garybrun

At first thought it was going to be a rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" ? As stated some punch to the drums.. You have a good one coming here.

I thought this piece was really nice .. well done Bjørn. We all paint very different pictures.. But the lead vocal in the beginning is harsh and cuts through the ears at the beginning with the rotary pan. Really shows up on my monitors.

We all paint very different pictures.. I hear what Wookie hears regarding bass, I'm listening on Focal Trios with no sub... when I add the sub I can really hear it.,, maybe a little too much?

Very nice... Some mean low end in there...

Very nice... Well balanced and panned with great eq skills. Drums have great punch.. Some mean guitar playing in there.. Love the trumpet... (that the only instrument I am educated in).

Thanks for that.. I did have it set louder.. the automation on that track was switched off ? You get so involved in a project that you miss things... Ive listened to this track too much!!! ? Think I'll give it a break for a while. Now back to a few projects people have sent me from the forum ?

@Wookiee Thanks O. Furry One! I recently requested an additional forum for mixes and maybe mix templates. (not had a reply yet). Many post their songs up and then post various revisions for advice on mixing etc. My suggestion it would be good to have a dedicated area. Its so easy to get lost.. ?

TURN IT DOWN!!! LOL

After taking into account @DeeringAmps suggestions with call and response I have now added mix 5. Again learnt a lot here... as I had never thought about "call and response" before. Made me look at country music in a different way. Thanks. I know this thread is long and un-interesting to some people but I have done it so people can see the thought process that goes into a mix. The guy who orignally mixed this did it in about 10 mins... I have taken days!!! ?

@DeeringAmps Thanks for your ears

I have an Apollo 8xp and I dont have anything between it to add stuff.. just use eq and hardware emulations with the Apollo. If you listen to modern records they are very dry and almost around only 5 instruments max. The Vocal is smashed, so also with the snare and kick. What Im saying is I cant make my mixes sound dry... I seem naturally add more verb/room etc. This is more pleaseing to my ear.. Im 58 and remember the sounds.. that was when verb was all over everything. I cant seem to break that sound in my head. Glad to hear the ears have cleared. Now Im going to work on the call and response as suggested in a previous post and work more with automation. Does anyone know a shortcut to delete all automation from tracks? Was trying to find it yesterday... had to do each one singular .

Thanks for replying and listening. Mix 2 was my own Master 1st try. Mix 3 was how Bandlab mastered it after I put it through my Master Chain. Mix 4 was not put through any Mastering chain,

@SupaReels you think your ears are smashed...lol Ive added the dry tracks I received to the post.. just as is. I also thought a brighter smashed sound really gave the song energy (Im not singing on this). When I was mixing vs three I was bouncing in my chair... I think that's a good sign . Kick, Snare and tom are samples blended in with original drums.. (used trigger) The mixes have different panning choices and volume levels on vocals and backing vocals, and guitars as well as the fiddle. I brought the fiddle up as suggested.. No matter how hard I try I cant get a dry sound. What I mean by this is that I seem to have more room and a more of a live sound. The tracks where completely dry. The only thing I can put this down to is being a live sound engineer for a while ? Mix 4 was done at correct LUFS.. but it just doesn't have that bounce that I wanted,, but I posted here for peoples opinions. So there are 4 different mixes... which are all different. The instrumental shows all of the instruments and I hope they can all be heard clearly. It was a blast doing this project and a great learning curve.

Mix 4.. with better LUFs .. not so smashed.

Mix 3... opinions please.

OK... another mix added... too smashed... lol. Need a break.. Come again tomorrow... add the suggestions a few made..

Thanks.. there is a lot more to do ?

Thanks guys... I'll look at it again tomorrow as my ears are shot now ?

I have started on my first ever 40 channel mix. I will post all revisions and how the mix has developed below... I reckon there will be quite a few!! Could I have your opinions please? Thanks you for your ears and advice. Dry tracks as received.. nothing added etc. All tracks where mono. First Mix. The original tracks are recorded well (bought from on online streaming coarse) Now remixed again and smashed ? Mix 3 BandLab Mastered Corrects LUFS Call and response as advised by deeringamps. Think I am nearly there now... Mix 5 Any suggestions appreciated. Billy Decker Professional Mix... I have not altered anything.

Funky! Look forward to the album.. I will be the first in line to buy it.

Big improvement Kurt. Very nice.

Do you have their notation software?

Me like ?

Congratulations Steve

I agree with muffled.. was mastered with less highs by cloudbounce. At first I thought there was too much highs and got the system to add warmth and reduce highs. You also listening to a small mp3