Hi Julien, Thanks for taking the time to listen to this. The version you heard had already had a massive amount of EQ applied to get rid of masses of mid-range stuff, and after that I could hardly hear the difference between anything. Fresh ears are definitely apprecitated! I have had a go at doing what you suggested, but I am not sure you will think it is any better. I brought the vocals forward much more with compression etc. Also increased the volume on the drums - but to my ears they seem a bit overpowering - but maybe that's me. Bass I am still struggling with. I can't really hear the unpleasant mid-rangey ness to it. But also, I feel if I emphasise the low end too much it gets mixed in with the kick. Would apprecitate some more hints here - I have added some EQ to the bass but not sure it really helps. I uploaded the new version over the top of the old one - so you should be able to download it using the same link. James On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Julien Claassen <julien@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello James! > There seems to be everything to make a nice, sturdy song. But indeed the > mix could be improved, if you don't mind me saying so. :-) > The most obvious cause for improvement I can hear in EQ'ing. The bass is > very much in the mid-range. You could lower the treble frequencies. > Experiment. If you have some MIDI-equipment or anything else hooked up, that > you oculd activate one band of an EQ, set gain to something like 12Db and > sweep it, until you come to the really disturbing parts. My guestimate would > be between 300-440Hz and probably in other areas as well. You can also use > the EQ to sculpt your bass sound. So you could try raising higher bands to > coax out certain characteristics. > The guitar too sounds a bit to mid-range. I mean the distorted guitar. You > might also give it a try in either panning it to the right, away from the > clean electric guitar or use a short delay and lower the original signal, so > you push the main portion of its sound to the sides. that way you have more > space in the middle for the voice. I don't know, what you did to the voice > so far, but it sounds very feable. > Typical approaches: good EQ'ing and filtering. Cut off the complete lower > end up to perhaps 120-200Hz, experiemtn, listen to it in the whole mix, so > you will hear, when it gets noticeable. Stop shortly before that point. Then > you might again sweep it with an EQ, to see, which bands could use lowering > or even a little boost. Next apply some good compression. You could even try > to push it rather hard. that should help to steady the vocals very much and > push them. From that point onwards, you might try a short delay, leaving the > dry signal at 0Db, so you get some width to the voice. At last a touch of > reverb wouldn't go amiss. If you can use LADSPA plugins, I'd suggest trying > the CAPS 2x2 Plate (unique ID 1795). Be subtle with that. Don't use it as an > effect, use it as a tool of production and arrangement. > The drum kit too sounds very low. Especially with that type of music. > Lower the other tracks a bit and raise the drums some. You might also wish > to do more to them to give them a little more bite and kick. > It sounds, like snubbing you, if I go over that mail in my mind, but be > assured: it certainly isn't. It's just what I would do to it from the top of > my mind. But as it is very often the case: I have an auditory image of a > production sound in my mind. Not necessarily a good one and those tips > aren't necessarily good ones. But they'd certainly go a step or two in the > right direction for clarifying the elements and setting them apart. > I hope, that something of all that dribble can be of help and might point > in a direction, that you can hear in your mind for this song. > Good luck and thanks a lot for sharing! > Warm regards > Julien > > ---------------------------------------- > http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
