Back from the beach! It was great.
I did a mix before I left and put it on the iphone. Should have sent it to J. or put it on my site or something!
I dind't get it pulled over. If anyone wants to hear it, PM me and I'll send you a link.
I had plenty of time on my hands, so I checked out all of the mixes.
Here you go:
J.Hall – Drums L and R… hard! Seems like a lot going on in the low end. Muddy. I like the delay on the electric guitar. Were the acoustics that far behind the beat? Love that btb treatment. Piano very natural… I like a lot. Love the ending that way. We took a similar approach.
Greg Dixon – Acoustic is weird leaning on the left side like that. Love hearing the bass strings against the click of the kick. Organ panning is freaking me out. I like spreading things out on this one, but I chose different panning. I think it was more of a necessity than personal opinion though. Nice piano, but too loud for me. That btb is so off beat that it is really distracting spread out. Very cool ending with the organ.
Antman – Lot of compression on acoustic. Weird vocal spread. I miss the drums as driving force. Sounds like people jamming and someone’s drunk friend won’t get off the drums. Oh… another drunk friend trying to btb! Take that junk off the vocal and treat the kick like it belongs and you’ve got something. Acoustic stuff sounds good.
Slash – Like this so far. IMO a longer verb would have been more suited. Sounds like a big bathroom. Nice mids/strings going on in the bass, but it’s not enough to carry the thing without the drums. I like all of the other panning, but why so mono on the main acoustic? Your btb would have sounded great if it were edited. The only beat we get in here and it’s all f$#@ed up? Love the re-use of the BGV.
Chris Ilett – I like that you didn’t EQ out the bass in the vox and acoustic. I would like more spread, less elephant bass, longer verb. Mono is cool… but not today. I like making one kick more dominant. Cool sparseness on the pre-btb part, but it would have been nice to have all of the textures there when the btb came in. No BGV? The coolest sounding thing in the song for me. Dirty ending man.
ATOR – Man, I always know I’ll get something extra from you! I like the verb on the vox. I like the things that you’ve done to the song, but wished that you would have gone balls-out on the sounds. Hammered electric, set the sensitivity on the trigger so the kicks were all max. samples, kind of NIN Pretty Hate Machine sounding I guess is the what I want to say. Love the filter before the piano part. Cool piano sound. I like.
Teleric – The best to my ears so far. Nice panning choices. I like it pretty dry. Spoke too soon on the panning. Would love the lead acoustic spread out. Don’t like the piano and organ humping each other. Nice vox all around. Love the re-use of the BGV. Needs more meat in the bottom I think. 50-80hz?
Daniel Farris – Very nice and even EQ on the acoustic. WOWwee… reverb! If that was only done to the organ it would have been nice for me. Like the vocal delay. Like the panning. Low pass on organ? Hair more btb? To my ears, this track didn’t need the kind of space that some people put to it. I like this.
Osumosan – Incredible amount of 2 buss compression. Very slow release… it’s freking me out. I can’t concentrate on what going on. It’s like the ocean that I’m looking at. Back and forth, coming and going. I’m pretty certain that you have nice things going on with good panning. Turn that thing all the way off man. I’m not with the ending either.
Greg Thompson – OH. You’ve got me wet! YOWWY. Where’s the beef? Nice organ. Electric guitar is bothering me. Everything is too washed out for me. Cool piano, yet loud. Not sure about the weird flangey BGVs. Love the ending. Intimate.
Martthie 08 – Boomy. Crazy verb. Nice vox. Even different vocal verb? I like the mids in the bass and kick… but where’s the meat? To me, there’s no reason why an organ should sound bigger than a bass guitar or kick. Acoustic is getting annoying. Cool piano sound. Nice vox to BGV balance. This is getting out of hand to me.
Rankus – Well, at least the vocal filled up the hole in my right ear! LOL. I like the beat sort of sneaking up, but thought the bass might have done the same. Where’s my bass? I love the rhythm thing into the lead. Cool idea. I didn’t miss the other guitar there. Another re-hash of the BGV. Cool. Interesting ending.
Huds – If you don’t compress the lead vocal… how about some automation? If you want to hear the bass go down the street and take a right. Cheesy reverse on the lead guitar (for my taste). No beat. Nice spread and balance on the acoustics in the “bridge”. Like the btb. Something that noticeable, to me, needs to be more on beat. Where’d it go? Fade? Delay last beat? Did it just give up?
Dconstruction – What the hell? I don’t like that vocal treatment. Like the driving force of the kick. Organ seems kind of lifeless. Best use of the m/s on the acoustic. Great piano sound… perfect for this. Lots of low-mids on the BGV. Strange. Perfect ending.
Strummer – Refreshing. I wanted more. Lead vox too low compared to what just happened. All of that one thing in the left side? Why? There’s shaker and there’s an acoustic. Let’s get the band to join one another in the same space. The whole thing is very distant to me.
Fiasco – A lot of extra high freqs on the vox. Lots of extra compression on the rhythm stuff. Rock stadium verb on the electric? Another no-lead acoustic… I like that. Balance is all crazy IMO. A few people really tried to change up these sounds. I think they were good to start with. Darth Vader vox at the end! Smooth ending.
The Dan – I wanted to love this. Balance is a bit off for me. Too big on the lead. Like a guy with a spotlight playing in the moonlight. Strange. Did you use the BGV like a pad (or have I heard this too many times)? I like it whatever it is. The lead guy in the moonlight just put down his guitar and picked up a shaker! Great ending. I like this.
IMDrecording – I’m a huge fan of pan. A guy that sounds like he’s singing and playing a guitar doesn’t need center vox and hard left guitar… IMO. My first instinct was to also put that organ in the center, but I thought it stepped all over the vocal. Nice piano, a little loud. I think this panning in the “bridge” just exploited that the rhythm was all f’ed up.Flange BGV? Great ending!
Firefly – I like! Damn! Where’s the rhythm? Ok here it comes. Tasty use of the delay in the lead electric to cover up the sparseness and sloppiness. Another rhythm as lead… I like. Cool filtered delay on vox in the btb section. Like the panning. More effective on beat. Very cool. Acoustic rhythm is really too loud throughout compared to everything else. Good ending.
Maxim – Nice start! By far my favorite. Nice panning. WOW! BGVs so early? COOL. Hate that squirrely lead sound though. I like the mids in the bass and kick. The delay on the vox… not my favorite. In this mix, either more or not at all (probably not at all). Don’t kill me with the BGV! That was one place that it wasn’t necessary to me. Whoa!! Who called the mothership? Could have held on to that vocal delay till right there at the end. Cool ending.
MCarter – Why don’t I mind this crazy verb? Quick delay on the guitar? Almost like a rockabilly guitar. I like it… it fits. This sounds really finished to me. The ”best with what you got” mix. I wanted more btb! Everything is right in front of my face. I likey. WHOA dude… very dissonant chord with the BGV there. Don’t know if I hate it. Unexpected for sure. Fits great with that crazy organ chord at the end though, makes it sound intentional. Love the AM radio ending. I have 2 favorites for different reasons.