Torden wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:41 pm
experimental.crow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:40 pm
i mostly enjoyed this ...
i'd advise looking at the dynamics of the track ...
or lack there of , more to the point ...
you need to drop levels across the board when the vocals occur
to bring them forward in the mix ...
i found the mix a tad bass heavy , but that will be a system variable ...
i'm on some mid price cans atm ...
Thanks for the feedback! There is some slight compression going on where the timpani and the synthetic vocals hit at the same time. Apart from that the dynamics shouldn't be affected compression wise.
Fair point about the vocals. It was one of the issues I had with the mix becoming to crowded (especially at the end) and the vocals not getting their proper place. Any advice on how to do this in a proper way? I always feel that if I drop the surrounding mix to enhance one certain element (like the vocals in this case), it sounds like an abrupt change in the loudness of the track.
my work is primarily instrumental , and i rarely work w/ vocals ...
i do have some elements in my work need to be treated as vocals ,
as regards the rest of the mix ...
i don't know what your level of experience is , so i'll recommend this
article as a basic over-view ; i've found it's principles helpful , keeping in mind
the vast range of differences that a ' vocal ' track may entail ...
https://www.audio-issues.com/music-mixi ... mpression/
i've also found this video quite useful , and it puts into practice some of those same principles , utilizing a free plug-in ... really , any video by dan worrall is going to be worth watching ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CHFv4mWQYM
apologies if this covers ground you are already familiar with ...