Mixing Analysis #3

Mix Analysis #3 – Long Lost Friends

0:00-0:01 – Drums – Compression

0:01-0:14 – Guitar(s), Bass, Drums – Lead guitar panned left, rhythm guitar panned right

0:14-0:43 – Added Vocals – Reverb

0:43-0:57 – Chorus: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar(s), Bass, Drums – Vocals had multiple backing tracks with it plus reverb, Guitars were panned left and right

0:57-1:10 – Adding a synth/organ to the chorus

1:10-1:16 – Guitar(s), Bass, Drums – Lead guitar panned right, rhythm guitar panned left

1:16-1:23 – Bass, Vocals, Drums – Very muddy bass

1:23-1:35 – Adding guitar to what's above – Again Panned left and right

1:35-1:44 – Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Drums – Guitars panned left and right

1:44-1:59 – Chorus: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar(s), Bass, Drums – Vocals had multiple backing tracks with it plus reverb, Guitars were panned left and right

1:59-2:13 – Adding a synth/organ to the chorus

2:13-2:19 – Vocals, Guitar – Vocals had heavy reverb, Guitars were panned

2:19-2:54 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums – Vocals had panning and reverb, Backing vocals had reverb

2:54-2:55 – Vocals, very little guitar – Vocals get isolated a bit

2:55-3:08 – Chorus: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar(s), Bass, Drums – Vocals had multiple backing tracks with it plus reverb, Guitars were panned left and right

3:08-3:22 – Adding a synth/organ to the chorus

3:22-3:28 – Guitar – Leading guitar is panned, playing in right, Rhythm is fading out in left

3:28-3:34 – Everything fades out

Producer: Gary Cioffi

Mixer:Steve Haigler

-Last November

-The Pixies

Mixed at Vu Du Studios

Master: Steve Haigler

-The Scenic

-Transit

Mastered at Vu Du Studios

I really enjoy this song, its fun, catchy, and really mellow. The thing that stuck out to me the most was the use of panning. It is an amazing thing; with bands such as this, you don't really hear a lot of panning per say so it was nice to get some change in the genre. I did like the use of acoustic guitar in the chorus. It gave the song a more mellow tone. I also liked how you could hear the acoustic guitar cleanly, not just having it come in and out with the electric guitars. The bass I didn't really like too much. It seemed a bit too muddy when you could hear and, and the other parts, you can't even hear it! So I think the bass should have ben brought up just a little. The vocals were on point, very crisp, clean, even the backing vocals were clean. They gave the parts more substance and thickness that I believe the song really needed. There is very little that I would change for this song. It was well mixed and just a great song.