my mix of "South Of Water" by Miguel Mirabal

[MiguelMirabal]

aqui les dejo mi mezcla, espero sus consejos (perdonen mi ingles, soy de venezuela) https://soundcloud.com/radicalrecords/ac...ter-mezcla

[Mike Senior]

Impressive vocal impression in the introduction, but unfortunately the drums and guitars don't deliver on that promise. The kit feels completely dislocated -- the kick, snare, and hat all seem like they're in different universes! Go easier on the EQ, choose a kick sample that suits the overheads sound, and then give things enough compression and some ambience and drum room to glue it all together. I think that'll give you a more representative sound.

The guitars are rather muffled, and could do with some careful EQ in the low mids to clear them up -- in conjunction with the bass, of course. Normally a warmer guitar tone allows the vocals to come through more clearly, but in this case your cymbals are too fizzy, so you mask out the vocal details that way instead.

It also sounds like you're trying to mix this by overloading your buss compression and limiting -- get the balance working without that and it'll hold up much better once those things are happening. Also, try starting the mix with the vocals, and then carve away those elements of the other tracks that compromise the vocal, rather than trying to EQ each instrument on its own terms.