Actually I'd work especially on the hats and snare. They sound so dry and 1 dimensional :3 For example i like to pick 2 fitting hats and pan 1 right 1 left, making a small reverb delay lowcut bus for the drums . And especially Soundchoice of them. They just sound like a small bell (on frequency spectrum). If you dont have better ones I'd try to layer them (especially snare and clap layers can work wonders and you can do gimmiky stuff like keeping every 2 snares a layer away). Also I'd layer a sub to your (already layered) bass to make it hit harder as it lacks low End i think. Anyways, Good Job so far.
Personally I wouldn't have given the hihat or snare a thought, hadn't Arthur pointed this out. They sound pretty standard for this style of music (if you're comfortable staying within those confinements), but the snare *could* be brought a wee bit forward in the mix - either with the volume knob, EQing, or compression. Reverb optional. :)
My issue is mainly with the vocals and the vocal reverb. For some reason the way the reverb bounces to the left when the voice comes in from the right disturbs me. Secondly, the swelling of the reverb doesn't work well imho. It works, but I think it gets a bit too much, e.g. at 0:29. Reign it in just a tad? Third, the pan in from the right at the beginning somehow sets an expectation of more of that, which then does not get fulfilled. #lostopportunities
My 2. Not much else to say; the mix sounds pretty damn good.
The snare being dry was a conscious decision whereas the hats were possibly neglect/oversight. I guess I wanted the drums simple and clean, although I agree with @Arthur Reich there is room for improvement with both here.
Thanks for highlighting the vocal reverb, I can sense the same now when I pay close attention to how it bounces to the left. It's a little clumsy. The swelling was a first attempt of adding automated reverb to the master out so maybe I overcooked that! :)
The pan from the right was probably the last thing I did, and in my mind I resolved it with a pan to the left at the very end of the track... kind of pointless (and slightly jarring) haha!
I think if you can get the mix right, you got a hit man! The hook is really good and the arrangement is well done. As a personal preference and as mentioned by Tobias, I would work on the kick to get the bass tighter and maybe add a click on top (maybe just a bit of white noise), to make it playable on smaller sound system. As for the vocal, I would reduce the reverb or side-chain it harder, to get it sitting right in your face. Then, a few tweaks here and there and you're good to go.
I like it. Probably a more round BD or with more presence would get more force to the track and some of the verbs give the sensation to be in a closed room, perhaps is your intention, but maybe this track needs a big free space.
Great @Vicenç Roca glad you like it :) and thanks very much for this feedback!
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