Originally Posted by rsdean
Alan,

This is an excellent piece of music. The drums and lead guitar parts are real standouts! I love the dynamics in this track - a lively and robust mix. It sounds like it was captured "live".

Your time investment in this piece really paid off. Outstanding in every way!

Bob


Thank you, Bob. You mentioned, "Lively and robust mix".

I particularly appreciate that comment as that's the direction I was attempting to take this. As far as dynamics, that took a little extra work, primarily with the bass line and the drum kit.

For a bass line that busy, tone is crucial - otherwise it can quickly get mushy or too thin. I gave the bass a fair amount of attention, mostly using BIAB's five-band EQ. I slightly pulled back on the bottom (everything lower than 60 was brought down about 10%). I then added a little more to the mid-range - not much, just a small amount- mostly between 200 & 250). And voila!

I did two things slightly differently with the drums. I usually give the drums a small amount of reverb (30 -40) to make them meld a little better with the other instrumentation. Sometimes I also give them a small amount of upper-mid EQ to enhance the toms a bit and, to a much lesser degree, give the cymbals a little more body. But in this case, I gave the entire drum kit less reverb (10), and I gave some additional high-end EQ to emphasize the cymbals while also brightening the smaller toms.

Anyway, that was my process. I'm fortunate - and thankful - to receive some nice comments on my mixes. Drums and bass play a large part in my listening preferences. I've read up a lot on mixing drums - instrument placement, too.

That's probably a lot more than you wanted to read!

Again, many thanks for the very nice comments!

Alan

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