Franklin van Uden
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Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Location: The Netherlands
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 Posted: Sat Oct 08 2005 10:31
Extreme situation part 2 |
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Finaly i had some time to work on my Yazoo (extreme situation) "project". 
I did some serious work on the beat (bassdrum and total groove, feedback from a previous release) Now i think i have to work more on the mastering part, i'm not quit happy with it .. yet.. 
http://members.home.nl/f.vanuden/mt/extreme%20situation%202.mp3
Anyways some feedback on this work so far would be appreciated .... Let me know what u think 'bout this one ... |
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Atlantis
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Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Oct 09 2005 05:02
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I hope you're not confusing mastering with mixing. Mastering is something completely different from applying effects to- and volume balancing each of the instruments. It should be left til the very end, and ideally done by someone other than yourself.
For a mixdown though, this sounds quite spot on. The only major sore point is the crash cymbal, and I highly suggest you turn this down by a good couple of dB's.
Your bass is also a little on the loud side, but this is something that can be evened out during mastering, if you were to do this.
Turning the vocal up a bit probably also couldn't hurt (only 0.5 dB or so though, or less).
I'd also suggest to 'open up' the sound of the detuned synth, particularly by boosting it around 3 kHz. Giving your hihats a more gritty sound here might be favourable too, no?
Lastly, the kick would probably work better (and for mastering as well) if it were a touch louder, like +0.5 dB, give or take a few 0.1 dB's. Maybe try boosting it around 100 Hz a bit to let it shine out from under the bass.
For the rest, I'd say the mixdown is ready for mastering. Not quite sure what exactly you're not happy with, but it sounds very clean to me. |
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Atlantis
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Posted: Sun Oct 09 2005 05:13
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Oh, and one final thing: Reduce your master volume by about 4 to 5 dB. Mixdowns should peak no higher than -3.0 dB prior to mastering. |
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Martin
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Location: Norway
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Posted: Sun Oct 09 2005 13:19
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Sounds really good, one of the cleaner mixes I have heard on this forum. envious!!  
If you try Atlantis` suggestions I hope you post the result. |
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Franklin van Uden
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Posted: Sun Oct 09 2005 21:44
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@ Atlantis:
Thanx for this feedback, it sure is something i can work with, great feedback!!!, I think i WAS a bit confused about the mixing and mastering part, I'm still quit new to this scene (just 6 months of fiddling around with MT ), thanx for clearing my confusioness up  !!!
I will process your sugestions !!! (printed out and hanging on my monitor right now !)
@ Martin ,
Thanx for your feedback as wel, Envy is a great compliment  . I had this mix some time lying around, and it was really time to polish it up ..
regards,
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Franklin van Uden
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 2005 09:32
Airplay ! |
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I've made a radio edit, and it will be played at a dutch radio station this saturday @ about 14:15 (give or take )
And yep, this station broadcast life on the internet also :
http://www.slamfm.nl/slamfmlivestream.php
This if u are intrested
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