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Wow, the SSL worked a trick! The wide-panned vocals are distracting to me ... you might try pulling them in a little tighter, like +12 and -12, distinct from the lead yet still working as a "section," if you will, and letting the guitars carry the water for full L-R spread. ... The left voice is quite a bit hotter than the right one. ... Kick's pretty hot for a cowboy song.
Max's spoken bit is blurry — did you EQ your reverb? I usually start rolling it off at about 500, so the low mids and lows don't generate extra mud (they take a longer time to decay than highs). Another way to get clarity on the lyrics is to add predelay if your reverb plugin has that control. That allows the transients to form before the reverb kicks in. About 30 ms usually will do the trick.
And on the mix posted here ( 6a )
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Hey Dave, this is one fun song!
I love it. Your tracks are starting to make great strides in sonic quality.
That's a cool sounding mix, if you don't mind me saying!
I know this is a work in progress still, so hopefully my comments are
just reworks into what your Western Music sensibilities are.
Authenticity is always a key factor for me. this might be why
modern country just doesn't do it for me. That said, I feel
like i want to hear some clippity clops on percussion. you know,
the sound of horse hooves on stone cobbles or something.
I kind of like the panning thing you got going on there, but it might need to be
a bit more consistent in it's application. If the vocals are going to be that wide
then why not just move it to one side, and the other can be for the background vocals?
I tried listening for a middle to latch onto, but all I could focus on was
either the bass or the kick drum down the center. No vocals lived there
this time around, and that's where i wanted to hear them OR just hear
them out of one side.
There's a vocal line in the chorus line that sounds out of tune.
An easy fix. All you have to do is replace it with an existing one
that works already available in the song.