[Help me with my MIX] :)

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Hi my name is Kim. I've done some home recording on regular basis just for fun.. I am currently working on a song I really want to be good but I don't really have any audio friends who can listen to it and give me advice.. I would be very greatful if you all could give me some tips and also tell me what you really think about my mix/song..

this song is cut right off after the bridge solo because I haven't completed it yet.. But I'll get to that later.. Listen to it and tell me what you think



Thanks! :)

-Kim
 
Yeah mixwise this sounds pretty good to me. I like the guitar playing, and the sound of the solo guitar very much. At some point there's a woody click layered on top of your kick. It's annoying. The snare is very dry, a bit boring after a while. I think the guitar solo is too loud. There are some ticks in your audio recordings here and there (4/5ths in e.g.). A little work should be spent on emancipating the bass, adding a little more definition to it. Same goes for the Rhodes or whatever electric piano you're using there. They might be interfering with one another. The vocals on the other hand are well placed, I like the clarity and the, uhm, natural-ness of the sound. Oh and there are some pronunziazion izzuez. You should consult a native English speaker for those. Pretty good shot. Back to work!
 
could you tell me spesific where you noticed the english glitch mostly?
 
Well I'm not a native English speaker myself, but here goes:
I'm not sure about "hear me out in what I have to say", I'm pretty sure that's just not correct grammatically.
"These buckets fill them with gold", not "viz buckets fill zem with gold".
"The" you pronounce as "ve".
"Decision and indecision" are not pronounced "Dezision and indezision".
"You'd better start thinking of understand yourself" doesn't work. It should be "understanding" instead of "understand" but even then the sentence should be replaced I think.
 
singlespeak said:
Well I'm not a native English speaker myself, but here goes:
I'm not sure about "hear me out in what I have to say", I'm pretty sure that's just not correct grammatically.
"These buckets fill them with gold", not "viz buckets fill zem with gold".
"The" you pronounce as "ve".
"Decision and indecision" are not pronounced "Dezision and indezision".
"You'd better start thinking of understand yourself" doesn't work. It should be "understanding" instead of "understand" but even then the sentence should be replaced I think.
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Ahh I see.. "You better start thinking of others than yourself" it is.. Is there a way I can mix it so that it can bea heard more clearly?
I also pronounce it "the" and "theese" really, but it might drown a little bit in the mix?
 
When you sing "why is it always so hard to follow the inner side of [I don't hear what you're singing next]" the pronunciation of "the" is not buried in the mix, the typical sound of the th is mostly just pronounced too harshly, too much 'z' in it.
"Others than yourself", right, my bad. Here, again, it's partly a pronunciation issue. I think your pronunciation of the th in "than" has too much "t" in it.
But, if everything is pronounced the way it should but you think it's buried in the mix, there's two possibilities that I see. You could turn up your vocals. If the volume is not very consistent in the vocals you either use a compressor to flatten it a bit, or you re-sing. If that doesn't seem to work it means the frequencies of your voice are battling with other instruments in a similar frequency range. Most likely a guitar, or your keyboard. Single your voice out together with another track and see if they sit in the same frequency range. If they are and it makes both unclear, you can try panning them away from each other, or eq-ing so that their frequencies don't overlap as much.
 
singlespeak said:
When you sing "why is it always so hard to follow the inner side of [I don't hear what you're singing next]" the pronunciation of "the" is not buried in the mix, the typical sound of the th is mostly just pronounced too harshly, too much 'z' in it.
"Others than yourself", right, my bad. Here, again, it's partly a pronunciation issue. I think you pronounce the th in "than" has too much "t".
But, if everything is pronounced the way it should but you think it's buried in the mix, there's two possibilities that I see. You could turn up your vocals. If the volume is not very consistent in the vocals you either use a compressor to flatten it a bit, or you re-sing. If that doesn't seem to work it means the frequencies of your voice are battling with other instruments in a similar frequency range. Most likely a guitar, or your keyboard. Single your voice out together with another track and see if they sit in the same frequency range. If they are and it makes both unclear, you can try panning them away from each other, or eq-ing so that their frequencies don't overlap as much.
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ok thank you so much for taking your time! :) I'll try to work it out and see if I can get it better.. I'll re-sing some phrases aswell!
 
Hey, just gave this a listen and overall, I think it sounds good. You have a pretty full sound with nice clarity.

I agree with most of what singlespeak has noted:
Lead guitar is too loud (it will cut through fine and sit better I think at a lower level).
Would like to hear the bass and keys more clearly.
Your "s"s do come out sounding more like "z"s throughout...not sure if it is pronunciation or a byproduct of effects/mixing...seems like the former. There is a kind of sizzling quality to the vocals when you hit those syllables. It's not a big deal I don't think, but it's there.

Nice guitar playing and nice tones in general. A good mix too, just some work on the levels and vocal processing maybe?

Oh, and the ending was pretty abrupt ;):).
 
Mix sounds good

Nice warm quality to it.

Guitar solo is a bit to loud...other than that i like the mix.
 
Thanks everyone! I'm taking notes of everything you say to work on them.. I know the ending is cutting off early, as I said I'm not done :) I just need to know what mixing result I shoud aim for and I've got alot of tips guys! Thanks! :)

EDIT: The song in the link I gave you is constantly changing as I'm remixing and rendering new mp3's.. It updates itself :)
 
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You've got a lot of good comments, not much more I can add. Just want to say I enjoyed what you've got so far. Nice vibe. Look forward to hearing the rest.

peace,
 
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