gusfmm said:
Well, actually the whole thing rumbled less in my set-up than Bear's. I totally agree with Xtatic's comments in general.
As a listener and musician, not an expert AE, I think Xtatic's sounded better than any other I've heard thus far. At least it doesn't sound over-processed (Strave), nor it had some details I didn't like from Bear's (like bass making the whole room rumble like hell, singer almost lost when background vocal go along).
IMHO, Strave's was probably the most original but not the best sounding, Bear's overall mix was very well balanced although too bassy, Xtatic's was well balanced and pretty much doing well where others were a bit weak. Again, MHO.
p.s. Just in case, I'm using Wharfedales 8.2A
Wow. Interesting. Xtatic's was actually one of the more processed-sounding ones of the bunch ... I think I just went treble-deaf listening to his vocal track, which was also too loud, btw. He had some interesting things going on with the kick and bass -- sounded very powerful, which probably fits this particular genre to a certain extent I suppose. Too much limiting on the master bus. Great concept, though; powerful drums and upfront vocal, etc.
Bear's was obviously fundamentally sound, professional, and very solid all around ... but also very conservative. This isn't a paying gig ... at least have fun with it.
Take some chances.
DigitalNinja ... not bad. A little over compressed/limited, again on the master and particularly on the drum mix, which brought up an insane amount of cymbals (which pumped a lot from the comp). I like the idea, though. The huge drum sound kinda' works for this particular song in a way. I like the overall concept of where you were taking the mix.
Mike Runner ... your snare sounds like it has a Phil Collins-esque gated reverb, which is interesting, but unfortunately makes it sound a little mechanical -- like a drum machine. A little heavy on the comp there, too. A tad much reverb on the vox -- not unlike my mix
. Not a bad balance, though, at all. It translates well on my monitors, and I love the way you mixed the backing vocal vocal. Good job.
Thajeremy ... interesting effect on the backing vocal. Weird, but interesting. Guitars are a little dark and muffled sounding, and your MP3 encoding leaves a little to be desired, but other than that it sounds pretty good.
Briefcaseman ... great job for a beginning mixer. I could stand just a little more vocal (needs to be up front a bit more), but overall I like the raw energy of it. You're not yet at the point where you're overthinking things, which is good. It's a very raw and stripped-down sounding mix. Sometimes less is more.