Home Recording for my new album (lo-fi). Steep learning curve. Got the Mix in best I could & Applied minimal fx, eq& mastering only has Light Compression, Minimal Stereo Enhancement, Limiter. Here is a Sample of both the Mix & Master. Can anyone tell me how this is sounding “out there” & if there is anything I can do to get the Master better sounding at the louder level? (without re-doing the entire project LOL) Thank you kindly. C. Lynne
Using Cubase Studio 5 , recorded on Zoom R16
@C_Lynne_Smith, what you do is really good and what you present here sounds very good also in my system (Yamaha HS8). I am not a professional in the field, but it is difficult to judge on such a short extract. Is it only a product presenting the vocals and guitars or will there possibly be drums and bass? If it is only guitars and vocals, personally I would give a little more space in the panorama to the guitars without exaggeration (nothing to do with Stereo Enhancement). But it is very relative and personal.
In the end, you will be the only judge of what you want to present to the world and you will have to assume the result. As it is, currently, it is really not bad at all.
I think they both sound pretty darn good. You’re definitely heading in the right direction and I would be more than happy if I had produced that. There’s always room to improve any mix, it just depends on how much of a deep dive you want to take. But to ask if there’s 1 or 2 things that might spruce up the song… I can’t think of any.
Sounds like the instruments are here in the well-carpeted lounge, but the singer is out there in the kitchen.
I think it’s a really good voice, with quite a lot of character to it, and so should be a little more upfront. It is, after all, the focus of the song, not the guitar.
I love reverb, so to me, this sounds like it was performed in a well-damped room - add a little half a second reverb (but I know a lot of people like a dry mix).
Apologies if this sounds harsh, but you did ask!
My mixes tend to be an over-compressed, over-saturated mess. But that’s what I like.