"Choices"

"Choices"

http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/44795-choices.mp3


is the low end in this one dialed in enough to use as a go-by for mastering?
translation?

or too high mid-bright?

On my computer speakers it sounds good. 

Sounds good to me. 


    

Sound good to me!  BTW great performance on this!!!
Nice job.
 
Freddy J

Hi BB, there's plenty of low end listening on my Akg headphones. Very nice tune, great vocals, so so guitars................ who am I kidding, fantastic guitars as ever. Almost makes me want to buy an electric guitar again.

Rik

Hey, I like the Nuno Bettencourt suspended chord at :54. I always liked when he added that in his songs with Extreme.
 
I'm listening on Harman/Kardon PC speakers. From what I'm hearing, the song is well balanced. Because these speakers don't have a broad dynamic range, I can only tell you what I'm hearing compared to other songs. You may want to bring up the 500hz (+-) a tad for the bass.
 
The highs might be a touch bright on the left-channel acoustic strumming. The picking sounds very good at around 1:25, so you may want to use that tone as a gauge for the other acoustics.
 
I hope this helps! Great song by the way,
 
Matthew

superb really, BB, as ever. I agree kick could have a little more definition, a but more click. bass sounds pretty good, yes perhaps a touch more presence but gives good low end from my perspective. vox might like a couple more dB...

thanks for all the comments, guys...


first, an overall response to everyone who has responded......






this song, is a finished song off of my 1st album, and this was professionally mastered.


i asked the M.E. not to change the basic overall sound of my mix at that time (2006) and to give me a nice transparent finish for clarity and volume with a miniumum of squish.


he did exactly that..... and my low end mix decisions were a little light, obviously, i was taking no chances.




now, as i get ready to master my own 2nd album, i'm looking at this finished mix as a 'go-by' to determine how low i should, or shouldn't go.....
 
 

timidi
thanks man


g-hacker
good. that was one of the things i discussed with the mastering dude... good translation on all systems...
and maybe that's why it made sense at the time, to go a little bass-lite

 
philz
thanks for listening and commenting

 
 chappel
thanks, appreciate it.
 
 
jemogan-
i see you're new around here, thanks for coming into my thread...
your assessment jives with my own...
and to tell you the truth, when i crank this particular mix thru a big home stereo, that has a bit of low end boost on it, it sounds just perfect.
but for the majority of listeners who might just be stuck with ear buds, unless they have the buds with the extended low end it will probably sound a bit weak in the low end....(i have a pair of sony Funtopias, that just rock in the low end with light bass mixes, on heavy bass mixes, they sound like mud!)
 
 
 
freddy J
thanks freddy...... it was fun blending the acoustics and electrics together, sometimes i think i should do this on ALL my tunes..


benzofog
thanks danny...... yes more low end. i'm going to do that on my new tunes...
 
 
morenoise
low end on AKG's, check.
it's funny, when you think about trying to spread the difference over so many different types of playback choices, and ride the fence, it's A TOUGH DECISION.
i learned a lot from making THAT decision on this mix... but  i want a more modern sound now, so i'm pushing the envelope with the low end on my more recent mixes....
 
 
spaceALF
thanks man, appreciate the comment.
and you're right, it's not just bass, the whole low end component would have to shift, and that would mean re-eq'ing almost every track in some fashion, to get it to sit as well as it does now.
 
 
asher/matthew
thanks for the comments as well...... yeah, ole nuno was really cool about throwing the non-standard chords,  i always dug the extreme stuff.
yeah, i didn't nail the acoustic eq, but that high end seemed to balance out something else on the other side..
i should have tamed the 2-3.5khz range for that pick attack to be more mellow.
good ear.
 
 
alegria
thanks JC
 
 
mgh
bass-more presence, i hear you... i've been working on that with the new stuff going for deeper tones, but that still have a bit of bite on it. not so much like old P-bass classic tones, but not piano string modern either.
 
 
maxprizm
thanks for listening.....
and yeah, those drums kicked ass.
that was by Brent Dacus, he's local to DFW, and plays with everyone down there...

Hey, Rob,

I just wanted to say that this sounds absolutely dynamite, as all of your stuff does!

I do agree with the previous comments about possibly bumping up the low end when you finish up your new CD.  I also think you're 100% right on the money about the "earbud syndrome" because most stock earbuds have practically no low range, and half the time people don't realize or have any idea what their actually missing while listening on them.

Anyway, it was great to hear this killer song once again, I can't wait for your next new one.    Have a good one, buddy!
Bob

I'd have to a/b it against something else to give you a definitive answer about the bass, but this is just really great no matter how you slice it.  :)  

More impact of the low end around - "The Choices I Make" part of the tune.

Loved It!!!
I agree with ya on the low end and mids.  Not quite sure but kinda sounds to me like guitars could be drug down just a tad.  Sounds like the HiHats, rides and crashes get lost just a bit at times, low volume at times?
Great job, enjoyed it  :)

Im just a hobbiest though so take it for what its worth, what you want it to sound like is most important.  ;) 

Sounds perfectly fine here.

Ya! Perhaps ask

Tal Wilkenfeld (ought to be around 25 or so now)

not Jeff Beck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larPhmtg8vE

Oh, some days, but from the past.

Sounded fine and still it is up to you.
I'm outta here. (It's perhaps is from playing with bass players who wanted to go down to low E and have it get louder.)

Probably depends more on speakers and listening audience speakers nowadays anyway.