Rock On v2

[dobro]

Yup. Like it.

 

[Bulls Hit]

Yup. Like it.

Thanks dobro.

Although I'm unused to hearing vox in your works, Keir - you have a good voice. Let's hear a smidge more of it. Think like a producer, though - and when there's a desired elevation in energy of the vocal? Add some production interest - like additional voices (dupes etc ...) that boost the part where you want an energy add (think: chorus/tag lines).

Little too much low energy in this still - and it's causing a blurring of the upper frequencies w/ the masking effect. I'm pretty used to some of your mixes low end blowing my phones out a couple inches from my ears, but you'll need to tame that once you start adding vocal parts.

I do like the phase on the vocal - but again - don't do it because you're timid w/ your vocal. Do it because you want to create an atmospheric effect with it. Once that's the goal, heap it on until you're where you want to be with it.

The lead parts were still a bit under the bed. Leads shine.

Great tips thanks Kev. I've backed the bass off a tad and pushed the vocal as far as I dare.

My two for the moment anyways - just immediate impressions.

Check your latency settings in your soundcard - sounds like you've got a built in delay occurring. Increased latency is great for stability, but can get really annoying when it lags.

The weird thing is it's variable even though I never change the latency. One time it will record fine, next time it's out by 250ms

 

[K-dub]

Thanks dobro.

Great tips thanks Kev. I've backed the bass off a tad and pushed the vocal as far as I dare.


The weird thing is it's variable even though I never change the latency. One time it will record fine, next time it's out by 250ms

Although likely wrong, that points to some subtle process change that is introducing it. 250ms is huge. Something in the signal path is slowing it down. Just a guess, of course - but Occum's Razor and all that.

 

[PoeticIntensity]

Wow... What a take on this song. So - bass is almost all sub-freqs and what sounds like room reverb... Like - the bass sounds like it's almost all resonance after-the-fact - with no original signal. Same thing with the sub-freqs of the kick. I would bring up the non-sub parts of the drums, too. I like the chorus on the vocals. The mix itself seems like it's a bit disjointed. What are you using on the master bus?

 

[Bulls Hit]

Wow... What a take on this song. So - bass is almost all sub-freqs and what sounds like room reverb... Like - the bass sounds like it's almost all resonance after-the-fact - with no original signal. Same thing with the sub-freqs of the kick. I would bring up the non-sub parts of the drums, too. I like the chorus on the vocals. The mix itself seems like it's a bit disjointed. What are you using on the master bus?

Thanks dude for the comments.
My master is the same as all my other tracks - UAD Precision EQ, Maximiser, Buss compressor, Limiter.
I've come to realise that I just don't know how to record and mix bass. For everything else - guitar, drums, synths etc I have a sound in my head I'm aiming for. But with bass, I don't have a sonic goal so never really learnt how to achive one. To me bass has always been just a rumbling noise I try to keep out of the road of the guitars and kick.
Given that the bass is front and centre of the original, in hindsight this track probably wasn't a good choice to cover

 

[DM60]

@Bulls Hit I was reading your comments, I think I can put my finger on what my issue is with it. Your bass needs a little more top. 300-400 maybe to give it more definition. At least that is what I am thinking. It could be the bass might need to be played higher on the neck? Not saying I know, just speculating (I am an amateur so what do I know).

 

[Bulls Hit]

@Bulls Hit I was reading your comments, I think I can put my finger on what my issue is with it. Your bass needs a little more top. 300-400 maybe to give it more definition. At least that is what I am thinking. It could be the bass might need to be played higher on the neck? Not saying I know, just speculating (I am an amateur so what do I know).

Thanks DM. I'll give that a go. Bass is actually a 5 string, so yeah next time maybe I avoid that low B