ImmortalSix
John Mayer's Mankini
Hi guys, I just recorded a song with a friend of mine, and I need some mix help.
I have a lot of education and some experience mixing, but I can't seem to apply the things I have learned to result in a great sounding mix.
I think I simply "don't have the ear for mixing," or haven't developed it yet.
The song is 2 acoustic guitar tracks, 1 electric bass track, and 1 vocal track.
I recorded the acoustic guitar with a large diaphragm condenser, the bass direct through a Line6 box, and the vocals through the same large diaphragm condenser.
The sound on the guitar tracks is decent, the sound on the bass track is terrible (EQ problems, too much low lows, no punch), and the vocal sound is pretty damn good. I mean all this in terms of the recording, not the performance; the vocal is pitchy and will need some subtle auto tuning, and the guitar performance is, well, good enough.
But I don't know enough about applying compression, EQ, and reverb, etcetera, to get things sounding really good and natural.
I recorded the whole thing in Reaper, and I could either send it to you as a full Reaper project, or send you the wavs of the naked tracks.
Anybody want to take a crack at mixing it for me?
-Hunter
I have a lot of education and some experience mixing, but I can't seem to apply the things I have learned to result in a great sounding mix.
I think I simply "don't have the ear for mixing," or haven't developed it yet.
The song is 2 acoustic guitar tracks, 1 electric bass track, and 1 vocal track.
I recorded the acoustic guitar with a large diaphragm condenser, the bass direct through a Line6 box, and the vocals through the same large diaphragm condenser.
The sound on the guitar tracks is decent, the sound on the bass track is terrible (EQ problems, too much low lows, no punch), and the vocal sound is pretty damn good. I mean all this in terms of the recording, not the performance; the vocal is pitchy and will need some subtle auto tuning, and the guitar performance is, well, good enough.
But I don't know enough about applying compression, EQ, and reverb, etcetera, to get things sounding really good and natural.
I recorded the whole thing in Reaper, and I could either send it to you as a full Reaper project, or send you the wavs of the naked tracks.
Anybody want to take a crack at mixing it for me?
-Hunter
