Hello here are my comments on all tracks im sure you will find this interesting reading from a clients perspective. please don't take any offence to my comments.
here they are in the order they came in
5576- Good vibe, sounds like a record nice imaging, on some systems with less bass extention can sound a bit thin so maybe could do with a rounder bass but otherwise i really liked this one.
2112- good eq choice but chrous lacks excitement as can hear a bit of compression or limiting, so it sounds a bit fatiguing.
0013- no low end, mid-highs ok, chorus suffers from compression problems
1974-good eq choice rounder bass than 5576 so translates a bit better for me on other systems although the high end is slightly gritty but i think that is one of the flaws of the mixes anyway so a good job for me.
5792good sub bass but the rest of it sounds like its been out through a 8bit crusher, i'm not opposed to a bit distortion but this is too far.
1782dynamics are good kept intact and mids to highs are ok but i think the bass could be a but fuller. not bad at all
3334good vibe in the same vain as 5576 but lacks bass end and the high hats has been eq too much.
4224sounds like it has been saved as a low quality mp3 can't listen to it sorry.
6069good vibe still quite clean sounding although quite loud. there is the hint of distortion in the chorus so i prob would have asked for it lower in volume. the guitars also are starting to sound a bit too middly even for my taste but i still really like this one.
4144couldn't listen to this one due to the pumping compression (one thing i really don't like is pumping compression/distortion)
1010 strange treatment to guitars as now sound very boxy as well as the vocals sound like its swimming in cold, also fatiguing sound due to lack of dynamics,
8130weird beginning with the vocal, not bad eq but a fatiguing sound and the chorus keeps phasing out at certain sections whcih i don't like.
1927lack of low end no energy at all, all mid. but dynamics are fine
1234 complete distortion not nice to listen at all, also audible bleeps maybe a demo plugin voxengo-psp
2983good low end very tasteful eq, quiter percieved level than other but stil holds to reference track. chrous does lose a little impact in some places but a good job.
2368lack of bass, all mid which seem a little unnatural, dynamics are good.
1107nice eq i think my favourite high end treatment. i can actually hear the individual bass notes in this one. good width and very good balance. i think it could do with just a touch deeper low end. i also think the volume could be raised without sacrificing too much. really liked this one
i've been listening to these for a quite a while now so these are not first impressions and have listened to these on various systems at differenet levels including my new benchmark dac whcih i was already familar with. they were compared with reference tracks and the original mix
If i had to pick my favourites i would prob go with 5576, 1974, 6069, 2983, 1107.
i am not thje greatest mixer in the world and my own opinion on my mix was that i thought the bass could have been deeper and the high end needed to be tamed a little. this was comparing it not just to the incubus track but to other releases as well.
I was quite surprised by the ones that had all the phaseyness and pumping distortion/compression as in the brief i did state that i would not tolerate that as to me, records just don't sound like that
would like to say a big thank you to everyone that participated it was very much appreciated. i have learnt a lot from this one
cheers guys