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Hey guys, This is a mix I did for a live video from a recent theater show. For those of you who don't know, I do a one-man variety show combining magic, comedy, mind reading, and music. Anyway the mix was challenging because it was so naked. I had two sources: feed from Rode camera condenser...

Okay, here's a quick first pass. Just about 2 hours of mixing to get the groundwork laid. If I were doing this for a client I would see what you think of the direction before continuing on. So if you like where it's headed and want me to continue working, just let me know! EDIT: I wanted to...

You went the wrong way with the panning. I was saying to bring in the left guitar to match the position of the right. But you've brought the right one in even further, so now it's really uneven.

Continued thoughts: I'm Alright -Drum kit sounds really good. Kick and snare are driving, the hi hat isn't too powerful, the overheads sit like butter. -Bass is mixed very well with the kick and fills in the low end. -Stereo separation is pretty good. If anything the guitar on the left could...

Thanks for posting these. Glad someone is using the Mix This forum to really work on the craft! Thoughts: Comearound -Vox are way too low in the first 2 min, after which they float between too low and too high. First bring them up 2-3db (at least) in the beginning, and then work on level...

Hey guys, so I had a very little amount of free time this morning and tracked some vocals. I guess I've been doing the acoustic pop singer/songwriter thing for too long because I forgot how much rock vocals take out of you! Anyway, here's my vocal track up against the instrumental cover. I did...

Listening right now. Really good stuff man. Thoughts: -Guitars have a very nice tone -Drums are solid throughout, in particular the snare sound is schweeet -Kick drum got buried a bit. I would either push the fader up, or bring some of the 2k beater out so it cuts through -Vocals could use...

This sounds bitching. Can't wait to work on it. May not get to it till next week unfortunately. I'm on the road finishing up a leg of tour.

Really nice job on a very difficult song to recreate. This is one of those songs that any decent band can play live, but actually recreating it in the studio is awfully difficult. I also agree that the snare is too distant or weak in most of the song, and some of the bass runs get a little...

Can't listen till tomorrow, but I suspect the mix is in decent shape based on comments. I used to cover War Pigs with my band years ago and would be thrilled to lay vocals down for you, if you're interested.

Whoa! This sounds much, much better. Now for some specific critiques: -Lead vocals can have some low mids taken out, or alternatively you bring bring up a high pass filter to somewhere between 150 and 180hz -The lead vox fade away around 1:10, what happened there? -I don't love the way the...

All the performances were captured very clearly, and there is already great separation here. The playing itself is wonderful. My younger brother is a phenomenal jazz bass player and pianist, and I always feel like I'm standing in clown shoes when I show him my rock/pop stuff :facepalm: I would...

Thanks for sharing this man. Quite an interesting song, in style and composition. Some thoughts: -Intro is very intriguing, reminded me of the final track to Extreme's 'III Sides to Every Story' concept album -The lead guitar tone that starts at 2:18 is most excellent. What are you running...

That's cool man. No tool works every time. But it does somtimes, and we can't know without trying.

I totally get that it's not personal. I just have an issue when people give opinions, especially creative ones, as fact. As you just said, pitch shifting sounds bad to you. And if you had said that originally I would have taken no objection, because I can totally understand not liking it. It was...

The original poster's problem is that in spite of tracking twice (which I knew he did - look at the last line of my original post), his performances were so damn tight that they were washing out in mono anyway. If the performances were already double tracked and still having this problem, then...

I think you're listening to too many amateur mixes! If you're hearing warbling, the pitch shift went too far. It doesn't need much to separate. I'm not advocating it as my favorite technique. In my original post you responded to I listed it as one of the last ways to deal with the issue...

I get great guitar sounds without pitch shifting too, because I know how to record guitars well. But many don't. And if a mix engineer received the OP song as it is, where the guitars haven't been recorded with different amps or mic positions, then he has EQ, delay, and pitch shift options to...

No. If you can't defend your position then you don't have one. I'm not falling for that. You are a heck of a drummer and from what I've heard a great engineer. But you also let opinions fly like they're gospel and guys who don't know better take you at your word. In many cases there is a lot of...

Perhaps you can elaborate for the rest of us how shifting the pitch down 9 cents ruins a good take.