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Emrah Arbak
Jan 17, 2022
Hello everyone,

Here's my mix of "Sailor once more" by Glen McPhee.

Drums, which sound programmed, took some time; I did not quite like the kick and snare sounds, used a bit of eq + serial compressors, but could probably do more to improve if I had time. I also did some alignment for background vocals and worked to smooth a strange pop in lead vocals at 0:32. Also did some eq automation on a similar mishap on lead vocals at the very end of the song. I really liked the low whistle, which took a bit of loving from a Hall reverb. Beyond these, nothing too complicated...

This was quite an enjoyable song to work on.

Many thanks for listening and all comments are appreciated!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13HEEImN622lKdarSUzeygHbu_gebe7aU/view?usp=sharing
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MAGGHY JI
Jan 17, 2022
Hey Emrah, nice mix! The vocals are too loud compared to the other instruments and the mix lacks the energy of the drums
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Ben Sinclair
Jan 17, 2022
Hey Emrah, you did a nice job with the vocals and flute/bagpipes! They are the main parts of the song so they need to be present and well featured in the mix and I think you succeeded admirably in that regard. But as Magghy stated, the drums are really low, almost completely inaudible. They really help drive the song forward and give it some energy, so it sounds deflated without them. I fall into the same trap sometimes of not liking the drums and pushing them back, but they still need to be present/audible to help propel the song forward.
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Emrah Arbak
Jan 18, 2022
Many thanks for these useful comments! I did push the drums all the way back as I was not able to make them sound as I wanted. I did a remix and bringing them more into the mix has indeed added more energy.