Impressions of this mix

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Curious how this mix strikes you. Any aspect of it you feel like commenting on. I'll say more about it after I hear some feedback.
 

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Can I move this to the MP3 clinic for you?? Any reason you posted it in the mastering section???
 
It is.

Had a quick listen, and I'm only listening on small sennheiser headphones that I use for my iPod via my work PC, so it's not exactly critical listening:

Your vocalist is sounding very boxy to me... and I'm getting clipping. Overall sounds a bit trebly to me.. missing mids. Nice tune and horn arranging though...
 
brassplyer said:
Is that a forum to get impressions of mixes?
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Yup, I'll move it for ya. No problem.

I too had a quick listen, and I too am on headphones. (Sennheisers, too!!! lol) Like the song and the arrangement. I get you're the brassplayer, but you need to keep the vocal on top. The brass is stepping all over the singer. It the same as when the guitar player mixes the song and all you hear is the guitar. Ufff.... So, dial back the brass section.

I hear the clipping that Arm is talking about. I think it's in the lead vocal track, though not positive.

You might also work on tonal balance, though with headphones, I might not be hearing accurately.

Cool song, like it. Lots of potential!!!

I'll move the thread to the clinic now!
 
This was built up around this girl's recording on a karaoke site. She was singing into a cheap POS "computer" mic which besides having limited fidelity is completely overwhelmed by her huge voice - yes there's definitely distortion on her vocal. The site does have stereo tracks but the way she was doing it, it got reduced to a mono mix. Her performance is fantastic though so I tried to wrangle some semblance of fidelity out of it, did some eq, added some reverb and stereo expansion and added some horns that I felt would liven up the mix, and hopefully to an extent mask the sonic shortcomings of her recording.
 
It's shame it was recorded like that. The vocal is clipping and the mic has way too much mid range. I don't think it will possible to salvage it unfortunately.
 
brassplyer said:
This was built up around this girl's recording on a karaoke site. She was singing into a cheap POS "computer" mic which besides having limited fidelity is completely overwhelmed by her huge voice - yes there's definitely distortion on her vocal. The site does have stereo tracks but the way she was doing it, it got reduced to a mono mix. Her performance is fantastic though so I tried to wrangle some semblance of fidelity out of it, did some eq, added some reverb and stereo expansion and added some horns that I felt would liven up the mix, and hopefully to an extent mask the sonic shortcomings of her recording.
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Ah, when put into that context... Not bad!! Not bad at all.
 
Can't add much to what's been said. Hearing some clipping on the lead vocal. It sounds a bit cloudy too. Missing a high end.

Bass has a boomy frequency - probably in the 70 - 120 hz range.
 
Chili said:
Ah, when put into that context... Not bad!! Not bad at all.
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I've introduced the notion to her of getting some modestly-priced better gear, that as good a singer as she is it's criminal that she's using such an inadequate mic but as talented as she is, she's something of a technophobe. She likes to go with what's familiar/comfy. The mic she was using on this died (good!!) The mic she's using now is a cheap USB mic from a karaoke machine and is still inadequate as far as handling SPL's but at least it has a wider sonic range.

Amazing how much talent there is out there that isn't even pursuing a professional career.
 
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