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Almost finished my latest track.
How is the mix/levels sounding to you guys?
Anything sticking out?
Thanks in advance?:thumbs up:
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Loneliness
 
Overall I thought the mix sounded ok, maybe a little toppy with some of the percussion, I can't make my mind up about the vocal alternating to the heavily processed sound, it tended to make the acoustic guitar sound boxy by association. Some de essing on the cleaner vocal would tidy it up. I'm not convinced that the vocal tone on the more heavily treated vocal is the optimum choice, it could be warmer as the lyrics are expressive and personally as a listener I'd have liked it more present, less processed. I think harmonies and a less contrived sound would serve better, slightly subjective I know, see what others make of it.

regards

Tim
 
Hi Tim, Many thanks for taking the time to listen.
I know what you mean about the toppy-ness, im trying to get a mix between organic and mastered ready for radio type sound, but maybe i'll roll of the top end a bit on the master.
Also , on the vocals, do you mean the Lead vox on the Chorus's being warmer?
Really appreciate your input Tim, thanks again:) Mark
 
You have the opening vocal and then at 32 seconds or so, it changes sound and becomes reminiscent of singing into a large plastic sweet jar. It's the vocals that have that treatment which don't seem as good. or as warm as they could be to my ear, not their execution just the treatment of them.

all the best

Tim
 
The vocals sound kinda glitchy you might wanna tone down the pitch correction. Or edit the pitch manually if you have a plugin that allows it. Theres also some funky stuff happening with the eq. Try using as little boosting on vocals as possible. Read up on subtractive eq, it will give you a more natural sound.
 
The biggest problem is the sound on the vocal - the singing's good, but the problem's the sound. It sounds muffled. How did you mic it? It sounds like you tracked it in a small box.

Another problem's the delay or whatever it is on the snare. It's a nice idea that you have to be better at to make work. :D

By contrast, the sound on the various guitars is great. How'd you do that?

While I was listening, I was gonna talk about timing issues too, but I actually think that the slight inaccuracies of timing work to give it a kind of shambling feel.

It's a good song, but it deserves a better recording. It wouldn't be so bad to re-do the parts that need redoing. It's always fun doing good material.
 
Listening while typing. I really like the song and your a very good vocalist. The bass is sitting nice on my speakers. The vocals seem a bit tinny, I know my vocals sound the same way whenever I got overboard on EQ/FX. Just a thought. The acoustic is nice. I'm no pro, just what I'm hearing on my set up. I really dig the song, great job. Take care, man.
Gary
 
Thats for all the great comments and help with the mix all of you top guys!
Have tweaked a few of the issues that you've all mentioned.
Have gone less aggressive on the top end with the mastering too.
Song is updated now.....HERE
 
Hey man. I really like this song. As said above, your vocal is really good, although it's kind of hidden behind the guitars in the first verse. Maybe you could move the guitars to the sides a bit and eq some space for the vocal to cut through. There's a few dodgy vocal parts - dunno if you tracked several times and comped a final version - that might be the answer. The main vocal also sounds a little tinny, dunno if you need to re-record or if it's something in your effects chain.

Otherwise, everything sounds really good to me, nice job. Great guitar work.
 
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