Sounds like you've got all the obvious stuff covered! laugh

So I guess the next thing is to start posting some example mixes and/or stems, and see if anyone wants to either offer specific advice, or have a crack at the mix and hopefully explain what they did so you could duplicate it.

Of course, every mix is different, and everyone's opinion of what the mix should sound like is going to differ. But if you start from the basis of "Why is this mix dull", or "Why doesn't this mix pop", you might get something that you could generally apply.

Otherwise, your other option is (as previously mentioned) to hand the mix over to someone who's got the skill to take it to the next level.

I'd prefer you take the former route, only because it would benefit me personally, because I'd learn something from all this. wink

But given that you're past the basics, I suspect that's not really what's needed here.

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?