garybrun

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. I have now added a new mix and tried to implement suggestions. I have added a tamborine and rimshot/sticks to the mix. Also a few vocal and bass optimisations. Thanks for listening.

Mix 4 Trying to get the vocals more clean (I thought they were muddy) and some automation on the instruments as well as different reverbs added. Mix 3 taking in suggestions. Working on a track for a band called Hobo Train (I am their sound engineer) This is my second mix and would value your thoughts. It is in Norwegian so the lyrics many wont get.. bit to judge the mix you can ? I ran it through the BandLab Master chain.. and will post another without it. Thanks for your time. Gary

I have the Focal Trio6 Be Focal Review< They are the best thing I have ever spent my money on in the studio. I don't even need a subwoofer either.

Hi Mate. Loved the track but I think the vocals could be more forward as I cant grasp in some places what the lyrics are. Will compression help with that?? I get a Doctor who feeling about this track ?

Sound familiar to me.. as Mark adds 1-1.2k to my mixes. I have just recently purchases the Dangerous Music D-Box with analogue summing... so will check my room tuning again.

I would recognise Marks playing anywhere I think. ? Very nice song... those where hard waters to navigate when we young. Well done guys. We all paint very different pictures... I would personally like the voice to be a little more forward with a little more compression and a "warmer". track over all.

Very nice Mark.

Very nice sax tone

Sound great pal.

I love your compositions Mark... Instrumental balance is great.. and love the cowbell ? We all paint very different pictures and on my system the mix seems to be 40/40 left right. I myself like wide mixes and think your could benefit with a larger sound stage

Hi all. I wouldn't consider myself per say as a musician but I do enjoy mixing and mastering. If anyone wants help in these areas please feel free to send share your project files or stems via transferwise to gary.brun@garybrun.com. If I could be of any help I would love to give it a try and I will not share your compositions with anyone else except yourselves and will delete the project from my system when finished. We all paint very different pictures and you have a choice to do what you seem fit with my end result free of charge. Everything is a challenge... the only thing I cant get my head around is "dark metal".. so sorry about that. Gary

Groovy Kevin. Did you autopan or manual? Well done.

Hi Jack. You have come on a long way since you first started posting your mixes. Not as hot and good dynamic range.,, your getting better all the time. Gary

The operation has been cancelled due to another one taking too long.

Great stuff. Reminds me of Bread ?

Got to say I love this forum... brilliant tips and a set of other ears!!

Thanks... but I'm waiting on the organ track ?

Very nice track. 120-200 hz is your boom. 350-400hz will take away the paper sound on the kick 2-4khz will give you the smack of the kicks beater. 9-15khz for sparkle and shimmer Hope that helps.

Thanks Mark for you ears and the tips.

Took into account suggestions. I have now made the BGV's more central and raised Lead vocal levels. Still unsure of total eq. Thanks for all the help and suggestions as always.

Thats fine Nigel don't worry about that!! Seriously.. great track. I always listen to all the music on here without watching the videos.. I find the videos can take away your view on the musical side of things. Then when I watch the video... you also get another picture,, which changes the whole composition again in another way. Im just no good with blood!! ?

@mark skinner @DeeringAmpsThanks guys for the comments... I agree 200%. While working on tone... its hard to remember the full picture. ? The ones you struggle with are always the ones you over compensate with... hence main vocal ? This is a really hard one to find a tone.. I have never heard a vocal like this. Don't get me wrong its good, unique,... but so easy to get "tinny" There is no low end in the intro.. all I have is "sticks" and I'm not sure what to do... hence the added effects in the first post : -) Another idea I have is to give the whole intro a "telephone" like sound with the vocals.. and bring it all in. Think of black and white and the changing to colour. Regarding background vocals... on the previous track (Hobo Train) everything was in mono.. right up the Center and used a 76 compressor in mono. Now everything is different.. so not sure to do the same or pan?? I used mid side on the previous track. I think when I automate the lead vocal the guitar should fit ok. Also struggling to get the bass not too sound "fluffy" and "woomph".. but adding 800hz seems to help that. I have found I seem to add a little more bass (hence kick and bass with the compression over emphasizes it) so I take a capture signature of a reference track and that fixes it... well it did in "Hobo train" but with this one it doesn't seem to work. So posting on the forum gives me another set of ears until I learn to trust my own! Thanks for taking the time to comment. I enjoy these things... as its like we are all building the track together. I haven't done anything more today... as I need to take a break from it... I've lost all perspective. That's the beauty of posting on the forum... those who comment bring you back on track. Ill come back maybe to it tomorrow. One thing I can say.. I'm proud of Hobo train... seems like I have past a milestone.. don't know if you understand what I'm trying to say? Wish they would hurry up and open the new forum @Wookiee as I'm sure the songs forum will soon get fed up with my postings! ?

Nice guitar playing. I agree with the vocal comments.

Nice song. We all paint different pictures.. but I would bring the vocals up a little.

Nice track Keith. I think the reverb should be a little be more dryer.... too much room sound.