Mix 1 - Song #3: "Disconnected"

[ncls]

Dude! That song! That hit!!
Very smarth moves everywhere, and nice shortcuts where the song needs some. And everything under the 3 minutes mark.

Mixwise I would prefer things a bit different but it’s mainly a matter of taste.
Very great job!

[ColdRoomStudio]

@FluteCafe

what my ear is hearing is more harmonics in 2b. I guess you are adding harmonics and summing it to the fundamental to sound louder ?

Maybe… I used a completely different processing chain on the bass. In mix 2a, I kind of processed it like I would my own bass guitar, which is pretty complex, 3 separate tracks blah blah blah, and the basic sound coming from my Amplitube Ampeg plugin. But Dave has a completely different core tone, and he runs DI through a Neve preamp, so I don’t think my usual processing didn’t seem to be doing the trick. Then I remembered that the Slate Bundle’s Overloud TH-U has an Eden Bass amp model, which is the one Dave usually uses live, so I decided to start out with that as the core tone to process the DI with. It just seemed to work better.

@Wicked

Damn! I’ve been listening for 25 minutes

Wow - that’s dedication!

@Wicked

I think there’s a big psychological factor for the listener. We hear what we’re told to hear and we see & hear what we focus on.

I did notice more of the little intricacies in places that I missed yesterday, though. Too many pieces of ear candy to mention…So many little things, in fact, that I can’t remember all of them.

The more I listened to your vocals, the more they seemed to poke out of the mix. There may be a few little spot in the verses where the volume dips, but there’s nothing wrong with some dynamics. I think we, as critical listeners get too hung up on clinical perfection/ precision. The song is rockin’ as it is!

Thanks W - yeah, I think it’s pretty close now. I appreciate you taking the time

@ncls

Dude! That song! That hit!!
Very smarth moves everywhere, and nice shortcuts where the song needs some. And everything under the 3 minutes mark.

Mixwise I would prefer things a bit different but it’s mainly a matter of taste.
Very great job!

Thanks Phil - My arrangement of this song has changed massively from when I wrote it 27 years ago. My original version of the song had a LOT of repetition in it, particularly of that main riff. It was too much. I’ve learned a lot about arrangement since then. This song really benefited from a radical rearrangement.

Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts!

[FluteCafe]

@ColdRoomStudio

Slate Bundle’s Overloud TH-U has an Eden Bass amp model

yeah they are really good bass rigs and from what I have heard is that they use real bass harmonics captures so that would explain a lot. When those harmonics combine in synergy with your processing, the perceived bass gets louder without actual sound pressure changing too much.

[ColdRoomStudio]

I can’t believe I forgot to use it in the first place, since I have known all along that he uses them live!