Mix Challenge

PonySho wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 09, 2024 19:10 CET

I suggest:
1. strip back the arrangement to have a sparser combination of instruments in verses with more elements in choruses.
2. add a middle-8 and/or a solo part as a kind of 'pallete cleaser' for the listener.

A Future in Noise wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 09, 2024 21:15 CET

BTW, I guess you mean a pallet _cleanser_ (?) I think it make sense, what you're saying ... I have a solo part (the muted trumpet - eight bars - ) but I guess it would be possible to strip down the arrangement even more.

PonySho wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 09, 2024 21:29 CET

If you send me your tracks, I could do a rough mix so you get a different perspective.

Elcubano wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 15:14 CET

This month, I wrote an instrumental in a metal style, which I think fits in well with this challenge, several guitars have been recorded.
I'm posting now so I can continue to improve the track if some remarks come about mix or others

A Future in Noise wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 14:48 CET

PonySho wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 09, 2024 21:29 CET

If you send me your tracks, I could do a rough mix so you get a different perspective.

That's very generous of you! But I am a little hesitant. The fact is that I have already spoken to another person with whom I have worked before. It wouldn't be impossible to let you both mix and possibly rearrange. I could then choose the best option ... But from a ... psychological perspective - you might perhaps call it - it doesn't feel quite right. Not right now, anyway. But if I change my mind, and choose to send the files to you, I'll write you a PM, in that case, here on Mix-Challenge. You could log in and check every other day, maybe, for the next week, if you want.

Elcubano wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 15:14 CET

This month, I wrote an instrumental in a metal style, which I think fits in well with this challenge, several guitars have been recorded.
I'm posting now so I can continue to improve the track if some remarks come about mix or others

There's a kind of mysterious fascination in being immersed in the heart of a thunderstorm, a wild, fearsome beauty that inspires both awe and soothing calm.
I've tried to convey this impression with this track.

Ike H-mope wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 19:07 CET

Nice start to finish. Maybe tone down the cymbals so they sound a bit more lush instead of so spikey? Personally not a fan of the sound effects. Could be fun to try to create the "feeling" of thunder with a tom or typmani or baritone guitar or something? I like the melodies, the guitar layering, good leads.

PonySho wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 23:26 CET

Love the track, Elcubano.
The mix balance sounds great on my headphones (I haven't listened on high quality monitoring).
I really dig the step up from the minor to the major(ish) melody at 2 mins in...kind gives me the feeling that at that moment rays of sun beam through the stormclouds... a really great shift in the music.
Plus, your guitar playing is stellar. I REALLY like the 'smooth' tone to the distortion on the rhythm guitars.