There's a few points in the track that are supposed to hit really hard that I didn't seem to resonate with me as well as it should have
In my opinion the token of this genre is a transparent drum kit and strong guitars. I felt lead guit and bass were over represented, but I liked your vocal...
I live in an apartment so I have to be careful of volume when mixing late at night. I mix using HD600's and then cross-check my mixes on my Yami HS8's.
The HD600's are great, but obviously it's hard to get a good idea about what's happening below ~120hz. Mixes that sound clean and full on the...
Thanks for the detailed write-up, sounds like that girl is a keeper :D
I've never had formal training as an audio engineer. I currently work doing live sound and stage tech work for theme parks, but my heart has always been in the studio. Neither position is a career path, but merely a hobby...
I absolutely love it, I like it way more than my personal mix. You gave it lots of depth and I can hear through the entire mix. Did you sample the kit?
High hat sounds super bright, too bright. There's also a frequency around 17khz sticking out that makes this unlistenable to me.
I like the vibe though, pretty cool track.
The delay on lead guitar is very interesting, I've never heard my part with this change and I honestly like it more that I pictured I would!
There's a certain depth to this mix that I really like, snare feels solid.
I like what you did with the guitars, it's a completely different sound than...
Feels a little dark for my taste, but this song is dark as is, so fair :p Panning of toms feels a little wide to me, overheads are missing some brightness overall, vocals sit really well, that's about it I can think of
You may mix this for your portfolio, please post this in the description of the track
Engineered by Michael Flaherty
Additional Engineering done by the members of King Bloom
https://kingbloomsd.bandcamp.com/album/king-bloom-ep-2