Last Ride Deny control!

[brady85]

What a song! Dirk was on fire, vocals awesome! everything was played really good. very well recorded!

I gave myself an hour to mix this one, just to test myself. 

here is the result

Edit: few hours later I fixed some things haha.

Edit II : V3, dimmed down the vocal effect, lowered the snare a little and much more haha

[aftercutrecords]

I really like this! The vocals just sound very... unnatturally widened. Without that, it would be a much more clean and natural sounding mix, which I definitely appreciate.

[MATW]

Hey Brady, congrats, nice mix.

My 4 cents:

- I think your snare sample(s) is/are not 100% fitting the genre/band/song, or maybe the snare is just too loud in the regular parts of the song. I can't really explain/nail it other than "It sticks out too much"

- You also need to check Trigger because some of the snare hits in the blast beat (especially at the end) suddenly have a much higher intensity than the other hits (check 3:33). I had this problem with my mix as well and I really had to get down in the dirt and adjust the intensity of the snare hits in the blast one by one to make sure that they stay consistent.

- I´m also with aftercut regarding the vocals. They sound a bit weird.

- You need to bring up the Slayer solo at 1:50. Dirk is also supporting the dive bomb solo on the ride (exactly like Dave Lombardo did back in the day), so it really should be more audible

- The breakdown feels very weak. I know it's because you wanted to highlight the bass solo and get more oomph when the guitar solo kicks, but after that buildup, there should be a wall of sound coming at me. I absolutely love the effect right before the guitar solo

Overall, this is a great mix, and it shows that you really know what you are doing!

[brady85]

Hey Brady, congrats, nice mix.

My 4 cents:

- I think your snare sample(s) is/are not 100% fitting the genre/band/song, or maybe the snare is just too loud in the regular parts of the song. I can't really explain/nail it other than "It sticks out too much"

- You also need to check Trigger because some of the snare hits in the blast beat (especially at the end) suddenly have a much higher intensity than the other hits (check 3:33). I had this problem with my mix as well and I really had to get down in the dirt and adjust the intensity of the snare hits in the blast one by one to make sure that they stay consistent.

- I´m also with aftercut regarding the vocals. They sound a bit weird.

- You need to bring up the Slayer solo at 1:50. Dirk is also supporting the dive bomb solo on the ride (exactly like Dave Lombardo did back in the day), so it really should be more audible



- The breakdown feels very weak. I know it's because you wanted to highlight the bass solo and get more oomph when the guitar solo kicks, but after that buildup, there should be a wall of sound coming at me. I absolutely love the effect right before the guitar solo

Overall, this is a great mix, and it shows that you really know what you are doing!

Thanks for the feedback!

i´ll take those notes and make a version 3 this week 

[brady85]

I really like this! The vocals just sound very... unnatturally widened. Without that, it would be a much more clean and natural sounding mix, which I definitely appreciate.

yeah after giving it some rest, the vocals are indeed a little to wide.ill fix it in version 3.
Thanks for the feedback

[trading_pieces]

Very cool to hear this one take form over the three versions, great work looking forward to hearing more!

[brady85]

Very cool to hear this one take form over the three versions, great work looking forward to hearing more!

thank you !