My Best Production Til' Now!

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That's right people, i have a new song called "Last Man On The Road" and i'm very happy with the outcome, i guess it's my best production until now. But i still want to get better, so, any help will be great... comments, critics, everything is welcome... so please don't hold back.

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Thanks ;)
 
Track sounds pretty good. Vocals seem a little too up front/ present to me. Maybe just too loud. See if you can't get them to sit in with the rest of the track a little better. Besides that, I'm liking it.
 
Ups... i knew there was something off... Vocal Volume Solve!...

Any other comment?
 
Not sure if you updated it yet, but vocals just seem really up front and just sitting in front of the mix.
 
Seafroggys said:
Not sure if you updated it yet, but vocals just seem really up front and just sitting in front of the mix.
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Same here. Lower them a little. Also seem to be a little left in the mix. If thats where you want them, then disregard. But you might try the middle and see how it sounds. But definately lower them.
 
Damn... i need better ears hahaha... well... how is it now? just re adjust the vox volume.

Thanks
 
Man, you're getting closer.
And I think most of us need better ears, so you're not alone.:)
Something you might try (not saying it will definitely work, just saying it's something I like, and it can be useful on occasion) is do a google (or whatever) search of "New York compression" or "motown compression" or "parallel compression" and read up on that. You can use it to make vocals audible even though they are at a much lower level than they'd need to be to be audible without the compression. It can, therefore, help to pull vocals back into the mix instead of having them sit right out front. Don't know if it will help, don't think it's really even what you need on this particular track, but it's something fun to play around with.
 
yeah, vocals. fix em

i think you could sing an octave higher to sound more energetic..
right now it's a mix of upbeat instrumentals with lazy talking.

fix that, and you got yourself a pretty decent mix.

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I dont think the vocals are too loud but they sound a little dry perhaps. Maybe more delay or reverb. Tonally, the mix seems very balanced. Keep up the good work zero.

I see Hey Monday is on your top friends. The bassist is actually a good friend of mine.
 
The Cancers: thanks for the tip, i looked up for that on youtube and it's a cool technique, but didn't work for this particular song, but i will keep it in mind for the next song... so thanks.

Grape: i'm waiting for a new and better mic to retrack the vocals, after hear the song 1000 times, i thought the same as you and many others, the voice is lazy haha... i'll try to fix that.

Erockrazor: Next mix will definitely be less dry, i'm trying to get a good quality reverb, using it is not as easy as i thought. "Hey Monday" rocks, great band, i can say that i'm a fan... they have very good catchy songs. Send my cheers to them to keep the good work.

Thanks to all...
 
Hi to all again... following some advices, i uploaded a new version with new vocals. Please let me know what you think... also i used another mic for the vocals (SM 57) cause i sold the other one (AT2020), the result was that both mics are very similar, can't say which one is better.

Same Link... hope you like it.
 
Amazing =]]

but is it just me or are the vocals panned slightly to the left??
 
I like it a lot, and besides the vox being a little too hot in the mix. I would try adding some delay to the vocals and see if a 'wet' texture works in the mix.

As far as the arrangement, I'd like to hear something arranged above the vocals in the chorus (either a high pitched guitar or keyboard). The high part of your instrumentation is empty at this time.

Food for thought.
 
Hi Jack, yeah i thought to make some arrangement to the chorus, but then i'll take the attention that the vocals deserve in there, that's why i didn't make some cool guitar stuffs... maybe i'll do that in the last chorus, to make feel that is the last one.

Thanks for the tip... i'll try to do that tomorrow... let's see what happens.
 
I like it. My only comment is that there's a lack of power at the bottom end - the bass, kick and toms aren't really coming through for me
 
Hi to all... i just uploaded a new version for the song... so i would like to hear what you think... i also made a new version for the song called "It's Time"... if you can take a look at it too it would be great...

Thanks guys... Same link...
 
Hello to all, i just uploaded a new version of the song Last Man On The Road, which i started from 0... i changed computer so i could add more stuffs to the song and more individual attention to the instruments. Well i just need your advice on this new mix.

Hope you like it, and thanks for hearing.
 
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