Please vote - Mix A or Mix B

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Mix A or Mix B

  • Mix A

    Votes: 1 5.9%

  • Mix B

    Votes: 16 94.1%
  • Total voters
    17
B for me.

B has a tighter bottom end and more space in the mix. A seems quite a bit muddier.
 
B is my daughter's choice too. She thinks the drums are cooler :rolleyes: :D
 
Gerry,
The drums are cooler !
Your voice seems clearer in B - probably the lack of mud as referred to by Greg.
Cool remix/tidy up.
Sorry I haven't sent the CD yet - another computer prob - the burner drive died & it took the comp company over a fortnight to respond.
I should have it in the post after this long weekend (Easter Sunday night at present)!
 
Hey ido,
I have to pick B, it just seems clearer to me. Both versions are good, but as far as quality & clarity B is my pick. Good job on this!!!!
 
I'm going hit it- but from a different angle.
First impression was hmm, kinda dull/mushy/squashed'. The drums, along with the backing guitars to some degree set this up I believe.
But with that as the reference -setting the overall tone’ so to speak, I pick A’ as the voice seems to set better with that overall tone. (Then again re-setting the rhythm section differently would change that whole perspective.
I do like the center intro guitar being brighter in B’, but maybe then tucked back in a bit.
A few other side notes- I’m hearing the vocal verb pop out more on the right.(?), and where’s the kick? :)
An interesting thing going on with some looseness / interplay within the rhythm section- in some sections the straight-4 feel slides dangerously close to ‘shuffle territory. ;)
Like the song a lot BTW. :)
 
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B for me,guitar and your voice sounds much better on this one,A sounds like there is too much gain on guitar amp and your voice is gettin lost in the mix.Nice song:cool:
 
Thanks Greg, Ray, minerman, mixsit, Cmunch....

The A mix has an eq plug-in added to some mild compression on the mains, which sounds like it has a mid - boost to it. Could be a low mid boost too. It does seem to enhance the mids on vocals and guitars. The bass....well....

The B mix has no eq just the compression so it reflects moreso the actual recorded signal...

So far B is winning 6-1 ....
 
Here's what I hear:
Mix A sounds like you compressed the whole mix. If you could just compress the vocals like they are in A and place them in mix B, I think it would sound better. Track B has much more crunch to the guitars and is more clear, but the vocals are a bit spikey to my ear. Make sense?
 
I prefer vocal tone of mix A a bit, but overall , B mix sounds better (guitars and general crunchy mids).
Very good song, IDO.

Ciro

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If I had to choose one for send to a ME,for example, would be the version A - better potential for overall eq (mids and mid higs).
 
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B.

Both are kinda bottom heavy though. B could use a little tempering of the vocals.
 
Thanks guitar zero, Jpwikid, CIRO, NL5, bigbubba....

guitar zero said:
Here's what I hear:
Mix A sounds like you compressed the whole mix. If you could just compress the vocals like they are in A and place them in mix B, I think it would sound better. Track B has much more crunch to the guitars and is more clear, but the vocals are a bit spikey to my ear. Make sense?
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That's the same sentiments I had. I think I'll play around with that idea to see what I get.
 
I know this is an old thread, but as a general piece of advice (from someone who has produced and mixed records for a long time), try and use your reverb (particularly on vocals) more sparingly. I'd venture to say that based on track B, you could dial down the verb at least 1/3rd from where it is now. Big, lush verbs tend to work well on Slow ballads, particularly pop.

Also, experiment with using delays to create a nice tail on the vocal (as well as for "beefing up" a vocal) without the dangers of sounding too cave-like (also when used in moderation). By the way, you may already know this, but if you are using plug-ins for your effects, do not insert a reverb, delay, etc... onto the vocal track itself. Rather, create an auxiliary track for the effect, and use your DAW's sends to route some of the vocal to the aux track that has the plug-in on it. I know that a lot of people know this, but I still receive lots of projects to mix in which the artist/producer/previous engineer place the reverb on the vocal track itself.

Hope this helps.:rolleyes:
 
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