Climb The Wall - alternative - feedback wanted

[sparky123]

very good mix/production. kinda agree with you about the vocs. seems they should be more open( wider) in the mix. not to suggest you should try this but i lower the threshold in the limiter and use a binaural pan and adjust accordingly

 

[andrushkiwt]

very good mix/production. kinda agree with you about the vocs. seems they should be more open( wider) in the mix. not to suggest you should try this but i lower the threshold in the limiter and use a binaural pan and adjust accordingly

I've already manipulated the width by copying a main vocal take and putting it on a new track with a stereo chorus set wide. It runs throughout the song. You can't hear it, but it fattens it up a little. I might have set the depth lower than I usually do.

Were you suggesting to widen the entire track or just the vocals? I only ask because you're mentioning the limiter

 

[Jessica_X]

Holy crap that sounds amazing. The only thing that occurred to me was that the kick in the beginning was a little too pillowy and might sound better with a bit of click or whatever.

 

[Nola]

Nice mix! Vocal is very emotive.
The only thing that's throwing my ear is the tom in the left speaker and a bit of [what sounds like] phase on the vocal. I hear it more during the verse. I haven't read the thread to see if that's an effect or already been mentioned. The big ending gets a bit "swishy" sounding.

 

[andrushkiwt]

The big ending gets a bit "swishy" sounding.

yeah I'm using a lot of cymbals and I need to work on blending those better somehow. I wonder if SC has a top boost aside from compression. The OH's on my track are pretty low, so SC's compression shouldn't be reacting to them. Not sure what they're doing over there.

Considering Twitter just invested millions into them, maybe they'll take some steps to clean up their audio processing. (jk, kinda, i should mix my cymbals better)

 

[rayc]

Cool stuff though the drums sound far too busy in the intro for my taste. Nice job all around.

 

[Bubba po]

Great stuff. I have no real nits at all! I'm thinking back to a time when I once commented that the drums on one of your tracks had sounds that were a little wimpy for this kind of highly-processed pop-rock tune. I wouldn't say that now - they sound bloody great. Crisp and impactful. Well done!

 

[andrushkiwt]

...this kind of highly-processed pop-rock tune.

i know you were commenting otherwise, but argh... i'm not sure i like that description. If I'm doing things to make it sound the way you described, I should step it back a bit. Even though you liked the mix, those words rubbed me the wrong way. thank you for being honest though. I think the next track should sound more natural. hopefully. maybe. we'll see

 

[Bubba po]

i know you were commenting otherwise, but argh... i'm not sure i like that description. If I'm doing things to make it sound the way you described, I should step it back a bit. Even though you liked the mix, those words rubbed me the wrong way. thank you for being honest though. I think the next track should sound more natural. hopefully. maybe. we'll see

Really, I'm sorry if you dislike the description, but that's how it strikes me. If you're going for naturalistic then you might be going about it the wrong way. Excellent as your mixes, playing, singing and songwriting are/is, I think you're making yourself fall between two stools, as it were. Either embrace the polished, produced thing or go back to grass roots and start recording real instruments or something. A man can't have two masters.

I might be reading this entirely the wrong way - sorry if that's the case.

 

[andrushkiwt]

Yeah maybe...ha. I'm just saying that I thought "crap, I don't want too much polish or production". Maybe I could have written that better. I'm usually multitasking when on here, so I apologize if I wrote that poorly. Your post was very helpful and blunt...and I liked that. Thanks dude