Shiny Dog Mix

[Pedaling Prince]

Mix No 4
And Just for Pedalling prince I have uploaded a version without The any Mix bus compression and pre mastered.

Cool! Thanks for the "unmastered" version.

I listened to both, of course. One thing I noticed was that your "unmastered" version not only sounds more dynamic but also has less compression artifacting; the mastered version has a weird wavering sound in the background that makes it sound like the song is "swimming" through the compression to get to your ears. This is, in fact, another reason to keep dynamic range intact; material with narrower dynamic range, with so much sonic content crammed together, doesn't convert to AAC or MP3 as well as dynamic material.

So, in short, the dynamic version is, IMHO, the superior sound. My only suggestions would be to sharpen up the snare drum a tad, sharpen up and bring up the volume of the banjo and mandolin a little, and maybe back down a notch on the vocal reverb (country music tends to sound better with a drier sound I find). Also, maybe just a subtle 1 or 2 dB boost in the 5-6 kHz range to sharpen up the vocal just a little.

It's up to you, but based on what I'm hearing here I'd suggest you try seeing what happens to some of your other mixes when you drop out the mix buss compression; I'm willing to bet you'll get much better sound that way every time.

Good work!