I've usually had good experiences with people on Fiverr. I choose carefully listening to showreels of course to determine suitability, and also looking at reviews. I also take pains to explain what's needed as clearly as possible, which varies between "here, follow the guide recording exactly" to ...

I sometimes stick it on the master buss to see if it works as a magic sound-gooderiser and about half the time I keep it there.

Another +1 for Tokyo Dawn Nova

Two other top drawer ones for me happen to be free as well. For vocals, Klanghelm's DCIA compressor makes it very quick to dial in something nice with just two knobs, though there are more options if one wants https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/DC1A For the master buss, a very transparent and ...

My favourite secret weapon is Tokyo Dawn Labs' free Proximity. It can do many things, but I just lower or raise the main slider to simulate increased /decreased distance from the mic. Increasing the distance doesn't just lower the volume (for which reason you might want to follow it in your chain ...

"Thoughts on...." I don't usually have thoughts when I listen to good music, I just sort of take off for Planet Perfect, it's unfortunate I always have to book a return ticket. But anyway, if I went on a quest to wring a comment or observation I might suggest a little wider separation on guitar ...

Nice atmosphere. I'd agree with James that the bass is rather sub heavy. Have you checked the mix on a phase meter? The balance changes pretty radically when you hit the mono button. I think there might be some out of phase elements in there. As I mention above, I have yet to get the hang of the ...

I'm glad I logged in to listen to this song. If you could give us a bit more on which microphone was used to record the singer Nevae. Which headphones speakers the song was mixed on. :: Listening on : Shure Srh1440 open back headphones for stereo imaging, soundstage, mid to highs; Akg K245 semiopen ...

My thoughts are that it is generally a nice relaxed warm sound. From a production/sound point of view I felt that the bass had too much low end and wasn't as distinct as I would like to hear from a double bass playing jazz. I would also like the various instruments to have their own space in the ...

Hi! I liked the listen very much! I could almost smell the cigarette smoke... :) :thumbup: :clap: Sixth listen now, as I type (I wish there were a "Replay" button, the next song that gets automatically played by Soundcloud on my system starts out with what sounds like toilets flushing!): Very nice ...

Hi all, This is original, music by me and improv vocal by a session artist who goes by Nevae I'd be grateful to know what device / cans / monitors etc you listen on. https://soundcloud.com/st-josephs-social-club/welcome-to-the-wunderbar https://soundcloud.com/st-josephs-social-club/welcome-to-the ...

Well, I guess "the consensus is clear" if you exclude over half the respondents. ;-) The argument that those who are fine with it actually don't know enough to trust their ears, is not so persuasive for me. It's like saying even if someone says they like a sample of chocolate, they are wrong because ...

Maybe too subjective a thing to have expected a quick-use consensus steer on ... FWIW I've asked here, a trainer in the same medium, and 7 prior students, i.e. folks who by definition are my target audience. The only ones who said it is a barrier are here. Plus there's my own ears, which after these ...

If I were able (time-wise) to start afresh, the raw audio would indeed be a useful starting point. Whereas here, like Hedwig, I'm doing my best with what I have left to work with. Not quite clever enough to be fully daunted, here is another go. https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8ck10gis6rjmul/tax%20test ...

Thanks gents.

Is this an improvement?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2jicna50znj0r ... 3.wav?dl=0

I'm about to render many, many (300+) short videos for an online course I'll be launching soon. (About wind energy finance). The audio, all dialogue, is now at the stage where I can't undo any DSP-ing done so far, but where I can -- because my video editor, which now has the pre-rendered audio stems ...

The main issue, for me, though is that the featured guitar part when it comes in at about 1.30 is far, far, too loud in relation to the rest of the track. I wondered the same and now agree. Thanks for all your other comments. Re the politeness and initial samey-ness, fair enough. I think ultimately ...

Actually apologies to the OP who will doubtless be utterly bemused by my comment above if he isn't aware of the particular seaside/seagulls-based track that we have been party to on this forum for many years. :lol: All in stride sir. I didn't catch the allusion but guessed there was one ;-) Thanks ...

Comments welcome.

https://soundcloud.com/st-josephs-social-club/gala

I don't lisp in real life but perhaps some sibilance (used a bright mic) combined with other FX makes it sound that way here. This prompts me to go back and see if I might be able to redo my de-essing (move it earlier in the chain, among other things) It's a weird thing about de-essers that too ...

I really appreciate these comments, pro and con. I'm still feeling my way as a mixer, so other ears help a lot. That makes this forum an important place for almost-there-but-still-penultimate mixes, so thanks everyone, big time. I don't lisp in real life but perhaps some sibilance (used a bright mic ...

Thanks for feeding back. May I ask, what were you listening to it on, and also, can you specify a couple of places where you hear lisping?

Anyone else?

Hi all, I'd welcome comments, niggles etc on the mix, arrangement and overall "enjoyability" (or not!) of this cover of Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" https://soundcloud.com/st-josephs-social-club/50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-paul-simon-cover" target="phpbbpopup

I found this excellent article on mastering for the various streaming platforms https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/9/6/video-mastering-using-lufs It seems designed in part to help sell the Levels plug-in, but it seems you can apply what it says using this free LUFS meter https://youlean ...