indie pop feedback

[warm torrent]

catchy! sounds like a summer bop

[weary torrent]

thank you bro

[weary torrent]

bump ^^

[weary torrent]

bump

@manic river could you give me some feedback on this ?

[manic river]

I mess with what you got going
you sang the background vocals well
I'm having mixed feelings about the lead,feel like the auto tune is a tuning a bit too much, especially the sustained words the vibrato is too robotic imo,
when it comes to the mix
Theres some sibilance's that are too sharp, and the reverb makes them more noticable
A de-esser could help soften the s'.
Im not sure which stage youre in when it comes to the mixing process but in general i feel like the overall mix is too bright, i think some warmth would help make it feel full

[lunar bobcat]

vocals down a little bit, take out some of the highs, maybe make the vocals more spacey and warm?

[weary torrent]

i was thinking of adding a de esser, but the thing is, i don't know where to put it , since i have all of my effects stacked on my main preset, and i was too lazy to do routing and stuff

[weary torrent]

thanks bro

thanks to both of you guys

[manic river]

for now its alright
cause what you have rn gets the general idea across

i think its a good idea to then use sends for the delay and all that once youre refining the mix

[manic river]

its hard to say but i think you should try de essing before e1 or before rvox

[manic river]

the answer for the order is in the plugins functionality

eg. ns1
it does noise reduction
it would make sense to put that before a compressor

because you'd the sound to be cleaner before it gets processed by the compressor or whatever

[manic river]

listen to the vocal, like objectively and just try breakdown what you need to do into categories
maybe you want to clean up the vocals first
so use clean up plugins
noise suppression
eq
de clipping
whatever

or maybe you want to control the dynamics
so use dynamic controlling plugins
compressors
volume automation
blah blah

or its time to make it sound like its in another space
use reverbs
convolution plugins

[weary torrent]

yea that is true, more control

[weary torrent]

e1 is an eq, btw

[weary torrent]

yeah i get that

it makes sense

[weary torrent]

i'm not really an expert at mixing, so i don't mix from scratch, but i use my own presets that i've made that usually fit the style i'm going for

how do you think i should be adding warmth to something like this?

if needed, i can show you all the settings for the plugins

[mortal geyser]

this is actually kinda fire WDYM KINDA ITS BURNING MY HOUSE DOWN

https://tenor.com/view/piano-piano-on-fire-man-playing-piano-fire-gif-18619744

you rn

[weary torrent]

😂

[weary torrent]

thank you bro

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[weary torrent]

i really liked that song

[mortal geyser]

i just made a song rn also

[weary torrent]

gave u some feedback

[manic river]

you can add warmth by boosting the mid-low frequencies
im suggesting that you do this on the kick and bass
you can do that with an eq
and distortion plugins
(i prefer to use tape distortion)

[manic river]

which distortion plugins do you have?

that pultech eq would sound well on kicks and bass

[manic river]

"puigtec EQP1A"

its more than an eq, its a color eq
so it adjusts frequencies but also adds harmonic distortion

[manic river]

also theres nothing wrong with using presets
just make sure you update them
like in this case the chain could use a de-essing update

you'd have to just compromise and lose a few effect slots
and maybe consider creating+using a template that has delay and whatever effects you like on separate tracks then all you have to do is just route and adjust the blend between the send track and main vocal chain

[weary torrent]

oh well i've only done the vocals on it

not the beat

should i just add it to the whole beat?

[weary torrent]

which ones would you recommend

i have decapitator and saturn 2

[weary torrent]

makes sense

i could try doing that

thank you bro

i've never actually done that because i didn't really need it but i feel like i'd be more organised with it

[manic river]

those are good enough tbh
you can do a lot with those 🔥

[manic river]

you can add saturn 2 on the best
and use the warm tape algorithm
and see if you like it, maybe even increase the drive a lil or not

then just do a small eq boost
i say try it with the pultech first
if you wanna get surgical then you could use like fruity parameteric eq2 on specific frequencies
try and see if you can find where the bass stands out and the kick then just boost those

it’s gonna be a bit tough but try do that on the whole heat 😅

[manic river]

nah that’s understandable
but try see if making a template works out for you

[weary torrent]

would you recommend any other ones?

[weary torrent]

alright i will try

[weary torrent]

okay will do this, thank you bro

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