Those crashes a way too loud, and I struggled to hear the vocal, as it is way buried behind the guitars

bapu

ProjectM


BTW, how's EZKeys to work with? Is it like an automatic piano player?

Marius,


No, it's not an automatic piano player but it was helpful as I'm not that good of piano player.

Ah, thanks for that Bapu. I watched one of the instructional videos. Looks pretty cool. You sure put it to good use tho

+ + + 1 song    - - -  suggestions- 
 ride cymbal  loud and off time. 
Thud of bass drum not sitting in the pocket with the bass guitar. 
Vocals get lost
mix is smashed
I agree with all the suggestions above

Great sentiment and terrific production.
Excellent job by all.
 
Freddy J
 

Warren wanted more bass
Rimshot wanted more guitar
Danny wanted horns in their own place
And the ride is now(?) fixed
James thought the crashed were too loud



Hopefully I made it better all the way around.


22 May 2012 Remix ->  http://soundcloud.com/thebapu/more-precious-than-rubies 

Hey Ed
I'll leave the mix to the pros and just enjoy the song.  I'm diggin the guitar riff. I love the flow/performance of this piece and that is one catchy hook. EXCELLENT collab!

Kev

bapu


Warren wanted more bass
Rimshot wanted more guitar
Danny wanted horns in their own place
And the ride is now(?) fixed
James thought the crashed were too loud



Hopefully I made it better all the way around.


22 May 2012 Remix ->  http://soundcloud.com/thebapu/more-precious-than-rubies 
 

Everyone wants... ;)
 
I like where the vox sits.  I think it would be a little hard to listen to pulled out any more.  He can SING, no doubt about that, its just a question of whether one finds it pleasing or not.  I saw some comments about smoothing it out with melodyne - did you do that on this version?  Just curious.
 
I'm having problems with the backing vox on the chorus.  I'm it isn't the harmonizing, though - that's fine.  I think it's too "round" somehow - or maybe not coming from the "right place" in my headphones?  I wish I could better explain.... on the other hand, completely fabricating a backing vox with Antares...  nice. 
 
What's that sound at 3:28??  I thought something had happened to my computer.... then I heard it again underneath and it was ok, but at 3:28 it stuck out funny. 
 
But overall - I think the mix is good.  And, it's GREAT to hear MoochieMooch playing (all sorts of stuff)!!

@Freddy J - Thanks for the listen

@Kevin - Thanks for dropping by and having a listen

@Jules - Yes, on this version I melodyned the lead vocal to take out some of the "wild" vibrato. WRT the backing vocals, Mooch will be bringing in real singers to do BGVs so my my Antares stuff will be replaced. But I agree, to be able to generate BGVs is helpful even if it is only to get the idea across. Sorry to say I don't hear anything out of the ordinary at 3:28 (but it isn't the first time that has happened )

Then you'd better listen again. HaHaHa!

Seriously, though... There's a underlying decoration that I first noticed at 3:27/3:28 ish, that then runs through the next chorus.  Its not at all a problem anywhere else, but around 3:28 there is less happening, overall, so it was sort of startling.  It is something like a windows "stop" or "asterisk" sound. It might well be throughout the song, but it made me look at the bottom right of my monitor to see what my PC was trying to tell me.... 

Almost the equivalent of siren-ish sounds on your car stereo, making you look in the rear-view mirror for the police.... ;)

julibee


Then you'd better listen again. HaHaHa!

Seriously, though... There's a underlying decoration that I first noticed at 3:27/3:28 ish, that then runs through the next chorus.  Its not at all a problem anywhere else, but around 3:28 there is less happening, overall, so it was sort of startling.  It is something like a windows "stop" or "asterisk" sound. It might well be throughout the song, but it made me look at the bottom right of my monitor to see what my PC was trying to tell me.... 

Almost the equivalent of siren-ish sounds on your car stereo, making you look in the rear-view mirror for the police.... ;)

Thanks Jules. I may be getting an ear infection. My left ear is muffled so it may be a day or so before I can get to it.