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  • Come On Over - Mid Mix
2014/11/12 23:56:06
ruralrocker2010
Hey All,
 
Really need your ears and your monitors on this one...it's a bit of a challenge for me - I feel like the song is so good that it's actually beyond my mixing skills.
 
Would love your very helpful responses on what sticks out in a bad mix kind of way. :) Oh, and if you like the song - feel free to offer that too.
UPDATED MIX - AGAIN:
https://soundcloud.com/jo...ome-on-over-final-mix4
 
OLDER MIX 
https://soundcloud.com/joshua-barnes/come-on-over-mid-mix-3
 
 
2014/11/14 18:04:16
kakku
I found no fault in the mix, sounded balanced on my headphones. The song is great and very good performances too.
kakku
2014/11/14 19:04:58
rebel007
I agree, you've got a great song there. To my ears the bass has too much presence in the bottom end, like it was being mixed for a club dance track, not a rock song. There is a real thump happening every time the bass hits a note and it becomes distracting after a while. Try a high passing it a little more, or a bit less compression, if that's what you're using. This might also help with the way the bass sits with the kick drum.
There might be some other things that need fixing but I would really like to hear it again with the bass remixed.
2014/11/14 21:05:13
thepogue
I'll only dig-deep on the mix and not the tune itself.
 
FYSA I am listening on KRK monitors w/sub
 
I'd like the hear the chorus bvox spread out it bit more as all the vox seem to sit in the middle of the mix.
Keys should come up some in and round 1:40ish
The toms (2:26 and at the end of the tune) sound a bit rumbly...sound more like a mic'ing issue then an EQ issue
@3:00 I feel the wheels kinda start to fall off from a production standpoint (but thats not a mix issue)
Again at the end where you have the bvox working with the main vox (love the concept but not in its current form) I'd like the hear the bvox move up in the mix and panned away from the middle of the mix where it seems to sit atop the main vox.
 
very catchy tune and fun tune to listen to....
2014/11/14 21:14:10
Freddy J
This is a nice catchy pop number with a great melody and vocals.  The only thing that I noticed is that it really seemed a bit heavy on the bass side.  It sounded a bit rumbly on the low end but that might just be the lousy equipment that I am using. 
Nice one.
2014/11/15 09:35:55
ruralrocker2010
kakku - thank you.
 
Rebel - I actually bumped the bass, and it doesn't sound annoying to me, but I'm taking your advice because it's be consistent amongst a number of people.
 
pogue
I'd like the hear the chorus bvox spread out it bit more as all the vox seem to sit in the middle of the mix.
Keys should come up some in and round 1:40ish
The toms (2:26 and at the end of the tune) sound a bit rumbly...sound more like a mic'ing issue then an EQ issue
@3:00 I feel the wheels kinda start to fall off from a production standpoint (but thats not a mix issue)
Again at the end where you have the bvox working with the main vox (love the concept but not in its current form) I'd like the hear the bvox move up in the mix and panned away from the middle of the mix where it seems to sit atop the main vox.
 
- They were hardpanned and they are double tracked, so they should feel spread...but somehow they don't. If I hard pan them, then bus them, does that negate the panning? Or should you insert a bus and pan the bus?
 
Toms rumbly - this is my first time micing a drum set for a recording...no doubt I did it wrong. I can explain what I did though. I used the Glyn Jon technique with two mics and essentially used them as overheads (not a matched pair). Then I mic'd each drum, with a hard attack angle pointed at the tom head, so, NOT accross the tom, mostly down at the skin - they seemed less overly resonant that way.
 
3min Why do the wheels fall off?
2014/11/15 12:06:36
Wookiee
Listening on the Adams my furry ears, which should be interpreted as purely my perspective and not necessarily right, tell me it is way to much bass/weight, the snare appears to have no snap and there is this strange rumble around 1:19 is that supposed to be a run around the toms?
 
You appear to have a good tune that needs some mix refinement, thanks for sharing.
2014/11/15 13:53:34
ruralrocker2010
it's supposed to be a hit with the chords, triplet, hit, then a triplet roll on the floor tom. I admit, the mics didn't capture it the way I hear it. The overheads are providing the "thinning" snappy quality to it - the tom mics are more ballsy and thunderous. But - they occupy alot of space. I'm just not sure what to do.
2014/11/15 17:01:12
evadianepug
So, opposite of my buddy The Pogue, I'll comment on the song and not the mix.  he has a great handle on those things.  I DO like the song and feel that a different mix might make it even better.  Really well put together.  If I had to say something about the mix I'd say it seems "thin".  However, don't ask me what that means it's just something I hear.  Really is good work, Josh.
2014/11/15 17:02:26
ruralrocker2010
thanks PUG!!!
 
This is my first song ever with live drums - I think I need about 20 or 30 more before they sound amazing.
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