Marshall
Hi Dan

Listening through good quality headphones, I must say how much I enjoyed the sense of space and width. Do you use any particular techniques in the placement of the instruments in the stereo field?

A reallly pleasurable five minutes of music - loved it!

Bill

Thank you Bill! 
 
Mostly, I try to avoid the center except for any instruments carrying the melody. I also like to keep things balanced, so if there is a hi-hat on the right, any other bright percussion will go opposite. Ping-pong delays are your friend. Beyond that, there are no rules that I follow.
 
Regards,
Dan

great stuff of course. some really cool mixing tricks and the subtle harmonic shifts in  the backing sections are genius. the only thing i would change is aroudn 2'15, when the guitars come in under the lead, i'd pull back some of the verb/delay on the lead then, and beef up the guitar

Hi, Dan,
 
Wow, this is truly excellent all the way around!
 
Well written and played, nicely textured synth work with some really cool twists and turns, cool guitar stuff, and a stellar, pro sounding mix!
 
The mix is crisp, wide and full sounding with a nice punch to the bottom end.
 
Fantastic work, Dan, really outstanding!
 
Bob
 

I would expect no less than this fine piece!  I can't tell what is real and what is Memorex.  All so well played and of course the mix is pristine!

I liked this one Dan. Could have used some changes here and there but the mix and instruments sounded nice.

On the plus side the piece is overall excellent, as usual.  I particularly liked the way it built up at the beginning.  As a minor crit, I would agree with Scotty's comment that some more thematic changes would have been nice.

bjornpdx
Hi Dan
I liked this song a lot,  especially the guitars.
I've had the NI S61 for a while now and I'm still not sure if I like the MW and PB sliders instead of the wheel. I try to think of the slider as a guitar string but I'm just not getting the technique down. I need more practice I suppose.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Bjorn! I found the slider strange, at first. I really like it now though. I used both quite a bit in this song.
 
Regards,
Dan

Wow, this is a bit different for you!   It seems a bit more soundtrack-ish rather than orchestral/epic, and it works well.  Really great dynamics from section to section, lots of interesting sounds swirling around, and that Omnisphere lead tone is anything but static.  I think the whole thing is alive. 

Afrodrum
A real pleasure to listen. Well balanced and loud enough, clear separation of instruments. A pro mix. The suspence at 2:38 is fantastic.  The only thing that bothers me is the snare sound, like it does not match the rest of the kit.

Thanks Pawel! I went through a ton of snares in BFD until I found what I wanted. I like the metallic ringiness of this snare for the context of the song. I did add some space to the snare to make it a bit bigger and that did add some separation from the rest of the kit, but I'm okay with that.
 
Regards,
Dan

emeraldsoul
Your mixes are such a treat to listen to.
 
When that guitar riff comes in around 2:24 - more balls on that please! Ditto for the guitar rhythm around 3:15. I know you have diversity of arrangement in mind, lots of dynamics, loud sections and then soft. It all sounds really good.
 
Do you hear this mix as slightly top heavy, slightly bright? Could the bottom end have more weight? I'm only asking, because you are a friggin' pro at this . . . and the turnip truck I fell off of left me in the road a long time ago.  :)
 
How are you liking/loving Keyscape? How did it show up here? I heard some chimey piano in the intro, anything else?
 
thanks Dan,
-Tom

Thanks for the listen Tom! Glad you liked it! I've gone back and forth on bringing up those guitars, and I'm still not sure. I did bring up the second in the mix you listened to, before it was the feeling of a guitar, lol.
 
The bottom is a tad light on this, but the pulse bass during most of the song becomes overbearing if I give it too much weight. The Rick is, well, a Rick, so there's that.
 
I like Keyscape, though, in all honesty, it really is an expansion for Omni 2. The instruments are incredible well-sampled. In this song, I used one of the DUO instruments, which is the chimey piano you hear throughout the song, not just the intro.
 
Regards,
Dan