and see what I did. Maybe there's still to much processing going on overall. How do you compare your mixes with the reference mix?

Dave

[MikeGoPro]

These mixes all vary quite a bit, but all seem to be suffering from the same thing. Listening to all these mixes, I'm get the feeling your having a real crack, but are coming up short each time and not really sure whats going wrong. There seems to be a strange phasey filtering issue that's present and consistent in all these mixes. I don't remember too many issues with this multitrack, so I don't have much advise. I would have to go back into the session and see what I did. Maybe there's still to much processing going on overall. How do you compare your mixes with the reference mix?

Dave

Hi Dave, thanks for commenting I think its still over processed, like some junk food , I'll revisit it soon. Also the vocals have some harsh sibilance that is exaggerated by the processing(I'll probably manually de-ess them, and the drums and the guitars poke out way to much, it's actually kinda fatiguing to listen to. I also think it doesn't have enough space, or atmosphere. I'll figure it out once I get some other projects done.

Cheer!

[MikeGoPro]

These mixes all vary quite a bit, but all seem to be suffering from the same thing. Listening to all these mixes, I'm get the feeling your having a real crack, but are coming up short each time and not really sure whats going wrong. There seems to be a strange phasey filtering issue that's present and consistent in all these mixes. I don't remember too many issues with this multitrack, so I don't have much advise. I would have to go back into the session and see what I did. Maybe there's still to much processing going on overall. How do you compare your mixes with the reference mix?

Dave

Hi Dave, thanks for commenting I think its still over processed, like some junk food , I'll revisit it soon. Also the vocals have some harsh sibilance that is exaggerated by the processing(I'll probably manually de-ess them, and the drums and the guitars poke out way to much, it's actually kinda fatiguing to listen to. I also think it doesn't have enough space, or atmosphere. I'll figure it out once I get some other projects done.

Cheer!

Ouch... those first few mixes are hard to listen to, they aren't easy on the ears at all, lol. But as promised a new version has arrived.

I think its softer on the ears, less phasey, more focused on the vocals. I utilized some deessing, panned delays, and other basic steps/techniques to get it to be less abrasive, and more coherent.

So here goes nothing.

Its labeled: Rubblebucket Carousel Ride MikeGoPro Latest Updated Mix in the 1st post. Edit: not the 1st post the 3rd post. My mistake.

Later!

[Dangerous]

The "Latest Updated Mix" is much better MGP! A great improvement.
Are you gating these tracks? It still sounds a bit strange with the ambience sounding a little chopped up. To my ears anyway. Well Done

[MikeGoPro]

The "Latest Updated Mix" is much better MGP! A great improvement.
Are you gating these tracks? It still sounds a bit strange with the ambience sounding a little chopped up. To my ears anyway. Well Done

I'm almost certain that its gated on at least a few of the stems. I'm sure I went a little heavy handed with the attack and/or the release on the gates for sure. I'll check later on and try and address it real soon.

Later!

[KMuzic]

Hey Mike

Big time improvement over the first ones..I like the vibe, the beginning reminds me of a New Orleans brass band vibe...really cool!

Good Job,

Thanks for the catch on mine! I replaced it with the proper version. have a listen again,

Thanks

K