Hi everyone. Here's my mix of Kane Guru. Hardest part of this session was his lead vocals imo. He's in a range that is so hard to work with. Super bitey-mid range sounding. Almost the type of thing that only certain analog gear can really tame - wish I had it. Super fun challenge though. For me any session with real recorded drums is always a riddle to solve. Still learning to hear. If you leave a comment on my mix please say if you're listening on monitors or headphones. Thanks
One more note: I'm not using any "faux mastering". Please turn my mix up when you listen. Thanks
Hey Leigh :) Sounds a bit roomy but groovy, I like it! Nice distortion on the vocals. Could have gone with removing a bit on the 6k sibilance because the male sounds a bit harsh. Also lifting both vocals a couple of decibels would give them their needed shine. Also, in my opinion the drops (choruses) sound a bit 2D. You could give a bit more movement by giving more punch to the kick with a tighter compression and upping the bass a bit as well. Try it and then tell me the results :DD One final thing, its a nice reverb overall but I would dry it more as it sounds like its far away from me in a room. But really nice balance on the entire spectrum. Thanks for reading my feedback which again its only my opinion. Good luck :)
Same as above, too much reverb for a straight and "in your face" song, it's a 4 to the floor drum pattern which should walk like a train :D not float like a cloud (that's my weird imagination comparing dry and reverberated sounds).
Also distorting the lead vocals is quite a bold and useless move, you just killed all his dynamics, completely :/ that sort of treatment could be ok for those cameo vocals that appear for a moment or two but for a lead you're just sawing off his waveform for like 6 minutes, it's kinda too much.
Is he super bitey and mid range sounding? Cool, that's his voice :D build your mix around it, if you "kill" the feature of his voice you just create a hollow and uninteresting vocal part.
Mixing is not about applying effects and "taming" tracks, you should read the instruments and decide how to properly make them speak. (Of course this is also a problem when the production is bad and they give you "unmixable" parts, but I think you get the idea).
Thanks for all your comments. I take all of them with no judgement and always process them internally for improvement. This mix in particular was a good chance to put the band back in my rehearsal space. I thought about what my old rehearsal space sounded like and tried to put the band there, well mostly the drums. It was a biggish room with nothing on the walls. I missed the vocals but the band does sound to me like we're in the rehearsal space I remember. I'm always surprised you guys don't call me out for having a thinner mix compared to all of your mixes. In all of my mixes I go for clarity, depth and punch (not always getting there though) and in that pursuit I seem to thin out my mixes a bit too much. But most of the time they sound tight when played loud so... that's what I'm most attracted to when mixing right now. Trying to find that balance between too fat and too thin. On his vocals for this song I dropped the bit depth to 12 bits. I hear it now. eek!
Hey, honestly I never call anybody for songs "too thin" or with a different balance than usual, I think I'm not in a position to point those things out. There are two levels of "quality" in a song, one is objective and the other is subjective. What I think is objective is the way the instruments/vocals speak, which means enhancing their frequencies and dynamics, creating something that goes around them and is transmitted to the listener. That's why I pointed out quite strongly the distortion on your vocals, it was not simply bothering me but I felt that you just hid away the original performance from the singer.
The second level is subjective, is how I'm used to listen to things, is related to my equipment and my age/physical shape and mood so it will ALWAYS differ :D there will always be people finding something wrong with a mix and if you listen to 100 different billboard mixes you'll find some very weird sounding ones.
Sometimes we give it for granted, I listen to the song "Happy" by Pharrel Williams and I honestly hate it technically! :D Those drums sound so ugly and the backing vocals appear from the extreme sides all of a sudden, it feels empty and full in an instant. But guess what? It damn works :D if you don't think about it it's a super enjoyable song.
Also consider how the mastering will improve your song, it can fill missing frequency gaps or just put a new sparkle when needed.
If you like your mixes thin just do it, it's a "sound" that you give and eventually people will accept it :D
Hey @Leigh #111 , I love what you did to the male vox. The ERs do feel a little up in the mix, which is giving it that roomy sound. Drums are swinging nicely!
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