Rimshot
Sonically, this mix sounds great on my system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOXnTbyk0g&list=PLDcnymzs18LXX8I3ERVq0cgWnHE5ARBRc
Every instrument is so upfront an clear. Look how many views!
3 reasons for this Rimshot:
1. An excellent use of the stereo field. You can hear every instrument utilizing a different place via panning. The strings are the atmosphere...so they occupy the harder pans and make it sound full. Everything else is placed where it needs to be in between.
2. Lots of compression. One thing I DON'T like about the mix is...it doesn't breathe as much as it *could* in my opinion. Every instrument literally sounds like it's the same volume and there are no dynamics other than the one break section at 1:31 and then at 2:26.
The other parts just seem too wide open to me without breathing. They of course used the compression well as there is no pumping or breathing...but it just seems a bit too wide open to me for a song like this. I like dynamics...what can I say. I'm not trying to take anything away from the mix as it is fantastic...but the above is my only small crit really. I just hate it when every instrument sounds like it may have been copied and pasted for perfection and it all sounds too consistent....if that makes any sense? Kinda like when an engineer grabs 3 great snare hits and puts them all over a song. There's no change...it just sounds like everything is too loud and consistent over choosing more dynamics and breathing. The song is way too loud too as far as I'm concerned. It's definitely clean and clear though.
3. Really good use of eq. Each instrument is eq'd for the space it occupies. It's not cluttered with sub low end, it has a nice balance of everything. This alone makes a mix stand on its own even if you don't go nuts with a compressor.
Really good mix for sure...thanks for sharing. :)
-Danny