Tune #2, Mix #1

[GONZO-X]

Tune-2 Mix-1 by Bats Brew | Free Listening on SoundCloud

here's a new song i'm just starting to mix,
my thought is that i need to bring up more midrange energy, and maybe make the sound of the mids more dense thru a bit more compression.

i use compression throughout the mix, but it's always very light, with very little reduction...
i like the sound of the mix open,
but i'm finding i'm ending up with huge crest factor:
mix output was at -18.1 LUFS, with -18.9 rms and true peak at -2.4!!
LOL

then temp-mastered with light compression, and limiting to get to about a K-12 level.

will probably re-sing the whole thing.

ideas are welcome.

 

[Dearborn]

It sounds well performed and mixed. The only thing i'd suggest is to increase the volume on some of the lyrics sung so they can be understood better. like around :50 in and 2:40.

 

[Bulls Hit]

Vocals and BVs have a real Yes vibe to them and the tune lives up to that quality standard. Likewise the mix and production - approaching Trevor Horn territory. I thought the levels on everything were real good. Only nit is the open hats from 2.10 and after might be slightly too loud

 

[GONZO-X]

great ears, guys...
and good recommendations.......

i didn't really master this too deep, because i know i'm going back and changing things....

Dearborn,
yea, was on the fence about the vocal levels......
what i'm experimenting with now, is using a neve clone eq on the vox bus, and brightening them a bit, for clarity without level...
but i may just end up simply cranking the vocal bus up a bit, and voila.
LOL

Bulls Hit,
yea, those hats.... that's a single stereo drum track i have, made a while back, and i don't have that program anymore,
so what i may have to do, is automate some eq (which is easy to do in most daws), and find that specific peak of the hi hat eq, and notch it just a bit.
good ear.... i've heard it for so long now, i just have tuned it out.