Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" Cover - Comments On Recording/Mix Please!

[schismatic]

Hey guys,

Have just finished recording and mixing "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd. I'd love to hear your comments on it. Please be critical - it will only help me improve!

Recording Equipment:

Guitars: Martin DX1 recorded by StudioProjects B1 through Toneport UX2.
Bass: Peavy Cherry through Toneport UX2
Vocals: StudioProjects B1 through Toneport UX2
Piano: VST Piano via midi keyboard (Keystation 49e)
Drums: dfhSuperior

The song is at my soundclick and is called "Wish You Were Here Mix 2". You can find it here:

Wish You Were Here

Thanks to all who take the time to critique!

Tom

 

[WhiteStrat]

(You might not get a lot of responses--there's a problem in your link; you've got the http in there twice. I caught it and was able to listen to your song.)

Wow! Nice job. I really liked it, so all my comments are in the category of "nits" --small things I'd notice in my own mixes, but not biggies.

The opening guitar sounds almost "too pretty" given the AM radio treatment on the original. Maybe you wanted it that way, but then it loses some of the contrast when the second guitar comes in. BTW--great acoustic tone and playing.

What was on the vocal --reverb, delay or both? I know this is Pink Floyd but I thought maybe it was a bit too wet.

The drums were the only thing beyond a "nit"--I thought they were too "mushy" and distant. To some degree, that's volume, but it's also tone and attack. I think they were lacking some middle.

The piano sounded great.

Overall really nice job. If I had a Greatest Homerecording.com Covers playlist, this would definitely be on it.

 

[ziplock43]

I love the intro. It sounds like your own. Not exactly like the original -- but that's a good thing.

I agree with WhiteStrat about the drums. I think you could maybe bring them up a bit.

How did you do the vocals? It sounds like there are two or three tracks, one being completely clean and upfront, and another wet and in the distant. It may just be your reverb program though. I would turn the vox down a bit. They seem to stand out and make the mix sound a little less dynamic.

It sounds very well done though. If the drums were up a bit and the Vox were down a bit, I'd say you hit it out of the park.

 

[ChuckU]

I agree with the above comments: Vocals a little too wet and up front.
Guitars are outstanding, IMO.

This brings to mind a bit of personal frustration for me. I am in a classic rock band with my friends. We have two guitars and keys, and I can't sell them on doing any Floyd - despite the fact we get requests at a lot of gigs.

But enough about me. I'd love to hear another mix on this with some of the recommended tweaks. Nice job!

 

[schismatic]

Thanks for the comments guys, I hope to implement these changes soon. The vocals need a re-mix I think, I agree that they are too wet. How do you guys tend to use verb? I think I have got a short plate and a long plate as well as a room on it at the moment via sends - is this overkill?