Mixoff.org mix I did

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Hey guys. I don't get to do music related stuff too much so I decided to start working with mixoff.org to keep some sort of practice up. This is my first mix. I had to use headphones which I know is sort of a "no no" but, I'd love to hear what you all think. I did not write or record the song and I claim not rights to it. Thanks.
 

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hey. before i reply, this is my first impression, and what i think isnt necesarily right, etc, cause some chaps on here tell you the "right way to do it". ANYWAY heres my thoughts:

monitoring in through my macbook, couldnt really get enough level to hear it too well, but everything sounds MEGA compressed...vocals are very high compared to everything else. vocals can be heard pumping with the compression, and everything feels to duck every time shes singing. the gate on the vocals is half chopping up her breaths and some of the starts to sentences maybe?

id have liked everything else to come up quite a way personally.

the fade out at the end happens a bit quickly.

less compression, or smaller compression ratios with a lower threshold.

bit more reverb in places?

acoustic guitar is a bit muddy.


thats all i can say really. its good that you're keeping up the mixing even though you said you dont get to do it much amymore, so cool! hope this helps :)

(ps, i hate when no one replies to my threads, so heres to lots of replies all around!)
 
Yeah this is kind of mess. That snare is way too compressed, and really, it does nothing for the song. You coulda just left it out. Bring the guitar up, bring the vocals down, and back off the compression.
 
Thanks guys. I figured it'd be a mess. While I make no excuses for my mistakes (too much compression etc) the original tracks were pretty ...uh, tough.

I will give it another go. (I was experimenting/learning about compression so that is probably why there's too much.) Thanks again guys! Cheers.
 
Hey... Thanks for sharing! She's got a pretty voice... Yeah... The mix has some problems for sure. Keep at it, though, and you'll get it. I didn't even notice there was a kick drum until half-way through. Snare is way too loud, and the reverb is kind of distracting. If it were me, I'd try to make it creamy. If you decide to keep the drums, I'd add a simple bass line to compliment it, if possible. Also, try to keep the kick and snare at the same loudness.

Kudos, man. Keep it up.
 
Greg_L said:
Yeah this is kind of mess. That snare is way too compressed, and really, it does nothing for the song. You coulda just left it out. Bring the guitar up, bring the vocals down, and back off the compression.
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Gotta agree this sounds really compressed. There sounds like some auto tune on the vocals as well. Yeah the snre might as well be a click as it is meaningless without some variety.
 
Ok guys. Thanks for not making fun of my first attempt at mixing. I took what you all said and did a re-mix. (as in mixed it again, there is no hip hop beat....LOL)

I don't know who wrote or recorded it or who sang it. IF they auto-tuned, I don't know. Mixoff is where people put up raw wave files for you to practice mixing (for those of you who didn't know.) So . . . yeah.

Here is my final attempt and some conclusions I've come to. I would have had them re-track if it were up to me. The guitars were pretty hard to get to sound decent, but I did what I could. Anyway . . . let me know if I improved or got worse. I'll start doing crits/reviews when I get better at it myself. Thanks.
 

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