I'm still in the process of finishing up tracking with a band but wanted to get a head start on some mixing so spent a good bit of time today working on one of the songs we've finished all the way through. You can hear it UNMASTERED here:
I did all of the mixing ITB on my equation audio RP21's in Pro Tools and think this is probably one of the best first mixes I've ever had. I've mostly outsourced my mixing in previous projects but figured the only way to get better at it is to actually do it myself so am working it out as I go along.
I currently don't have a second pair of phones to listen in on here at my apartment so the only other speakers I've been able to reference the mix on is my macbook pro's speakers.
Some issues I think that may be present and I'd enjoy some feedback/advice about are:
1. Are the cymbals/OH's too loud in the mix? The seem to be sitting fairly well in my headphones but I felt as if they were a bit dominant listening through my laptop speakers.
2. I feel like you can hear the compressor working on the kick at certain times and it makes it jump out of the mix a bit... especially at the end during the hit's after the ride bell hits.
3. Is the bass loud enough? This is the only song out of 12 where the bass player uses his fingers to play and the difference between it and the picked songs is pretty drastic. To me it sounds like this song should be more of a 'feel the bass' as opposed to hearing it fully type of deal. That's merely a production viewpoint though.
Any other thoughts? Much thanks in advance!
I did all of the mixing ITB on my equation audio RP21's in Pro Tools and think this is probably one of the best first mixes I've ever had. I've mostly outsourced my mixing in previous projects but figured the only way to get better at it is to actually do it myself so am working it out as I go along.
I currently don't have a second pair of phones to listen in on here at my apartment so the only other speakers I've been able to reference the mix on is my macbook pro's speakers.
Some issues I think that may be present and I'd enjoy some feedback/advice about are:
1. Are the cymbals/OH's too loud in the mix? The seem to be sitting fairly well in my headphones but I felt as if they were a bit dominant listening through my laptop speakers.
2. I feel like you can hear the compressor working on the kick at certain times and it makes it jump out of the mix a bit... especially at the end during the hit's after the ride bell hits.
3. Is the bass loud enough? This is the only song out of 12 where the bass player uses his fingers to play and the difference between it and the picked songs is pretty drastic. To me it sounds like this song should be more of a 'feel the bass' as opposed to hearing it fully type of deal. That's merely a production viewpoint though.
Any other thoughts? Much thanks in advance!