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Chris93 What Child Is This
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My Mix. Lexicon MPX1 again, a modified version of "Small Church" this time. Everything is sending to it at different levels. I actually quite liked the bleed on these tracks, it keeps everything in the same realm for you.

Chris


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#2
Quite a dark mix sounding mix - but I read somewhere that you were going for a haunting vibe, so that makes sense and fits well.

The lead vocal seems a little low at times. Not sure if its a level thing or whether the fx you've chosen are making it sound that way by pushing them back into the mix.....i can certainly hear fx artifacts from time to time.
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Thanks for the comments. I think you might be right about the lead vocal as I tend to think that everyone elses mix has the vocal a bit too loud, and it's unlikely that everyone else is wrong. Opinions may just be different though, I don't think every mix needs to have a "star" lead vocal in front of the band. Maybe my monitoring is bringing it forward a bit? I'm using Yamaha HS50M's and Shure SRH840's. I did intentionally push it back a bit though.

I tend to like to get any brightness from just a few sources in the mix as I find it sounds cleaner, generally. Typically it'll be piano's, percussion etc., rarely vocals, guitars or anything that has a tendency to get harsh or sibilant. I've just had a look through my EQ's and the only high end reduction is a gentle roll off on all the backing vocals, a bigger shelf on the vocal delay return and a roll off on the reverb return. I have fairly big HF boosts on the overheads and piano tracks.

What sort of FX artifacts are you hearing? The audibility of the effect rather than the sound of a space? I didn't worry too much about it being audible as I quite like the sound of it. I will be trying out a different reverb next week so we'll see how that goes, it's not said to be the most transparent thing available though. Smile

Chris
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