guillaume1086
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Hey guys,
First off I hope I'm posting this in the right section... I wasn't sure if I should post here or into the "Mix This" forum... anyway don't blame me if I got it wrong!
Ok so I'd just like to share with you guys a lil mix I'm working on, I seem to encounter a very commun problem which is "mud" or "muddy mix". I'm fine with this mix as I'm aware I'm just starting out and I can't have it all mastered right away (this is the first artist I recorded other than myself) and there's no big expectations on this project, it's just a friendly collaboration, but still I want to do it the best I can. So even if the mix could stay that way because it is audible I feel like there are a lot of things that could be improved still. Here is a link to the song so you can understand what I'm talking about:
soundcloud.com/guillaumerottier/11-adelaide-to-la/s-WWTG2TPEHrj
It's pretty busy as I have the "producer" role and tend to have a lot of arrangements ideas, so I added violons, xylophone, a lot of backing vocals, etc....... I feel like not every part has got it's place in the mix even if it's still audible, I feel like no part really stands out it's just all a big mess... I really tried to EQ every instruments depending on other ones I EQed before, I used HPF on every tracks that needed it... I used a lot compression, maybe too much? On almost every track. I tried to minimise the use of reverb and maximise the use of distortion... Well I guess that's about it.
I have to say that I wasn't helped in the first place because it was recorded with a (very very) shitty guitar straight into a Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre and my friend is really not a good player (I guess we can say the same about me on drums), and I know that the most important part of a mix is the recording/playing part. So that explains (and reassures me ) maybe a little but it's not all of it.
Soooo what do you guys think? Any thoughts??
I'm not hoping anything from this thread but to maybe find new ways of approaching mixes for next time based on a "finished" exemple. Even if I'd like to improve that one too but I'm not hoping for magical answers It's a 12 songs album so this one is just one off of this album. So maybe I can use advices on this for the rest of the album too. What a colossal work!! I didn't realize before... haha!
bye bye
First off I hope I'm posting this in the right section... I wasn't sure if I should post here or into the "Mix This" forum... anyway don't blame me if I got it wrong!
Ok so I'd just like to share with you guys a lil mix I'm working on, I seem to encounter a very commun problem which is "mud" or "muddy mix". I'm fine with this mix as I'm aware I'm just starting out and I can't have it all mastered right away (this is the first artist I recorded other than myself) and there's no big expectations on this project, it's just a friendly collaboration, but still I want to do it the best I can. So even if the mix could stay that way because it is audible I feel like there are a lot of things that could be improved still. Here is a link to the song so you can understand what I'm talking about:
soundcloud.com/guillaumerottier/11-adelaide-to-la/s-WWTG2TPEHrj
It's pretty busy as I have the "producer" role and tend to have a lot of arrangements ideas, so I added violons, xylophone, a lot of backing vocals, etc....... I feel like not every part has got it's place in the mix even if it's still audible, I feel like no part really stands out it's just all a big mess... I really tried to EQ every instruments depending on other ones I EQed before, I used HPF on every tracks that needed it... I used a lot compression, maybe too much? On almost every track. I tried to minimise the use of reverb and maximise the use of distortion... Well I guess that's about it.
I have to say that I wasn't helped in the first place because it was recorded with a (very very) shitty guitar straight into a Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre and my friend is really not a good player (I guess we can say the same about me on drums), and I know that the most important part of a mix is the recording/playing part. So that explains (and reassures me ) maybe a little but it's not all of it.
Soooo what do you guys think? Any thoughts??
I'm not hoping anything from this thread but to maybe find new ways of approaching mixes for next time based on a "finished" exemple. Even if I'd like to improve that one too but I'm not hoping for magical answers It's a 12 songs album so this one is just one off of this album. So maybe I can use advices on this for the rest of the album too. What a colossal work!! I didn't realize before... haha!
bye bye