Recent content by sullivan1213

Man, there's a lot going on in this tune. It makes me think of Yes in a lot of ways. Performances are great. Everything is nice and tight. Really good stuff. With regard to the mix, take what I say with a small grain of salt as I'm listening on a Dell speaker bar in my office at work. That...

Once again, thank you all for your thoughtful comments. This is a really cool community with a ton of smart, talented, and helpful folks. With regard to the comments about the end section, there is definitely solo work AND additional vocals planned for that section. Apologies for not having...

Appreciate the comments. Thank you. I can agree with the upper mids in the snare. I have wrestled with that on and off. Originally I think it was TOO bright. Then I backed off the under-snare mic to tame it. Maybe it was too much. I'm torn on the bass. After finishing mixes on my...

I can hear the ambient mics and they sound good. The entire issue is the treatment (or lack thereof) of the direct mics. I had the exact same thought you did about having better processing tools inside my DAW than the ones Toontrack provides inside Superior. I also wanted to actually learn...

I dig this tune quite a bit. The part that starts at 1:15 was really cool and unexpected. Sweet arrangement. Vocal reminds me slightly of Marc Storace from Krokus. The whole thing has a really interesting vibe. Mix-wise I feel like the drums are the weakest part. It sounds like you got a...

This has a feel that reminds me of 80's pop music. I think the mix is mostly good. This is purely my subjective opinion but the 2 things that stick out to me negatively in the mix are 1) some of the synth sounds feel like they're right inside your ears particularly in the intro. 2) the...

Ok. Got some time today and took another run at it. Made further adjustments to the toms, pulled the snare up a little more, the kick down a little more and tried to fix the way the 2 solo sections were sitting in the mix. I would appreciate any further critique good or bad. I feel like it's...

Acoustic guitars were recorded with a pair of Rode NT5 small diaphragm condenser mics. Electrics were recorded dry with a direct box and reamped through Amplitube. I appreciate your observations. Thanks very much.

Sadly, AFTER I uploaded a remix I realized that the toms are still not right and get washed out most of the time. That’s what I get for being in a hurry. I’ll try again tomorrow when I have more time.

Ok. Got home late from work and tried to work with suggestions. I figured out the panning issue with both the guitars and the toms. I had all the toms routed to a compressor that, apparently sums the input signal thereby ruining the panning of the toms. I had to create separate compression...

It’s so funny that you say that. I was listening in the car thinking “I wonder if I need to make sure the overheads aren’t routed to the compression bus.” I guess I have my answer. I have to compliment you and this whole community. I’m super impressed with the skill level here and the...

Again, thank you all for the kind words and the great observations. It's amazing how valuable other people's ears can be in identifying issues. I have adjusted reverb levels on the acoustic and electric guitars, the EQ on all the guitars, compression and levels on the drums, bass level and a...

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback. I knew there was something about the guitars that bothered me but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I will definitely take the comments on the bass as well. I plan to revise and resubmit tomorrow. Thanks again for the insight.

Super cool song. It's one of those songs that makes me wish I had written it. Vocals are great. Recording is great. If I had to say one thing, you could maybe lower the cymbals in the mix a tiny bit. A+ effort!

I wrote this song with a very good friend of mine who had just been to the funeral of someone who had taken his own life. He was playing the acoustic riff over and over and just talking about his friend and the lyrics just materialized. That was the easy part. The idea is to present the song...