Mixdown Practicing & Learning

MAGGHY JI

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Adrián Quiroz
Aug 15, 2022
hi dudes
im back due to the fact that i have had no time lastly, but I had time only for a mix this week, maybe will do the master when i have time :)
what better time to come back than this? with an extremely challenging mix!!! OH MY GOD, the horns blood on the vocals were very high. SO VIOLENT! haha

anyways, tried to maintain balance between every element and take out harshness off everything.

I hope you like my mix!!!!
have a nice week every1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18PzdUhSuLUIjupcZj1pPcXMqVuLMMB_4/view?usp=sharing
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Tal Tadmor
Aug 15, 2022
I think you did great with what we had to work with. You can obviously mix very well.
The song is fun, all the musicians are giving a great performance, no doubt, but man is this one hot mess to mix or what!

I won't be saying what I didn't like because knowing the stems, these are the same things I didn't like in my mix and are inherent to the tracks.

From an artistic point of view, there was one thing that I would do different (and did in my mix): I feel that there is a very strong dialogue between the mandoline and the electric guitar, and I found that in your mix they were more or less in the same area and space. Also, many times the electric guitar was completely burried that I couldn't hear it.
These all might be artistic choices that are completely valid. I thought to point it out just in case they weren't.

Really great job!
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MAGGHY JI
Aug 15, 2022
Hey Adrián, good one! For me the reverb on the lead vox is too present, I'd turn up a tad the horn section and turn down the toms and clean a little bit more the lows.. what did you use on the horns? A pitch shifter? ;P
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Jeremy Munns
Aug 15, 2022
Hi Adrian . Yep .. the reverb is the main issue on the vocal...pull it back and maybe shorten it little. a little less low end on the bass
Sound like you have the 'vinyl' plugin in the Brass!?
Over all the balance is great...
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Ben Sinclair
Aug 15, 2022
Hey Adrian, mix sounding pretty tight! Personal preference but I think the electric guitar needs to go up. It plays an important part in establishing the groove for the song and helps drive the song forward, so having it turned down and hiding in the back keeps the song from really propelling forward.