big thanks to matt for everything!!
many thanks for EVERY comment!
greetz to norbert, for pointing out the hollowness in lower midrange on my file. you are on a different road, but you can always improve technically and maybe we share a few perceptions.
(in my ear your track does not sound quite as loud as the RMS is telling. perhaps it counts the bass too much.)
the mix is a challenge. almost everything is midrange, the high end is muffled and becomes ill when boosted too much, and there is also some hollowness that strikes when I try to even out the spectrum. the upper midrange gives me a headache.
not bad, but difficult from the less than optimal monitoring conditions, as matt stated. it also expects a certain kind of smashing so the drums sit right.
I think no one worked with the sibilance problems in the vocal bridge at 3:50. there must have been a deesser with broadband function, as during th "s" (4 times) the sound breaks down.
I edited and messed around with this but still not happy. anyway the "s" is now as strong as the "t" and "sh" and the music keeps constant.
when I listen to this music it reminds me of U2, esp. some guitar parts. also some INXS. so I aimed at that, and shaped the sound after some overprocessed commercial mainstream rock and pop with a very full spectrum.
to me the challenge to be creative was more important than what matt was after, he got it from the others anyway.
this WUMP was very instructive to me. I am satisfied, and for myself I will try a revised version that uses all advice. If someone is interested, I can post it.
I took lots of time to experiment and learn, and there is vast processing and editing. so I am happy that it came out in a whole piece and has a vision, and turning down the smiley and filling a minor midrange gap should do it for my taste.
please give me some time for the processing description.
for the results on the submissions I agree with the majority, except that still most of that stuff sounds somewhat muffled to me, and I personally don't like this purist rock style at all, where everything is midrange and slap at the forehead. I have had rehearsal room sound for years... (but I like the song and the performance is fine.)
I present my results in a table. I hope it uploads correctly and everyone can read it.
please everything is meant with full respect and it is only me, who does not do music for a living. the previous WUMP came out totally different from the same engineers, e.g. ATOR was my favorite. next time roles and ranks will change again.
so here we are.
(continued, I had to cut it in two pictures.
note: noise "+" means good noise figure, "-" means hissing not addressed.)
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