Any constructive advice.

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I have just recorded a new song with my singer and it is the first song we have done on the new equipment.

All helpful advice on the mix gratefully received.

www.soundclick.com/stelvincap

and the song is called "I can't see"

Thanks
 
Listening now. Like the song. Performance wise I think it's pretty good. The vocals seem a little hot and a bit too bright. Maybe cut some of the highs back, or try a different vocal mic for her voice. Also sounds like you double tracked the vocals all the way through. I think that's a cool sound, but used in moderation. Maybe just use it during the chorus? I don't know. Drums are a little buried in the mix. I rarely say turn them up, but i think you could here. Those are the things that stick out on my first impression.
 
Oh yeah, one other thing I forgot to mention about the vocals. You've got them panned pretty far R and L. Seems to me the vocals are the centerpiece of this song, and they should be centered to bring them more up front. IMHO
 
guitar zero said:
Oh yeah, one other thing I forgot to mention about the vocals. You've got them panned pretty far R and L. Seems to me the vocals are the centerpiece of this song, and they should be centered to bring them more up front. IMHO
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Cheers,

I will give that all a go! Thanks for your advice.... I am mixing over pc speakers!!
 
What do you mean by the vocals are "hot"? The mike I use was the one that I could afford!!! A Sennheiser that came with some old equipment!
 
By hot, I mean loud and a bit shrill at times. Needs to be tamed somehow. I'd start with cutting the volume a tad, maybe EQ down some of the higher frequencies, and if that doesn' t work, a little compression might help. Bring at least the main vocal track to the center. Maybe just put one of the vocal tracks dead center, duplicate the second one and pan one copy L and one R. Just try a few things until the vocals become more pleasing to the ear. Again, make the vocals the centerpiece. Focus on them and the song will get better.

Anyone else care to chime in?
 
Sounds pretty good. The drum machine is annoying and repetitive. There's a lot of fuzz with the guitars that's getting mixed up with some muddiness in the bass. Maybe try to clean that up a little by tightening up the bass. Singer sounds pretty good. Get some better drums on this! :D
 
I agree with the other gentlemen about the vocals: soften them a bit but nice performance. The drums are wimpy sounding but the laid-back groove is pleasant. Maybe the electric guitars would sound better if this whole thing was re-mixed, but are rather gravelly sounding to me. Have a little bridge you could toss in there as well? Not necessary, but as the song faded it started to feel incomplete.
 
Sounds pretty good. I don't mind the vocals (but maybe that's because I make the exact same mistakes :D )

The distorted guitar kind of sticks out to me. The rest of the song is fairly relaxed and laid back, but the one guitar line is blazingly distorted; kind of like a metal guitarist wandered into the session and just started playing.

I wouldn't mind if the bass got turned up a bit.
 
Cool song. Drums need to come up. Clean up the guitars so when they're not playing, they're also not crackling and humming.

Bring up the vocal double on the choruses.

I like the solo - great melody. Maybe you could work it into the song in another way...... perhaps a vocal/guitar countermelody during the last chorus/rideout?
 
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