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Originally Posted by djui5
Is that Gavin singing?
That song is f'n awesome. The mix is really good too. I do think the top end overall is a bit brittle. What did you do to the 2buss ITB? And is that an SSL384 (it don't sound like it) or is it one of those SSL clones (it sounds like one)?
I like where everythings sitting in the mix. I do think the bass could use a touch more definition. You can hear it but sometimes it get's lost. Maybe some 2-4K? The snare sounds thin too. It's cutting nice, but dosen't have a lot of body. This might be caused by whatever is making the top overall brittle sounding.
I love where the vocal is sitting. I like it even when the song kicks in. Very nice mix overall. Congrats. I like the sound of the drums too. You can hear they were tracked in a big room and I love that personally.
My only mix comment would be where he holds the note at 3:04. I think you should send it to a plate there and increase the send and fader volume as the note goes on. You could also add a bit of delay in too. This will cause the voice to "swell" into this big ambient bliss.
I also think the distorted heavy guitars could use a touch more crunch, but this might kill the vibe. I'd have to hear it to know if it would work for sure, but if I was mixing this that's what I'd do.
Overall it sounds f'n great. Nice work!
Thanks for the response.
Yeah the singer sometimes sounds like Gavin dead on. I had some fun with the band and had them all sit around the computer to listen to the final mixes then I played "Everything Zen". haha.. good times.
Anyways.. back to the mix... you're right, the SSL isn't a 384 exactly... it's a clone that I built which employs a very similar topology to the 384. The components, such as the caps and VCA's are different, mostly standard-fare modern stuff. Panasonic FC series and whatnot. I think it sounds a little too hi-fi sometimes, and might have contributed a bit to the over brightness of the mix.
As far as the plate, delay swell thing on the vox, I actually am doing a little bit of that... maybe not enough? In my recent vocal mixes I've been getting way into setting up a verb, delay, chorus, random effect on different auxes and riding these for certain phrases, words, parts throughout the mix.
I'll try to work on a better balance in my next mix. Thanks for the comments!