04-02-2013, 07:11 PM
(04-02-2013, 05:52 PM)APZX Wrote:(04-02-2013, 04:47 PM)Benbass1991 Wrote: Hey man, thanks for the feed back. what about the bass didn't do it for you?
Well, there was bass and then there wasn't bass. Much like you pointed out my snare missing your bass seems oddly non-present. Could just be my monitors, hearing, what have you. But it just isn't all that present in the mix.
This is something that I feel kind of ties to just how tight you mixed the guitars. Not that there isn't bass, vocals, drums, or organ. The vocals have a nice tight sound if ever slightly over brightened IMO. The drum's cymbals sound a little to sustain heavy to compete with the guitars, where I feel something such as expansion to increase the attack and decrease sustain with EQ that gives some slight enhancement to attack and sustain would have been better suited. The Hammond is far too dull to compete with the guitars (the single biggest reason I added distortion to them in my mix, found leslie/chorus/flanger/phaser kind of took away from their clarity). The bass is in a very similar vein. The guitars are just so forward and tight that one would expect that the bass guitar be the same way. Whether it be from distortion mixed in low, bringing out the string, enhancing the attack, etc . . .. There just isn't any of that. It is just kind of a disappointment when you consider that while the guitars do have a lot of low end harmonics they don't get low enough to really give that cemented foundation. Just my thoughts and opinions.
Hey man, i listened back to the mix and did some referencing and you are totally right about the bass (really the low end in general) of the mix. It lacked a fatness that was needed to give the mix an additional layer of punch. I've attached a second mix, lemme know if you think it works! I appreciate the honest feedback!