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So, I recorded this song for a friend's band and well, i tried to do my best at it, can you let me know how I did?
I want some feedback because i'm trying to make a business out of this, and as you can see, i'm quite a noob :P
Also, this is my first post so i can't post a link to a page :C
soundcloud(.)com/pachonbomberoaww/pink-and-white-last-mix
 
The overall tones aren't bad. The acoustic sounds a little thin. Did you record it direct using the pickup, or did you mic it? If you didn't mic it, you definitely should; you'll notice worlds of difference.

But the big thing that sticks out to me is the lack of panning. Everything is sitting pretty much right down the middle. Feel free to spread those instruments out a bit! Put the acoustic on the left side, the piano on the right, etc. Each instrument can have its own "space" in the stereo field. That will help make them each more discernible.

The vocal is a little present as well. The vocalists sings with a lot of non-tone (air), and it sounds as though that frequency is being accentuated a bit too much. I would try cutting a little high end EQ (maybe 5K-7K?) on the vocal and see if that tames it a bit.

Oh, and the vocalist should get another shot at that bridge; there were quite a few pitchy moments in there.

The drums sound pretty good. The bass may be a tad loud, IMO.

But yeah, get everything out of the middle! (Unless you're specifically going for mono or something!)

Anyway, that's my two cents. Take it for what it's worth.
 
As far as I can tell the recording is not bad. But as mentioned by famous beagle the mix needs a lot of work.
Sorry I had to cut it when the fuzz guitar came in.
 
Yeah, there is a whole lotta mono going on here. And a big hole in the lower mids with the guitars. Not just the fuzzy one. I'm just going to guess that your monitors and monitoring environment are lacking here?

Very bright in the 5-7k range. It almost hurts to listen to. Song aint bad though. :)
 
famous beagle said:
But the big thing that sticks out to me is the lack of panning. Everything is sitting pretty much right down the middle. Feel free to spread those instruments out a bit! Put the acoustic on the left side, the piano on the right, etc. Each instrument can have its own "space" in the stereo field. That will help make them each more discernible.
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Ok so, in that recording i have the arpeggio guitar panned to both sides, i wanted to open it real wide, the same with the piano. Would you recommend just going to one side?

And about the Recording Process, i used a Blue Spark and a Shure PG48 (that was the only mic I had), the only thing that it is being recorded directly is the Bass.
About the Hi End issue with the vocals i'll try doing what you said, also, bass will be lowered in some sections because transients have a really big variation.

Thank you very much for your feedback, it's good to have such a clear opinnion, I'll post the next mix soon!.
 
Axiz said:
Ok so, in that recording i have the arpeggio guitar panned to both sides, i wanted to open it real wide, the same with the piano. Would you recommend just going to one side?

And about the Recording Process, i used a Blue Spark and a Shure PG48 (that was the only mic I had), the only thing that it is being recorded directly is the Bass.
About the Hi End issue with the vocals i'll try doing what you said, also, bass will be lowered in some sections because transients have a really big variation.

Thank you very much for your feedback, it's good to have such a clear opinnion, I'll post the next mix soon!.
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Yes, well when you pan something to both sides, unless the signals are different somehow --- like one side is delayed slightly or it's pitch transposed slightly, etc. --- then it's just going to sound like mono, because you're just sending the same signal to both speakers, which is pretty much the definition of mono.

I'm personally not a big fan of instruments being in stereo in a rock song --- others may disagree --- but I like to hear a guitar on one side, a piano on the other, etc. The drums are usually in stereo, and that doesn't bother me much --- although I do enjoy older recordings too where the drums are mono and panned off to one side. But having every instrument in stereo losers its luster, IMHO. As I said, others really like that sound.

The one exception I'd say is maybe if it's a recording of a piano and vocal or something. In that case, a stereo piano sound (i.e. a mic on the bass side and one on the treble side) would probably sound nice.

At any rate, if you just take a mono sound source (like a guitar recorded with one mic), then copy that and pan tracks the two hard right and hard left, that's not stereo because the parts are exactly the same. That's just louder mono. To get a true stereo sound, you either need to use two mics to record it or process a copied track differently with time or pitch.
 
famous beagle said:
Yes, well when you pan something to both sides, unless the signals are different somehow --- like one side is delayed slightly or it's pitch transposed slightly, etc. --- then it's just going to sound like mono, because you're just sending the same signal to both speakers, which is pretty much the definition of mono.

I'm personally not a big fan of instruments being in stereo in a rock song --- others may disagree --- but I like to hear a guitar on one side, a piano on the other, etc. The drums are usually in stereo, and that doesn't bother me much --- although I do enjoy older recordings too where the drums are mono and panned off to one side. But having every instrument in stereo losers its luster, IMHO. As I said, others really like that sound.

The one exception I'd say is maybe if it's a recording of a piano and vocal or something. In that case, a stereo piano sound (i.e. a mic on the bass side and one on the treble side) would probably sound nice.

At any rate, if you just take a mono sound source (like a guitar recorded with one mic), then copy that and pan tracks the two hard right and hard left, that's not stereo because the parts are exactly the same. That's just louder mono. To get a true stereo sound, you either need to use two mics to record it or process a copied track differently with time or pitch.
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Hey well thanks, i'll just go back to the mixing and pan everything until i get a good feel about it, thank you very much! When i upload the new track please leave a coment :)
 
Axiz,

Think it is an excellent song. I am not an expert myself but you have inspired me to improve the quality of my own recordings. Well done, david
 
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