First time poster here, my attempt at mixing this Britpop indie banger.
I went for a bass/low end driven approach here to really move the song along as it has little structural variation. The drums were a real challenge with lots of bleed on basically every track so to compensate i gave the snare a real splatty saturated sound which i think adds some unique character and energy(and attempts to hide the hi hat bleed a little too). Overall a very fun mix!
I think people can worry too much about bleed. Sometimes you can gate it out, other times I find you can get a half decent balance without worrying about it and go from there.
The snare and possibly the bass might be dominating just a little too much at times for me. Some of the distortion on the bass can sound a little monotone I think, even though the frequency of the bass is changing. The mix is sounding just a touch midrangey overall too, perhaps? Not sure if it needs a little more top end or something, say above 2.5 or so perhaps to open it up a little bit? More noticeable on headphones I think.
The mix approach works for me though, aside from that!
Cheers!
Just uploaded a mix/master? Waiting for comments? Why not give back and critique a mix/master, or two!
I think people can worry too much about bleed. Sometimes you can gate it out, other times I find you can get a half decent balance without worrying about it and go from there.
The snare and possibly the bass might be dominating just a little too much at times for me. Some of the distortion on the bass can sound a little monotone I think, even though the frequency of the bass is changing. The mix is sounding just a touch midrangey overall too, perhaps? Not sure if it needs a little more top end or something, say above 2.5 or so perhaps to open it up a little bit? More noticeable on headphones I think.
The mix approach works for me though, aside from that!
Cheers!
Thanks for the feedback! I was struggling with the high end on the OH tracks sounding a little spikey so i think in the end decided less is more, maybe a deesser or some multiband compression could deal with it better. 100% about the bleed, i wasnt loving the balance without gates, but even with them a lot of the hi hat was coming through on the snare and was poking through a little too much. I think i saw it more as a fun challenge than a necessity, ha!
The toms feels - not sounds - a bit "odd" to me. Anyhow, it's really small potaots ... so small that it's not even potatos yet ...
Nice work!
Thanks for the feedback! As Mikej mentioned above I think i tried too hard to have separation between the drums and minimize bleed, that could be why the toms feel weird as I isolated them. Could contribute to a disjointed feel maybe?