Mixing Advice?

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Hey, try and get your stuff on NoWhereRadio, you can post covers (it took me five minutes to start d/ling on Lycos...)

I like this song, always have. You've done a great job with it, here's what I'd do to improve on it...

@ 0:16, add a second guitar track (regular 6 string) using the root chords and put it far right. If you don't wanna go back and retrack the guitar, then take the first guitar part you have, copy it in your DAW (or copy it to another track on your multitrack), delay it some 5-10 ms (that's a guess) and EQ it so you get less treble, more bass. Again, throw it all the way to the right and efx to taste. The mix as I hear it is too "left," and a second acoustic will help beef up the mix, too. Hey, you can always take the guitar you've got and pan it center (or just off-center), but the two-guitar thing is magical. You'll dig it.

The baritone "bomp bomp" at the end sounds out of place without any "bomp bomp" throughout the song. You might add a vocal bass line to the song, or eliminate the "bomp bomp," but it sounds... a bit off the way it is.

Cool. I think it sounds really good!
 
Ooops. Listened again, apparently that bass/baritone is there for the finale lead-in...

Try retracking that part, it sounds as if he was really close to the 58. Get him about three feet away and gain'im up. Listen to it following the take, see if there's a lot of noise. If so, well... if you have a DAW, you can easily edit 30 seconds of "bomp bomp" by silencing the areas inbetween. Otherwise, try getting as much signal-to-noise ratio as possible by retracking until those pops go away.

Or use a windscreen, but he'll still need to get further from the mic.

Maybe add a bit of reverb, it sounds very staccatto and out-of-the-mix, and maybe raise the 1 kHz band a bit. If the reverb sounds off, try less of a staccatto "bomp" and let him sustain it longer...



OR.... having listened to it AGAIN, keep him low in the mix until the last coupla "bomp bomp"s (2:41), where he can shine through better. The higher "inbetween" notes sound a bit off key, maybe that's what's weird.

I dunno. But that should help a bit (i'd start with the last suggestion, it's less work, hehe). Will keep this song on my playlist!
 
Kelly - Thanks much for the feedback. You're not the first person to comment on the bass at the end. Maybe I've heard the song too much - and since I know it's coming, it doesn't bother me as much. However, I'll try your suggestion of lowering it and see how that works.

I'll also try doubling the guitar and panning one right. You are correct that it's mostly "left" in the current mix.

That's why I posted it - to get some impartial feedback. After awhile you get too close to these things to see clearly. Thanks again.

PS - your comment about adding the 6-sting leads me to believe you knew the "current" guitar was a 12-string. Pretty observant.
 
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