Second Mix

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Here is my second mix. This one is recorded at home, not at school.
The vocals sound a little dull to me. I'm not sure if it just the key the song is in or not.

Just realised this track is quite boomy too. Do I just drop the low frequencies on some tracks or the main bus?
There is also a couple of mistakes on the bass track.

New Mix! -


Second Revised Mix -



Thanks.
 
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Hmmm, I dont really notice any boomyness. Actually the track sounds quite thin. The guitar is very bright and trebally and lacking body. The vocal sound is very odd to my ears. Sounds very processed, maybe a little verb would help open it up a bit. It would also widen your mix to pan some of those harmonies out.
 
Lovely vocal harmonies, some ambience would do the song good. Didn't notice any significant boominess, but the mix could be a bit brighter in the higher frequencies. You're very talented, don't stop....;)
 
Thanks Joey.
In that song it's actually me playing guitar and bass and my girlfriend singing. So I passed on your compliments.

Should hopefully have another mix up tonight sometime.
 
New mix is posted above.

I'm thinking the reverb might be a bit over the top.
 
Verb definitely helps. Its little hot and bringing out some sibilance. This is what I would do: Put the reverb plug in on an aux channel and bus it through; leave it on 100% wet. Then mix the dry track in with the aux verb. Sometimes you want to drop the reverb right in on the track and some times you want to preserve the track and mix in in with a verb track. Give it a shot
 
I haven't got the reverb bussed at the moment as I am not sure how to properly do that in Reaper. I do however have the original track duplicated and have a 100% wet reverb on the duplicate track.
 
Lovely voice and nice melody.

I don't think the reverb is too much. However, I think you have too much compression on her voice. I can hear a lot of mouth noise. G's and K's are prominent, lip smacks, teeth clicks, etc. and they are enhanced by the reverb. Then I can hear the metronome click at the end. Hmmm, if you have headphones, you might consider closed back style and turning the volume down in your ears. Don't want to get tinnitus.

Arrangement-wise, I'd like to hear the song pick up more at the end. After the bridge, it goes back to the same melody, which is nice, but becomes predictable. The chorus and verses sound similar and it's difficult to differentiate them. I like the harmonies and kind of wished they kept going until the end.

hth,
 
Another new mix is now posted above. Turns out I had compressor on the master bus. Could those extra noises be being brought out through the use of an excited too? I'm using it to brighten up the top end.
 
nice harmonies...wish the 2nd vocal was a little more prominent. I've only listened to the latest remix, but guitar seems a little twangy to me. Would be nice if the overall sound was "bigger" (does than have to do with panning??? I'm still new at trying to describe what I'm hearing) b/c the song seems kinda distant. If you had a way of adding some strings or something, that might help it build more towards the end...put a little more emotion into it
 
Hi Phase 3,

Very Nice voice... and nice devotional song. It really touches at the start but needs a bit more gusto (or something like that) at the "here I am too..." lines. Even without a big backing track have some fun experimenting with differentiating those lines from the rest of the song vocally.

BTW, I preferred the "Second Revised Mix" to the "New Mix". Dry is closer.
 
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