27-11-2022, 08:30 PM
Hi!
Well, it's no secret that I had another go at this one after hearing this mix the other day. It's a good mix. I do like the interplay you can hear in your mix between the two guitars, and I really like the delay on the lead part too.
Some thoughts:
I'm not sure that the recorded vocal double works all the way through with this. For me it does make for some really nice moments at some points - so a vote to keep it. At other points though, it seems to somehow take away too much from the lead vocal and makes things a little hollow/phasey - so a vote to ditch it. Not sure if it might be able to be made to work with the lead vocal with a lot of level automation on both... or not.
Not sure how you found it, for me this mix seemed to be full of lots decisions to be made like this that didn't seem to me to be as clear cut as one might usually expect. Somehow this one is much tougher to mix than I feel it should be.
There is perhaps a bit of a frequency clash between the top end of the vocal with the brightness of the reverb behind it and the top end of the guitars (and also the cymbals at points).
I found a wide cut at around 2k on the two guitars left a nice spot for the vocals to sit, so it wasn't necessary to add too much top on the vocal to get them to cut through above them. This cut still left the top end of the guitars to come through.
The brightness of the reverb behind the vocal maybe gets a little distracting at times? Rolling off some of the top end of the reverb might help to tuck it in behind the vocal and will also help to keep a sort of warmer overall frequency balance for the mix and also keep it out of the way of the cymbals.
Cheers!
Well, it's no secret that I had another go at this one after hearing this mix the other day. It's a good mix. I do like the interplay you can hear in your mix between the two guitars, and I really like the delay on the lead part too.
Some thoughts:
I'm not sure that the recorded vocal double works all the way through with this. For me it does make for some really nice moments at some points - so a vote to keep it. At other points though, it seems to somehow take away too much from the lead vocal and makes things a little hollow/phasey - so a vote to ditch it. Not sure if it might be able to be made to work with the lead vocal with a lot of level automation on both... or not.
Not sure how you found it, for me this mix seemed to be full of lots decisions to be made like this that didn't seem to me to be as clear cut as one might usually expect. Somehow this one is much tougher to mix than I feel it should be.
There is perhaps a bit of a frequency clash between the top end of the vocal with the brightness of the reverb behind it and the top end of the guitars (and also the cymbals at points).
I found a wide cut at around 2k on the two guitars left a nice spot for the vocals to sit, so it wasn't necessary to add too much top on the vocal to get them to cut through above them. This cut still left the top end of the guitars to come through.
The brightness of the reverb behind the vocal maybe gets a little distracting at times? Rolling off some of the top end of the reverb might help to tuck it in behind the vocal and will also help to keep a sort of warmer overall frequency balance for the mix and also keep it out of the way of the cymbals.
Cheers!
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