[ddots-l] Re: Feedback On First Mix Needed, Please

  • From: "Steven Jeffrey" <shjeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:36:15 -0500

Thanks Darran, Omar, and Nick for your suggestions. All of these sound 
completely reasonable to me, and I'll run them past the person I'm mixing the 
tune with.

Funny how things sometimes work, the two instruments most being commented about 
are the instruments played by the two guys mixing the tune... he's a drummer, 
and I'm a bass player, he wanted the bass further up in the mix, and I wanted 
his snare further up too... I think both of us were purposely not trying to 
spotlight our own instruments, but we could possibly of somewhat 
cross-spotlighted each others.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Steve
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nick Dotson 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:05 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Feedback On First Mix Needed, Please 


  Basically I loved it, although I've never been one that's too keen on sweaty 
intense anthemic American Rock'n Roll like Bob Seiger or Bruce Springsteen.  
However, as a drummer, were it my own set, I'd ask that the snare be brought 
down a smidge or two to put it in balance with the rest of the set.  It has a 
pitch, miking and probable compression that brings in out front and center in 
your face, equal to or in front of the lead singer's voice, and I kept finding 
my attention drifting to that artifact of the piece.  I really got off on the 
bass playing and the choral part, as well as the guitar solo.  But it's a very 
"Radio Friendly" without being squished to death with over compression mix--a 
true rarity these days and i liked the panning of the cymbals, and the spaces 
for all of the instruments--the snare though.  (grin)

  Nick



    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steven Jeffrey 
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:17 PM
    Subject: [ddots-l] Feedback On First Mix Needed, Please 


    Hello,

    I am interested in getting some feedback (possitive, or negative) on a mix 
I've been working on with a friend. This is the first mix we've done together, 
and we're both at the point with this mix where we arn't sure what else needs 
to be done (if anything.) 

    I recorded the bass part for the tune using Sonar/CakeTalking in my 
homestudio, so hopefully this type of request isn't to far off topic for this 
list.

    Any suggestions/observations would be very much appreciated.

    Here's the link to the tune.

    "Hold On"

    Thanks,

    Steve

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