Hallo nochmal...vielleicht ist es ein wenig off-topic aber ich habe das Stück in anderen Foren (usa) bewerten und kritisieren lassen und vielleicht interessiert es jemanden wie leute auf der anderen seite des meeres (teilw. profis) stücke analisieren und bewerten - dazu gibt es auch ein thread zum thema auf unserem forum
http://homerecording.de/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14276&forum=2#89860
hier die äusserungen : (leider in englisch)
Mark-
Love the tune!! Very nice. Not a bad mix, but I did notice a couple of things:
At first I thought the lead vocal was too soft. It may be, a little bit. But the main problem is not so much that it's not loud enough, it's that it's not present enough. When you do a mix, every instrument and vocal track has to have a space of it's own, both in the stereo field AND within the frequency spectrum. Your stereo field doesn't seem real wide- the vocals feel squeezed in the middle.
Male vocals and acoustic guitar occupy very similar frequency ranges. If you spread the guitars out a little, it will give you a little more space in the stereo field for the lead vocal. If you roll off some of the lows in the vocals and may be put in a slight boost around 1-2khz, and mabe a little boost around 6-8khz, you'll get a little more presence in the vocal. This will help keep it from competing for space with the guitars. Then you can decide whether they need to be louder or not.
For the bass- did you record it direct? It's pretty clean sounding, but it has no "butt" to it. It's got no punch. I'd try some compression, and I'd try some eq. The midrange bass frequencies that are emphasized in the track are competing with the low end of the guitars too much, and so they don't stand out. There's not enough low end on the bass. Before you go with EQ, though, try some compression. Say, maybe a 3 or 4:1 ratio starting around -15 or-20 db threshold, medium attack and release, makeup gain to get the volume in line. Sometimes even a touch of distortion or overdrive will help warm and fatten a bass track up.
The tune is great though, and playing is very good. Hope the other suggestions help!!
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Mike
My opinion - just a tad too up front for my taste, BUT that's not to say that there's anything wrong with it. The most glaring thing I hear wrong is some kind of bump in the low end when the singer gets into the lower register - some eq would help that.
If it were me mixing this, I'd also bring the vox back in the mix and/or bring the music up during the chorus, just to make the difference more apparent. There's no such thing as too obvious of a chorus.
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Not a bad mix alltogether. It is a bit muddy in the low mids range (250-400 hz). Basically what bombastique said. If you do a total bass rolloff under 100hz (on the vocal) and find the problem frequency around 300-350 hz on the vocal and cut it about 3-5 dbs it will clear up a lot. You probably won't need to change the volume of the vocal after the EQ cuts. You may have to do the same treatments to the background vocals or they will sound warmer and closer than the lead vocal.
I love the sound of the bass guitar personally. I would not change it a bit . I guess you could try rolling off the lowest lows under 80hz just for some breathing room.
Tom
liebe Grüße an alle
Mark