alritey .... this is killer first off.
I LOVE the tunage .... did ya'll write this?
very nice if so
I think boosting the bass at 900 just made it sound more congested to me.
I'd take that first mix and boost the bass around 500 and a littler bit around 2.5k ..... bet that'd bring it out ... the bass in the first mix did need more definition but 900 didn't do it.
As for the improv .... move the key up half a step or down a full step and you'd find improving over it a lot easier.
For a Bb instrument E concert puts you in F# or 6 sharps. That's kiinda rough on most players and especially you unless you're playing alto in which case it's 2 flats .... not so bad.
But for tenor or for him it's not an easy key.
I thought the sax might come up a touch .... doesn't quite keep up with the trumpet.
Vocals were not as bas as you're worried about ..... bump them up and put a doubling delay on them .... just super quick and pan it a bit to smooth them out.
How'd ya'll do the drumbs?
It's way cool man ............ I'm quite impressed.
Of the 3 mixes I liked the 2nd one in the OP best .... but the bass is that one is pretty big and round with no pitch definition .... I'd try that one add a touch of 2-3k and see what that does.
Awesome. I was hoping you'd get a chance to listen to it. Glad you like the tune. Yes, I wrote it. Came up with the riff on the guitar and thought it would sound good with the horns. The chorus chord progression was something I had for a long time and finally found a way to use it.
I asked him to do his improv in concert Emin which is F#min for him. He basically had 3 sharps and he was more than comfortable playing in that key. For me, just doing the transposition was a headache. I finally figured out my 4 notes for the riff and stayed with them throughout the song. lol. I'm playing an Alto, btw. Now I want to buy a tenor so I can at least be in the same key/voicing/whatever as the trumpet.
I'm going to mess around with the bass tweaks like you suggested. Probably won't get to it until the weekend.
The drums are EZD2. I ran them to the DAW as a 2-channel mix then applied a UAD Fatso Sr plug and a UAD Pultec EQ plug as if it was a group buss, which it basically is. I used one reverb send for everything... vocals, guitars, horns, drums... all went to the same reverb plug. I high passed around 800hz(?) and low passed somewhere around 5khz... I think. I'll be honest, I don't understand how the Pultec works, so I started with a preset and tweaked a little. When I was using the original version of EZD, I was always editing the midi. I find I really don't need to do that anymore. The canned grooves they provide are pretty good. I do throw a lot of variety with which ones I select and I might edit a hit here or there, but for the most part I just leave it alone.
Thanks again for the good words. I showed the thread to my son and he is quite proud (read: full) of himself.
Oh, there are only two versions. The 2nd in the OP is the same link as further down.