^NabLa^
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Posted: Mar. 24 2010, 08:33 |
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The tune itself is awesome, the change on 1.50 is pure gold, then a bit enya-ish at 2.50, the classic guitar bits are nice and delicate and very well recorded for that matter; loads of cool stuff later on, I see no issues on the arrangement but yanno that's a matter of taste.
Soundwise yeah there are loads of clicks and pops which make me think the relevant recordings need repeating I'm afraid, as they are part of those audio files.
The quieter bits are nice but could do with being a bit brighter. Try adding some very very very subtle overdrive or even better a nice tube emulation on the guitar. Antares Tube and PSP Vintage Warmer will do nicely.
Okay now on the busier bits there's much room for improvement. The sound is okay but is far too muffled and lacking definition due to far too many things competing for the same frequency ranges. For example, the bass can hardly be heard at all which is a shame as the sound itself is nice and the note patterns driving.
I'm not saying to take out instruments, unless you're a quitter :P You need to eq each sound individually to make them fit on their own frequency range, and that means to both high pass and low pass each individual track. For example, on the busier bits the guitar has no business having any bass. The bass takes care of the bass frequencies when all instruments are playing. Not the guitars, not the piano. The bass. Highpass everything that's not what you want at the bottom (eg bass & kickdrum on more conventional tunes), at around 140-180Hz or even higher, but don't go overboard with it or it will end up sounding hollow.
There are some crash sounds on the first maximal section, highpass the crap out of them, you want them to only use the high frequencies, say from 6khz onwards.
When highpassing or lowpassing make sure you use a decent slope, 24db/oct is good.
Remember you can automate stuff, so for example if you're highpassing the spanish guitar you can turn off that highpass when the guitar is playing on its own and not conflicting with other instruments.
Also the percussion in general is far too quiet, drowned by the lack of clarity.
Giving each individual instrument their own space in the spectrum will improve the clarity and the fullness of the mix a hundred fold.
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and starts off with solo piano before building into an orchestral section. The main theme that the piano starts with is repeated in the middle but transposed into a different harmony.
