I noticed the main melody vocal sounds great but both harmonies fall out of tune at some points. You can hear both fall out and then correct themselves. That jumped out at me more than them being out of sync. Some of the vocal syncs are a little too off on the sustained words. Other than that it sounded good. I think the sound of the voices blends well.
Hey man,
I hear what you're talking about for sure, although I think you'd get away with it if the mix was more in favour of the main vocal as one thing, and the rest as another.
Right now the guy you described (right hand side) is actually drawing my attention more than the main vocal is, and I don't think it's just because he is being discussed.
The tone of his voice cuts through a little more, whereas main vocal is quite soft and rounded.
I think I'd want to mute the main vocal and try to mix the rest in such a way that no one person sticks out.
I'd be using an eq or pretty hard compression on Frank to take the edge off him, and maybe narrow the bvox as a group.
Bringing the main voice back in, I'd centre it. It's slightly off to the left, yeah?
Just my thoughts. It was a nice listen, all that aside.
Hey man...sounds pretty good, actually. I don't mind some minor vocal sync problems, as it tends to give more of a live feel. We can all nudge them over to perfection and boredom.
The only thing I was going to mention is that the vocal on the right seems a tad loud. Sounds like a duet with a hint of top end, and I think that's not what you're shooting for.
By the way, I hear only 3 parts. Lead vocal, what sounds like a 2nd lead vocal on the right, and a Timothy B. Schmidt type thing on the left. If there's a 4th part, it's either blended perfectly or it's too low. Maybe it's an octave that I'm just missing.
In terms of timing and being completely in sync, the performances could be a bit better. The timing is off by a bit in a few places.
The low harmony on the right is a little too loud and the high harmony on the left is a little too soft.
And if the harmony tracks were double tracked it would sound cool. Unless you're going for a real stripped down, natural mix.
edit: saw Steen had mentioned the harmony on the right was drawing too much attention. I think it still is. I didn't listen to the first mix, so maybe it was worse. But it's still a db or two too loud.
i like the A under the C chord. nice arrangement touch there.