took all the advice from my last post here. big thank you to all who helped me last time.

monitoring with Event bas 20/20 mk1 semi treated garage studio.

my question is: are the vocals to loud (to my it makes me uncomfortable) and>
the bass is it just me or does it get a little lost or missing sometimes?

this forum is now my goto for advice and learning.
i appreciate all comments good and bad.

this song is private not released to public hoping for great advice.


http://soundcloud.com/new-agent/secrets/s-jfTyh

harsh critics welcome as well!

im here to learn!!!
thank you!

 

I really enjoyed it. Nice track.

I would suggest to start export the song in stems, and restart the mixing with the drums and the bass first. When you'll find them hard gitting enough and not fighting each other (in such case use EQ to make them sit in their own place in the spectrum). ANd add up instrument by instruments and keep in mind to not lose the energy you gained with the bass and drums. Clean up the low ends to avoid rumbles, don't overuse stereo widening because if everything is spaced it just sound like a big mono. For the vocals, they sound a little bit loud it's my tastes (just like everything i said). I'm not good at mixing but it's what my ears have told me.

Again very good job.

 

with my audio setup I think it needs a little bit more top end (high freq) but otherwise very nice

 

..my question is: are the vocals to loud (to my it makes me uncomfortable) and>...
This question only you can answer. If you don't like it, then it sucks. Period.
Mixing is about taste, not forms and laws. We all have different preferences.
Rules are there to be broken.

Better be individual then forgotten. This is Pensado's motto. I hope...

 

Hi, I like the mix and playing here sounds well balanced, possibly a touch more bass (32-72Hz) but very good and catchy!

How did you get the vocal sound?

DQ

 

I really like the synths in the intro....but I think it sounds a bit too empty to start...it needs some kind of riser effects maybe some light percussion to get the listener in the mood and setup for the rest of the song..The mix is actually pretty well balanced. One problem I noticed is that the main vocal is too low and the bacground vocals to high. Give a touch more reverb to the background vocals to send them back in the mix and bring your main vocal up a couple of dB's. This should re balance the vocals a bit. Maybe also you can try wideing the high frequencies of the vocals so we can hear them wide in our headphones, this should also help separate them more in the mix because they are a bit buried.

Overall the mix is a bit on the dull side. Give it a 1/2 to 1 dB boost at around 3-4k and maybe 1/2 a bB at 16k Hz. This should open up the mix a bit more and give it some more excitement along with the previous boost.

Arrangement wise maybe try a nice 16 bar break in the middle of the track where we take a break from the synths and everything and maybe some vocal effects and things like that..or even just filter out and back in all the synths to keep the interest in the song.

Experiment with reverb and delay effects on the vocals..especially the background vocals.

Good job overall I enjoyed it

 

oustanding critic everyone! will start working as soon as my wife and kids give me a chance.

going to start with Phenombo"ys advice and work my way down all the post's to Fuad"s advice's.

its almost like these order of post's, is chronological to what i need to do.


and THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

your all Scholars!!!!!!!!!!!!

@DUCKQ will post a screen shot of plugs used. in a day or two. weekend is when i get free time. cant remember off the to top my head

 

http://soundcloud.com/new-agent/these-secrets

thanks for all the help let me know what you think.

added a break in the middle, changed the intro a little.


remixed the mixdown.
and did the best mastering job i can do (i Should Not Do This).

need to move on to a new song.

hope you love it!!!!!!

 

I didn't get a chance to listen to the first mix, but this one sounds good to me.

Personally I'd brighten up the main bass, but I have a fetish with really crisp bass tones so don't take my word for anything.

 

thank you Divinevil

the bass thats the best i can do. neeed some lessons on getting the bass to sit correctly.

anyone know a good tutorial on that?