i did some critiques over dinner. i'm not gonna have any spare time for the next week so i figured now is the time. sorry if it reads like gibberish; it was a write-as-you-go type thing..
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jhall: solid modern rock drum sound w/ tasteful reverb, nice! not really diggin' the stereo-to-mono bass stuff though (and the stereo parts are too 'woofy' for me). why no Mack vocals, even if only for the chorus parts? drum edits in the bridge sound awkward.
ATOR: i like the fuzz idea on the bass amp, but it's a little zingy. yikes! what's up with that snare? 808?? the distorted vocals are cool though. interesting effect in the bass break; it certainly fits this more 'industrial' interpretation.
garret: bass is too loud/drums are too quiet, and the bass stereo reverb is totally clashing with the dry drums. i could stand a little more vocals. i think the vocal panning could be more aggressive; middle or nearly all the way to the sides i say.
macbraddy: bass amp tone sounds great, the DI doesn't. the drums sound askew; too much overhead/room sound? odd compression too. certain snare hits are disappearing on me... and it came back for the bridge. hmmm, this one def. needs a bit more work.
J-Texas: bass sounds like its covered in mud in the intro/verses, but the distorted parts are pretty cool. snare sound is an improvement over the original but could be thicker. i like the vocals a lot. bass drum is a little conservative compared to everything else. nice roto-stereo bass at the end; how 70s! heh. this one is pretty strong overall, nice.
southboundloco: cool snare sound, it should be louder though.. and i really wish (along with the bass) it was centered. bass phaser is interesting but i'm not sure i'd do it for the whole tune. kick tone is a bit 'death metal' for this tune. i like the vocal delays in the break.
baddo: hehe, nice backward vocal intro! weird, unfitting McCartney-esque bass tone though, 'til it kicks in. snare sounds really thin/even more 'paper bag than the original. the break needed something to spice it up a bit. hmmm, not much else to say.
osumosan: bass is a little over the top, but i like the idea. drums sound huge! neat little Sepultura-like accents. cool vocal effect, but maybe a bit too drowned out. i like the long sustaining delays. i would have done a bit more drum editing during the bridge because the huge sample tones are clashing with each other on the sloppy hits. i like this one though; ambitious!
M_carter: i like the vocals, but they're way too loud. drums need some more treble/'air'. good bass sound, though i'd prefer it more centered (i'm starting to see a trend here. i think it's time to re-examine some Phil Spector recordings folks!). i wish Mack wasn't as buried in the mix. what's up with the lack of snare in the end? cool outro vocal effects! (ps.. i did go to the myspace page after all and liked that mix a bit more.)
Careful collapse: "i still got the goods man", hehe, nice inclusion! this mix sounds kinda sounds like mine so far, heh. weird bass in the versus; it keeps moving in and out. hehe, nice suprise vocal pauses! what's up with the bass mutes/weirdness? whoa, totally changes gears at the end... i would have used this sound for most of the song quite frankly.
scottoliphant: now that's some vocal distortion! quiet intro was a little dull. nice, reverby drum sound though! this mix is pretty rockin and actually making good use of the stereo bass! this one pretty much sounds finished, although i personally would have cleaned up some of the crucial downbeats. besides the limp intro, very good!!
I-Combs: the bass is a bit too Boss 'Metal Zone' for me. kinda weird drum mix... do i hear a cowbell sample?? nice vocal effects. mix is oddly scooped of midrange overall. too much cymbal pumping towards the end.
ChrisJ: too much canned verb on bass/vocals.. doesn't fit the mostly dry drum sound. odd sounding snare. bass sounds weird when he goes up to the higher strings.
TomC: pretty good bass sound, drums sound dry and strange; are there no close mics in the mix? vocal effect is a little bizarre and that Mack scream comes out of nowhere (and never comes back..?). bass is overwhelming everything in the rockin' bridge.
Andrew Brierley: hehe, the vocal effect is a riot! i would have done something to the DI signal to make it sound less... DI signal. drums could use some bottom (snare and bass drum). whoa, what just happened? oh, it's coming back... strange edit/fade-in.
Greg_Dixon: stereo bass needs a little more low end on the left side; it's lopsided as is. vocals maybe a tad loud in parts; needs compressed more. decent, if not extraordinary drum sound. the climax of the song (bridge) is anti-climatic.
maxim: whoa, somethings not right here... you need to check this out. glitches near the end.
Audio~geek: good snare/kick sounds.. not so great cymbals. bass is kinda weird too. i kinda like the vocals, it sounds like someone is being tortured in a bathroom, heh. good ideas here, it just needs balanced better (and the cymbal flutter/distortion needs fixin')
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all for now..