Need advice on my mix in reaper.

[Coachz]

Originally Posted by vejichan

I'm older than anybody here.. I'm an old old old man

How old are you ?

[vejichan]

pretty old, i did some post editing on my commute to work.. is it still way off?
https://soundcloud.com/davidcho-1/my-anxiety-s2

hopefully i'll find some time to rerecord this weekend

thank you

[Coachz]

Originally Posted by vejichan

pretty old, i did some post editing on my commute to work.. is it still way off?
https://soundcloud.com/davidcho-1/my-anxiety-s2

hopefully i'll find some time to rerecord this weekend

thank you

How old? 40s, 50s, 60's, 70's. Also if you're going to make changes, tell that's what changes you made

[vejichan]

https://soundcloud.com/davidcho-1/my-anxiety-s2

how's it coming along? i made some edits.. is the timing still way way off? how's the bass?

[bolgwrad]

Originally Posted by vejichan

https://soundcloud.com/davidcho-1/my-anxiety-s2

how's it coming along? i made some edits.. is the timing still way way off? how's the bass?

How about you write a new song.

[vejichan]

This song is only 10 days old, doesnt get any newer

[domzy]

Originally Posted by vejichan

is the timing still way way off?

a bit better, but not much. definitely the most critical thing to fix rather than fannying about with the "mix"

[eq1]

I'm the one who needs some booze - after reading too much of this thread.

[Hindu Stan]

Quite honestly I listened to version 2 and it was hard to find fault with. It had energy. Yes it could have been tighter but the more you mess with it the more energy gets sucked out of your original idea.

I would say to OP to follow their gut........if you have 2 jobs and children then even producing this is an achievement! Keep going

[vejichan]

https://soundcloud.com/davidcho-1/my-anxiety-s2

well after 3 weeks, hows this song? any advice?

[vsgrt]

this thread gives me AI vibes

[Bazzbass]

you do not know how to program drum beats, it's all wrong. No band could play this song live as it is.No bassist would play along to this drumming.

[ErBird]

Originally Posted by Bazzbass

you do not know how to program drum beats, it's all wrong. No band could play this song live as it is.No bassist would play along to this drumming.

How so?

[ErBird]

Originally Posted by vejichan

well after 3 weeks, hows this song? any advice?

After 3 weeks, I don't remember what the original or intermediate mixes sounded like.
Can you please not overwrite the links?

Sounds like you fixed the timing issues, so good job on that. The new part at 0:31 needs to be better incorporated. The tone doesn't work.

I keep wanting to hear the part at 0:45 be more staccato like this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qod...ew?usp=sharing

[Bazzbass]

Originally Posted by ErBird

How so?

kick and snare on the wrong beats mostly

[Glennbo]

Originally Posted by Bazzbass

kick and snare on the wrong beats mostly

It's supposed to do that. What else is wrong?

[ErBird]

Originally Posted by Bazzbass

kick and snare on the wrong beats mostly

Ok. If you wouldn't want to play along with it, that's one thing and fine to feel that way. But there's nothing "wrong" technically. Everything is in time.

[Zargon the Destroyer]

I'm gutted that the song has been removed!

'All the beats are wrong'

'Nobody would play like that'

'The snare is in the wrong place'

This sounds EXACTLY like my sort of music! Bring it back! I want to hear it!

[domzy]

Originally Posted by Bazzbass

you do not know how to program drum beats, it's all wrong. No band could play this song live as it is.No bassist would play along to this drumming.

this is blatantly untrue & a pretty silly thing to say.

i think the newer version is greatly improved, though it could still do with tightening up more, in my opinion.

[vejichan]

Removed? The newest version is here

Listen to My Anxiety S2 by David Cho 2 on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/2ZrqQ

[Kvebbs]

I just came home from a very long day and listened to this on my crappy laptop speakers. That is not ideal. I have two comments, and I am disregarding the song and performance here.

I think the balance between the tracks translated nicely to my laptop computers. I would turn the cymbals down a tad, leaving more room, hopefully, to tame the mix overall with some light compression or limiting.

At first I felt there was too much treble overall, but I calibrated with another trebly album I like -- Ghost of Perdition by Opeth -- and felt a slightly different interpretation was necessary. The mix still feels too trebly to me, but it's not necessarily by a lot. My speakers must take some of the blame. I think, and this likely comes down to taste, you could take the edge of the drums and guitars a bit as they're both trying to be extremely present. It may be so simple as to back a bit away from hard rock / metal land on the drumkit, and more towards classic rock and it may be so simple as to reduce the highs on the buss with some EQ. You may also try to reduce the velocity on the drumkit to soften it some. If you haven't already, try to A/B your mix with another instrumental you like from the same genre. That should help you move a tad closer I think.

But who am I to say? I'm just a hobbyist on a laptop. :-)


EDIT: Interesting to listen again from monitors. Mix sounds even less sharp, but all instruments still seem to want to be in my face in comparison to Ghost of Perdition or Blackwater Park (which I resorted to in this case). I guess what I am trying to say, is that this is sort of attention overload for me. YMMV; what do others think?

[Bazzbass]

Originally Posted by domzy

this is blatantly untrue & a pretty silly thing to say.

dude asked for opinions, I gave mine. I care not what you think of it.

[maxdembo]

Originally Posted by Bazzbass

dude asked for opinions, I gave mine. I care not what you think of it.

Come on man, you know as well as the rest of us that people ask for constructive advice, not just something tantamount to 'its all wrong in every way'

OP is just trying to have a good time, all the time, yeah?