Ruff Mix of a track Critiques please...

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i already think there's too much reverb on the vocal..any more ideas that can help me out..there are silibance issues too, she gonna spit it over so try to look pass that...



its 2.83 megs @ 192

thanks for the input

tracked and mixed in sonar 2.2 and DIY mastered in wavelab

if you have tips for these programs that welcome too...yea i'm aware of the sync issue with the choruses....

o yea the song is unfinished as well one more verse...
 
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first off i hear sync problems starting right at 15 seconds.. there is a unatural feel with the bass drum and piano/synth.

the singer sounds pretty good. hear a little sib.. not too much
the amount of verb on the vocals sounds pretty good.
i dont know if you want a critque on the song structure, but at 1:00 the change kinda moves away from the groove of the song of this genre. couldve been your goal? so subjective area
you could've used a bridge to connect your chorus? or post verse.

your levels sounded on target also... good work!
 
I hear it too. And again at around :55 the sample/chorus thing starts to drift away from the drum machine. I like the sound of the vocal. It's very wet but It's on the edge of silibance.
 
Vox is a little too wet..Seems to soffen the attitude a little too much ..not Intense with as much verb as is there now..IMHO..


Don
 
Not a bad groove and the girls voice is pretty good too.It does have timing issues as mentioned by jmarcomb and Trackrat.
 
thanks for the replies

and yea when the second chorus comes in 'dangerous lady' the syncs all fucked up but i wanted that R&B feel thats what sells...
 
While there is some sibilance on the vocal the problem is it's in the same freq. range as the hats so the two combined makes 'em clash.

I think it would be better to move the hats up a bit freq.-wise to keep 'em away from the vocal.
 
M.Brane said:
While there is some sibilance on the vocal the problem is it's in the same freq. range as the hats so the two combined makes 'em clash.

I think it would be better to move the hats up a bit freq.-wise to keep 'em away from the vocal.
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Damn sure is.Good ear dude!
 
M.Brane said:
While there is some sibilance on the vocal the problem is it's in the same freq. range as the hats so the two combined makes 'em clash.

I think it would be better to move the hats up a bit freq.-wise to keep 'em away from the vocal.
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thanks!
 
i love the verses and the lyricist is flowing very nicely over the background music, but i don't like the hook. the flow switches so dramatically that it is distracting.

once you get the SYNC stuff tackled and do something about the conflict between the verse and chorus, you'll have something marketable.

were you just working with the lyrcisist as a recorder and engineer or are you involved with her as a producer as well? if you can deliver tracks like that for her consistently, yall can make some money. especially if she's at least as good looking as Eve or them fat girls called Floetry.

one thing i've had difficulty with from an engineering perspective is female rappers. with male rappers i tend to put the diaphragm of the mic at either nose or eye level and tilt the mic down, but with female rappers you probably want some of that boom to give her the aggressive push you need for hip-hop.

the quagmire is to add some beef without boom and pop.
 
crosstudio said:
i love the verses and the lyricist is flowing very nicely over the background music, but i don't like the hook. the flow switches so dramatically that it is distracting.

once you get the SYNC stuff tackled and do something about the conflict between the verse and chorus, you'll have something marketable.

were you just working with the lyrcisist as a recorder and engineer or are you involved with her as a producer as well? if you can deliver tracks like that for her consistently, yall can make some money. especially if she's at least as good looking as Eve or them fat girls called Floetry.

one thing i've had difficulty with from an engineering perspective is female rappers. with male rappers i tend to put the diaphragm of the mic at either nose or eye level and tilt the mic down, but with female rappers you probably want some of that boom to give her the aggressive push you need for hip-hop.

the quagmire is to add some beef without boom and pop.
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i'm involved as a renaissance man...i do it all as well as production...she's my cousin i don't look at her that way :eek:
but if anything she's like a Lauryn Hill type

the sync is killing me i don't know y when i tracked all the midi to audio that the tempo hanges ain't stick...o well i just gotta retrack...

thanks again guys...
 
just cause she's your cousin doesn't mean you shouldn't take an honest business man's look at her. her aestetic beauty is a marketing tool... i know you aren't kissing cousins.

she doesn't have to be Trina, but Nikki D. never sold any records even though she had the best flow of the femal rappers in her era.
 
true...i said her vibe is more lauryn hill...now if she would practice on her singing we could def be in the money...but she stubborn
 
very good performance....shes very talented.....all of the issues mix and recording wise have been touched but i just wanted to let you know i enjoyed listening....
 
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