I think it sounds good. It seems to have a nice attack, and ring to it. Drums sound really good to me. Toms have a good sound, and ring out nicely. I think you fixed this one up nicely....NL5 said:Thanks!
How is the snare now?
bigbubba said:First time listening this.
Great song. Nice tune. Cool guitar playing.
About mixing:
Man, this sound just like the Big Label Polished sound to me. In other words, I don't see anything that stands out as something out of place.
Well rounded sound as far as I hear this. The guitar playing is pretty cool.
LeeRosario said:Hey NL5,
First time lending my ears to the mixing forums, so let me jump on the band wagon. This will also be my first time listening.
I def agree with the fellas, I dig the tune. Nice arrangement. I think the guitar playing has nice play. The music does well to stay together as a whole.
Is it cool if a broke it down a little bit for constructive critism? I don't wanna be the asshole that tries to ruin the good vibes!
I think what I say is more unauthoriative personal taste than fact, so please feel free to disregard me and cuss me out:
The only problems I have are 3 things.
The snare. The sound is there, just that it's missing something. I dunno, maybe some more effect? Something to give it character. Like in my head I hear this big U2 "PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" snare sound everytime it hits. Especially with that particular kind of drum beat, where the kick falls with the snare on the 2 and 4.
Toms. maybe it's the shitty computer speakers I'm listening through, but I hear clipping on the floor tom.
The performance. I think I've just been working so long with people that either demand a perfect performance or are really good at tempo editing that I hear the performance just a little off at times.
I honestly think it's more of a plus than a minus, but that depends who you ask. It's a tough one to suggest, cause in my head, it could sound good all tight and edited, but it sounds just as good with a complete human character.
Overall. I'm glad the first song I decide to critique is a good one.
NL5 said:Thanks man! I love the cudos, but I really want to hear where I can improve the mix, so thanks for the critiques.
If you get a chance, do you have any suggestions on the snare?
The performanece - yep, this needs a bit of work in that deparmanet for sure - the band was going to tighten up some stuff, but they don't feel I can make them a decent recording, so what I got is what I got. I could edit the timimg issues, and may fix some of them, but as you said, it kinda gives it a bit of a raw vibe, which is a bit of a plus in this case IMHO as the performance is a bit stiff otherwise. These are very minute issues mind you
Thanks Lee!
WERNER 1 said:The kick to me sounded a bit weak and clicky to me, but that could just be my taste (or what you were going for )
My preference is a bit more effect on the vocals, and for them to be just a tad more present in the mix......
LeeRosario said:On snare, man you're so close it's not even funny. Perhaps just a little compression to spice it up and *maybe* creating a duplicate and sending that duplicate of the snare to a nice reverb (that's if you don't have a bot snare track). Then you just adjust the reverb just right, and it's there.