dub reggae/hip hop/??? minimal gear recording

[dave@soundmind]

new to site so hello everybody,

this song is called: " the elite "
topic: political

recording info-

vocals: bottom of the line akg large condensor miked about 12 inches from source, slightly off axis, mindprint envoice preamp, low cut eq, fast compression 7:1 -16 threshold. waves plate reverb, de-esser

drums: break beat recycled then played on keyboard (logic esx24) with an additional kick layered for more low end. small room reverb with the effect return low and high cut to only reverberate frequencies between about 1.5k to 5k

bass: direct with compression

guitars: cabinet miked with sm57 about 2 inches from source, 45 degrees off axis blended with a seperate recording of direct panned opposite of the amp recording.

melodica: miked 2 inches from source with condensor

dj cuts: flanged reverb

keys: proteus 2k

interface to logic: delta omni studio (windows)

and a bus of the entire mix into a hard limiter and slightly blended back in with the mix

please disregard the delay at the end of the hook (gotta redo)

any opinions on mix/performance/arrangements/songwriting?

 

[B.SABBATH]

welcome to the site..


cool song.. I thought the drums were a bit too up front and the vocals sounded smaller than the rest of the music to me.. The doubled vocals came out of sync a few times and it distracts.. the drums have that scratchy old school sound to them which is ok I guess, but I'm not crazy about how they're mixed here..

good song!

 

[TripleM]

Decent song. I liked the harmonies in the chorus. I liked that harmonica-like sound that came in at 1:50. Good keyboard parts across the board. I liked the clean rhythm guitar, maybe a bit too much midrange to it. But still real good - liked the part too. The singer has a nice voice - good for the genre.

The drums are too up front IMO. You could take them down a considerable amount.

Something a little odd at 1:18. A pop or vocal quirk. An audible clip at 2:15. The song's clipping a lot, there maybe more audible occurances than the one I caught. I suspect pulling back the drums would help. But it may take additional work too.

I like vocal layers. With the rapid fire vocals this is a tough one to get the parts synched up. But you gotta work till you get them right. B.SABBATH is right, they're way too loose.

Keep at it. Lots of good stuff in this one...

 

[dave@soundmind]

thank you for the input,


you are right about the drums; while i do want them up front they were to prominent.

i turned them down a bit.

i don't hear any clipping on my system.

i redid the delay at the end of the hook as well.

i replaced the file with the new mix

here are 2 other songs i have on our server:

here are a couple prank calls for your enjoyment:

http://www.soundmind.biz/denny's.mp3