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Originally Posted by geizo94  It's an alt country/sad bastard jam, along the lines of jason isbell/driveby truckers or whiskeytown. Didn't use auto tune so please excuse the pitchiness, but i think it fits the music. I'm pretty happy with this mix, but I know that it could be better. If you have a moment let me know what you think, and what could be better.
Also, and production notes would be greatly appreciated!
Gear:
Drums: 90's DW kit, zildjion platinum 18" crash, A custom 20 ride, new beat hats. AT4047's as over heads, 2 cascade fatheads as rooms, audix i5 and shure sm81 on snare, sennheiser e 602 on toms, shure beta 52 on kick. OH and rooms through focusrite red 1, all else through presonus M80 with ACP88.
Bass and electric guitar DI w/ modelers.
all else either at4050 with UA LA-610 or midi. |
I actually think that the production sounds pretty good. It kind of reminds me of "Cold Roses" from Ryan Adams. There's a similar vibe/sound going on in your song.
This is just my opinion so take it for whatever it's worth. The only thing that I might say is that, when they're present, the vocals provide a faux sense of depth/space in the drums and guitar tracks. The problem is that, when the vocals aren't there, everything else automatically appears more upfront (more upfront than I would have placed them anyway). As others have mentioned, I would increase the predelay to bring the vocals a little more upfront. At the same time I would add a little more reverb/delay to the drums and maybe guitars to keep the overall sense of ambience going (maybe bring your room mics up a little in the mix?). That way you don't have a loss of ambience whenever the vocals drop out.
Anyway, I'm only talking about real minor changes here. Maybe 10 to 20 msecs of predelay on the vocals and just a little more space on the drums. I think the the production actually sounds really great and think you did a great job.
By the way, what reverb/delays did you use on the various individual tracks/buses on this song? How high is the ceiling and how big is the room that you recorded this song in? Was this mixed ITB or OTB and what comps did you use?