One more track

[Mikael Hansson]

Michael Zacherl wrote:
> On 15.02.2008 17:41 Uhr, Mikael Hansson wrote:
>> http://hem.bredband.net/musicmaker/mh_code_premix2.mp3
> 
> wow - I like that (and no, this genre is not my cup of tea! ;-)
> 
> Nevertheless I took the liberty to scrutinise the mix ... at least to 
> keep my ears in shape .. or so ...

> The bass is somewhat dominant, AFAICT esp. the low toms (or the drum 
> being played like a floor tom) when playing loud.

You might be right here, I only have a pair of Genelec 8020 as monitors. 
Might miss some of the low end (but I also like it somewhat bassheavy)

> I understand that the drums should provide quite some drive but 
> something there distracts me.

I'll try some eq and levelshaping to see what can be achived.

> The guitar could need some more level.
> Starting from 2:20 it's quite noticable, IMHO.
> It's not that compression dicussion I chaim in, its the mix.

I know, I also had it on my mind but I was a bit lazy, the automation 
didn't fit when I removed the compressors on the guitartracks.

> Having said that I put the mp3 into Live and applied two things:
> An EQ (first just a low shelf, 40Hz roll off to -5dB) and a compressor 
> for the sum.
> The compressor is more tricky since the bass starts to stick out even 
> more then (the EQ should help here).
> So I tried two extremes:
> peak-mode, rather fast with a soft knee and a rather low ratio and high 
> threshold.
> opto-mode with higher ratio and lower threshold.
> Both have their rather subtile effect with different coloration.
> At the moment I like opto-mode better it gives a more saturated sound.
> 
> After all that I added an hi-shelf EQ (>7kHz, +6dB roughly, rather hi Q)
> (that's the half thing)
> 
> If I had the single tracks in front of me I'd treat the bass/drum combi 
> seperately, do a sum compression then and watch the highs (they tend to 
> be low).

Many thanks for taking your time to give me some input! Most of the 
things I know about mixing I have the bar to thank for.

> Besides that rather subtile things I really like how this piece developed.
> And I envy you the free Friday :-p (returned from work just two hours ago)

Yeah, its nice, besides that I quit at 11 am on thursdays :)

/Micke