Funky Monkey Remix

[arcadeko]

Thanks for the feedback from the first mix. I added in some chord changes and took out some of the low end, re-recorded the vocals and all the instrument tracks. I think this mix is a lot less muddy.

Let me know what you think - please post your suggestions/critiques/complaints...

[edit: I tested this mix on a laptop and PC speakers and I am getting all kinds of weird phase problems... I mixed it using Rokit 6 Monitors and it sounded fine - maybe I need to bring down the levels some?]

[edit 2: uploaded new mp3]

 

[arcadeko]

really? noboby - nothing at all?

 

[squibble94]

If it's the sound you want, then you nailed it. The vocals are kind of pitchy. I think the drums are a bit loud. That's about it.

 

[arcadeko]

If it's the sound you want, then you nailed it. The vocals are kind of pitchy. I think the drums are a bit loud. That's about it.

Im thinking of dropping the vocal levels in the beginning i think they are too loud before the rest of the instruments kick in.

My main concern is the weird volume pulsing on the speakers - maybe bringing the drums down will solve that -

speakers with good bass seem to play it very well but the bass is kind of the driving part of the song and it seems to disappear all together on a laptop or crappy PC speakers...

 

[heatmiser]

Sorry I didn't see this earlier...I have been very busy the last 2 weeks and haven't contributed as much as I'd like. Tonight I am bombarding the place with feedback like it or not.

Anyway, I remember this one from maybe a week or two ago? Still quirky and fun, and yes, I think this mix is less muddy in comparison.

Still pretty far off from any kind of commercial sound I am aware of though. I can hear all of the parts clearly (I'm not getting that volume pulsing effect you mention and am on a laptop connected to bookshelf speakers with a sub).

The vocal track, really the whole track, while maybe not muddy, is kind of muffled sounding though? Just looking at the media player EQ and it goes kind like this:


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Ya know? Just a constant drop off from left to right confiming what I'm hearing as a distinct lack of highs in general. May be just the sound you're going for, but a bit odd.

I still am drawn to the lyrics and particluarly the deadpan delivery of some of the lines that by their very nature one would normally expect to be sung with great fervor. I think that aspect of it works.

 

[arcadeko]

Heatmiser - I am having a hell of a time getting a decent apectrum

is there maybe a good plugin for cubase you could recommend that would allow me to add EQ to the entire mix? - or at least show me a visual representation of the spectrum so I could remove some of the lows and bring the mids up

maybe if I reduce the high-boost on my monitors it would help

its driving me crazy cause it sounds great on my monitors (KRK Rokit 6) but then when I play it elsewhere it becomes - well you see what it becomes

 

[kcearl]

I commented on your other thread...sorry didnt know it was this one


To have a visual representation of your tracks frequencies try voxengo span...its free, its excellent

http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/


but you really should be using your ears as much as possible...


cubase has a parametric EQ doesnt it?...but EQing the whole track is really trying to fix something wrong in the mix...go through each track and check your not low pass filtering anything or bring up the HFs track by track then see how it sounds..


your monitors are only one stop in your listening/mixing, you should listen in as many different places and with different types of speakers and reach a happy balance between them all...in theory

 

[arcadeko]

I used the Spectrum analyzer in Audacity - I think this works much better - Still bass heavy but much brighter and crisper than the last one.

 

[heatmiser]

Yes, that is certainly an improvement, but I think some of the underlying issues are still there. Did you simply eq the final stereo mix, or did you remix?

You mentioned some kind of hi-boost on your monitors. If the first mix sounded sufficiently bright to you on them, then I would turn that off.

I agree with what kc wrote in terms of monitoring and checking the individual tracks and stuff.

One other thing might be to compare commercial recordings whose sound you might want to emulate in some way and A/B them with your mix on your monitors.

I'm sorry I can't be of help with plug-ins and stuff as I don't really use any. I am by no means an expert - just trying to give you some general ideas .