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2015/08/23 02:20:44
magik570
https://soundcloud.com/shahed_khan/shararaatall-night
 
Please let me know what I can do to make this mix better. 
Please don't ask me to re-do the takes, that's not an option. Thanks in advance. 
2015/08/24 03:01:34
emeraldsoul
Hi Magik570!
 
Love me an interesting take on the blues! the standout for me was the lead guitar tones, pretty decent and pretty tasty!
 
Mix wise, I'd consider two things. Are you taking a notch eq to the kick drum, dropping a little bit of maybe 150 or 200 hz, and taking a similar eq on the bass, increasing it a little where you cut the kick? This would help the bass guitar punch through the kick sound, and right now I think your kick is dominating the proceedings a little too much.
You might even roll off the kick, getting rid of some of the stuff lower than 40 -50 hz.
 
Next, the cymbals are kind of flangy - how are you currently processing them? If this is an mp3 is it 128 kbps? Or higher?
 
keep up the good work, nice to hear your take on the blues!
 
cheers,
-Tom
2015/08/24 14:19:15
magik570
Thanks for your input.. I agree with everything you said
2015/08/28 08:11:56
synkrotron
I'm not the best person to comment on mixes to be honest. I liked the singing.. In fact, I liked everything really 
2015/08/30 11:05:28
CreatingNoise
I didn't hear any problems with the mix on my system and I cannot think of anything in my abilities that would bring this mix up a notch.  Good luck.  I enjoyed the tune and think you did a great job.  Nice stuff!
2015/09/01 21:54:25
MarkusClinus
Very clean mix - very interesting music.
 
I think this was a good one.
2015/09/04 14:25:09
stevec
Now that is a very interesting take on the blues...   The guitars sound good to me, the clean parts are nicely sustained and thick, and the overdriven parts work well.   Are the leads real or synthesized?  Those occasional octave squeals sound like either pitch pends or an octave pedal - hard to tell which.  Either way they all sound good!
 
Mix-wise, I think the bass has a nice tone but as Tom pointed out it's not really carrying the bottom end like it should; the bass + kick could use to be "fatter" to better compliment what's happening above.   And there seems to be a hiss or something similar through most of the song - if you could lessen that through selective EQ/multi-band comp/noise removal I think it might help.    
 
2015/09/04 15:28:34
mesayre
Cool song, for sure.
 
On my system, the snare is really at the front of the mix - "in front of" the singer and guitars. I'd push it back if you can. A couple of ways I might try that...
  1. A bit of short-tailed reverb, partial-width (possibly even mono) just on the kit.
  2. A bit of EQ to pull down the highs
  3. Something like channel tools to decrease the stereo width of the drums
 
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