I listened again to check on something, and I had the same impression on what's now the third listen: there's a kind of unpleasant penetrating quality to the way this one's EQ'ed. I think you're achieving clarity and separation at the expense of a sound that's pleasant to listen to. You'd know, I'd try to sneak up on this message and couch it in terms that are jolly and not too direct but I'm too tired and unskilled to do that, so I'll just post the impression and let you deal with it. I know you tend not to like negative feedback, but to hell with it, neither do I. It doesn't matter. But the music does.
It's not true that I don't like negative feedback. But if it's too vague, it does nothing for me. If someone tells me the song needs real drums when I'm already using real drums, I disregard that advice because it's obvious they have no idea what they're talking about. If someone says that digital sounds brittle blah blah, I stop reading what they have to say because it's obvious they're talking out of their ass and just repeating something they probably read in 1982. If someone starts putting down every "decision" I made on a cover tune, when every one of those "decisions" were already on the original version of the tune I'm covering, it's a waste of my time.
If I get constructive criticism based on objectivity, I always consider it. All through this thread and every thread I've ever started, I tell people I'll take their suggestions seriously and try what they suggested. All the time and almost every time, and that can be verified by reading any of my threads and not cherry picking what you read.
So, I don't know where you get that I don't like negative feedfack. I just don't like negative feedback when it's obvious that someone's just LOOKING for something to suggest or something negative to say as if it's some kind of obligation.
Sorry, your statement is false.
Now, I appreciate your opinion, but I don't know what to do about it since I don't put an EQ on my master. I EQ instruments individually. If there's something in particular you find EQ'd badly, try to let me know and I'll try to fix it. If it's just the "overall EQ" , then all my songs must sound that way because they're all recorded in the same room and pretty much the same way. Not sure what to do about that. I'm not even disagreeing with you. You hear what you hear. But I don't know what to do about " unpleasant penetrating quality to the way this one's EQ'ed". What does that mean to you? Is it "tinny", "boxy", hollow" ? I'll address it if I can, but I don't know what you're hearing.
Funny, the thread for this tune was all about asking for other people's opinions on which version they like better (or hate less). There's even a poll for christ's sakes. On top of that, the tune ended up being half wah and half no-wah based on SOMEONE ELSE'S suggestion. Yeah, I must be totally narrow minded when it comes to other people's opinions.
