"Pura Vida"

Hi BB, nice one, like it, lead acoustic seems to get lost a bit in the mix, imho.
 
Rik

I remember this song-I liked it before and I like it now.  It's got to be close.  Perhaps, juice up the cool but subtle percussion?  EQ wise, it is crisp and pops out of the speakers quite well.  It shouldn't require much change.

Hi BB, the song is absolutely perfect and I'm not saying you should make that lead acoustic louder but on my crappy speakers and my crappy ears ; ) the bass is covering the low register of the lead acoustic. but after reading your thoughts about it, it does make sense. Still, lovely song and sounds !
 
Rik

biodiode
Listening to this on my KRK's. I like the wideness of this mix and not sure if this is intended but it reminds of YES in places. I'm not hearing what Rikkie is but that may be a mix translation/listening environment issue.

hi biodiode,
i used to have a set of the small trapezoidal KRK's, they were nice speakers...
the BIG ones i've heard, are pretty bad @ss....
 
wideness of mix....
this was mixed mostly LCR,
but the NEW mix i'm working on, i've brought things in a bit.....
not intended to ever sound like anything else,
my tunes just land the way they do on their own...
i've always love early YES, but have never learned any songs other than singing along with the albums.....
 
when you talk about levels of 'highlighted' or solo tracks,
it's always a subjective opinion......
i could mix stuff super hot, 
way up front,
and call it 'solo level mix' decision.
 
but i never mix that way,
well, i say never, sometimes i DO lean on something heavy for intensity,
but on this one, i was going for a vibe, and i mixed it as i played it.......
i BACKED OFF on the solo,
because it felt so personal, and reflective,
it did not make sense to me to mix it hot......
 
so in a way,
i captured a moment on 'tape', and i left it as it was played.
 
 
 
the new mix, 
i'll probably bring it up a bit,
and take a different approach altogether,
and that's why i posted this,
it's a GREAT method for me, of bouncing ideas, i steal your ideas.
LOL

Nice composition .. I liked the tune and arrangement .. sounds good

Rikkie
Hi BB, the song is absolutely perfect and I'm not saying you should make that lead acoustic louder but on my crappy speakers and my crappy ears ; ) the bass is covering the low register of the lead acoustic. but after reading your thoughts about it, it does make sense. Still, lovely song and sounds !
 
Rik

you know, i did a mix session on this one last night,
and decided that i had SO MUCH low end off my taylor 414 (beast is huge) that i could roll off the low end starting all the way up to 200hz, and all it did was add clarity to the mix...
 
i think before, maybe i dipped it at around 150hz, but the mud is really from about 250 down...

what, massage your bass?!
 

Serious_Noize!
Sounded great man!!! Your vocals always are for real, I like that about you. The music is great also, makes me think of a different time and place. Very dreamy sounding. 
 
AWeSOME!!! 

THANKS SERIOUS!
i try to be straight up with the vocal delivery,
or rather, i just try not to get in the way.
LOL
 
 

eph221
I listened on 280 pros.  Sounds perfect.  The imperfections make it charming. what a great song!  great driving music.  It has the same appeal as  a song like *Wide Open Spaces* by the Dixie Chicks, but your orchestration is much more complex than that of course.
 
 

i like the sound of those 280's....
nice cans.
 
wide open spaces,
always did like that song, never thought about it like that....
 

I remember this one from before. I loved it then and love it now.
Excellent guitar and vocal performances. Nice subtle percussion.
Guitars sound perfectly eq'd and the vocal sits just right in-between.
Great stuff
 

jamesg1213
Nice 'front to back' 3-D feel to this mix Rob, sounds really nice to me., you've got loads of space in and around the acoustics and I like the vocals sitting back slightly where they are, takes me back (also) to early Yes, Moody Blues, that kind of thing.

thanks for listening, james....
yes, this original mix is less in the face,
and more 'around you'
 
i'm trying a newer 'in your face' mix,
but may go back to the original

stevec
I don't think I'd change much about this if it were mine (I only wish I could sing like that).  I really liked it!
 
If I were to do anything, I'd almost want to try a low pitched percussion part holding down a kick drum role. I'm not sure which drum it usually is - tabla? djembe? - but it's low pitched and often has a slight pitch-bend to it.
 

djembe,
that'd probably do!
heheh, 
i could almost go mid east/india with the percussion on this....
that would work.
 

batsbrew

daryl1968
I remember this one from before. I loved it then and love it now.
Excellent guitar and vocal performances. Nice subtle percussion.
Guitars sound perfectly eq'd and the vocal sits just right in-between.
Great stuff
 

hey daryl,
so you don't have a problem with the 'wide' mix, then?
seems to be an issue with some people,
i've tried mixing it both ways, i can roll either way...
 

Nope.
Let the haters hate - what do they know anyway? :)