Bringing Me Down - MixOff

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November 30, 2013 03:41

This is from a very talented singer songwriter named Yoza. I was fortunate to have produced and mixed her whole album. This song is called Bringing Me Down.

Session Files:
https://db.tt/5op2sOlc

Mastered File:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/py6wmf0tw58eo9a/GedqAeFYYR/Yoza%20Bringing%20Me%20Down/Bringing%20Me%20Down.wav

https://www.facebook.com/yozamusic

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yoza/id722164474

Hope you guys enjoy.

Mattski

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Duendito

May 13, 2014 13:03

Angelo, I like the overall sound of this mix, especially the guitar and vocal sound great. Your effects are subtle as well, which is appropriate. But I must take issue with the treatment of the dru... (read more)

AndyGallas

December 02, 2013 09:18

That smoky vocal really rocks, as does the guitar with that cool midrange impact. On bass I just cut a bit with a low-shelf and boost a bit in the mids, no compression or notching. The tracks were ... (read more)

AngeloLorenzo

December 02, 2013 22:41

Thanks! I've only recently started mixing (background is in guitar) so I really appreciate the feedback. Not too much individual track compression, you're probably hearing me hit a buss compressor ... (read more)

Mattski

December 03, 2013 00:38

vvv,

I can assure you my mix isn't too hot or smashed. You might be refereeing to the mastering which in that case I do agree with you to some point. All my mixes could have been handled w... (read more)

japancakes

December 01, 2013 23:51

Yeah I'm still waiting...

MortenDK

December 03, 2013 11:32

Thx for listening!
The noise is unfortunately coming from my little broadcast 6 channel mixer which is starting to be a bit noisy.
Not sure about the clipping tho ???

crtjstr

December 03, 2013 11:46

Don't you hate it when tools we know and love start needing to be replaced? I had the same issue with my little 8 channel POS, and wound up going entirely ITB for now.

The clipping - mayb... (read more)

Maoration · Answer 1 · 2013-11-30T15:03:35Z

November 30, 2013 15:03

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I'ts a great performance, ill enjoy working on this.

Maoration

AngeloLorenzo · Answer 2 · 2013-11-30T22:29:50Z

A few changes from the reference mix. Things are just a little fatter overall, brought the guitar down to play with the piano and organ rather than make it a hero, the kick gets a different vibe and the snare gets pushed back in the mix for a more traditional jazz/ballad feel (less in your face).

No mastering really, just a limiter smacking off a db so it's at a comfortable listening volume.

Edit: Looks like Soundcloud will tag the file as copyrighted, uploaded to Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/s/3i41yxe3l1bpcbk/Yoza%20-%20Bringing%20Me%20Down%20%28Angelo%20Lorenzo%20Mix%29.mp3

vvv · Answer 3 · 2013-12-01T00:39:25Z

https://soundcloud.com/vvv-4/bringing-me-down-vvvmix

UPDATE: I appealed at soundcloud.

In the meantime, 128kps:
here.

japancakes · Answer 4 · 2013-12-01T20:23:23Z

vvv- Your mix is a little too wet for my tastes. There's also a lot of lowend I think can be tidied up. I like the balances between the instruments, but a little less reverb will help them pop.

Here is mine:

https://soundcloud.com/the-real-japancakes/bringing-me-down-remixed

AndyGallas · Answer 5 · 2013-12-01T21:50:28Z

Hello everyone,

here is my mix… http://www.gearslutz.com/board/9638247-post3.html
sorry couldn't upload it on sound cloud.

All the best,
Andy

MortenDK · Answer 6 · 2013-12-01T22:32:17Z

Same as Andy
Heres my mix @ gearslutz

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/9639429-post5.html

enjoy

vvv · Answer 7 · 2013-12-01T23:24:33Z

Yeah, I know mine''s soaked - I been listening to lotsa Mazzy Star.

Mattski's Original mix - great song and performance, but I find the mix terribly hot and smashed. Not so bad I don't love the song, tho'!

AngeloLorenzo: Lotsa compression, eh? I'm hearing some artifacts here and there (mebbe from the conversion, more likely from the compression), on the vocal and the guitar. Interesting panning, guitar left and piano right - I thought about that, decided to go more middle, me, but it's a valid decison. Nice job, nicely dry.

Japancakes: no track.

AndyGallas: seems like a dirty mix, inna good way, by what I mean I think I'm hearing some intentional distortion/tape effect. I like the balance, again nicely pretty dry.

MortenDK:aah, vocal up, very intimate, dislike the guitars panning moves as I find 'em distracting. I like the emphasis on the bass.

BTW, anyone else examine, run a spectral analysis on t... (read more)

vvv · Answer 8 · 2013-12-01T23:25:42Z

Just noticed, soundcloud reconsidered, and allowed my track as linked above. 8)

crtjstr · Answer 9 · 2013-12-03T03:04:39Z

Mattski - Thanks for the uploads. I always enjoy mixing your stuff - it's usually tracked well enough that it practically mixes itself. ;D

AngeloLorenzo - I like the piano hard panned, but I'm not sure about there not being anything hard panned to the opposite side to balance it out. Maybe put the organ in that space? Balances are good.

vvv - Good guitar/vocal balance, but the vocal is a lot more verb-y than the guitar, which gives it the impression they're in two different spaces. Personally I'd use a longer reverb & dial it back, but there are other solutions to that also. That's what makes this a fun endeavor :) The bass is interesting - did you add some chorus to it to make it spread out like that, or something else?

Japancakes - no soundcloud file still.

MortenDK- There's some sort of high-end tape hiss behind it? Not bad, just not sure if it was "intentional" (i.e. a tape saturation plugin or the like). The vocals are a little dry ... (read more)

japancakes · Answer 10 · 2013-12-03T03:13:03Z

Soundcloud did not accept my dispute. >:(

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