Mix Analysis #7

Mix Analysis #7

Natives - Blink 182

0:00 – 0:28 – Drums, Guitar, Bass

0:28 – 0:55 – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

0:55 – 1:23 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

1:23 – 1:36 – Drums, Guitar, Bass

1:36 – 2:04 – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

2:04 – 2:31 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

2:31 – 3:02 – Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

3:02 – 3:30 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

3:30 – 3:46 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2 Bass, Drums

3:46 – 3:52 – Guitar Fades out

3:52 – 3:55 – Bass Fades out

Instrument	Pan	Levels
Vocals	+5/-7	-3
Backing Vocals	+4/-5	-7
Guitar	+6/-8	-5
Guitar 2	+5/-7	-10
Bass	+7/-6	-7
Drums	+4/-5	-5

Producer: Critter

Mixer : Andy Wallace

-3 Doors Down

-My Darkest Days

Couldn't find where this was mixed at

Mastering: Brain Gardner

-Odd Future

-Yelawolf

Mastered at Bernie Grunderman Mastering

This song is in 4/8 meter. 

I am in love with this song. It starts with this catchy riff by one of the guitar, the drums are going all over the place and the bass is actually audible which is a change. What I can tell from this song, is that everything seemed panned pretty much towards the middle as for vocals, there is not much deviance there. There is some small reverb and compression to liven up the main vocals. The backing vocals seem to pan from left to right, behind the main vocals and there is reverb on them. As for the instruments, at first listen, they seemed to be panned center, but upon further listening, they sneakily pan from left to right via reverb or some effect, much like the backing vocals. There is a main guitar, then during the verses, there is a second guitar playing a melody that sweeps from right to left. It gives the song some body in the verses. The bass is compressed but that may just be to make it audible without trying to distort the actual signal. I cannot tell if it is a DI or a mic on the amp itself. But the bass is actually audible which is a nice change. The drums are panned all over the place. The toms are right to left, the snare is more in the right part of the ear and the symbols are all over the place. There is compression on the kick and the snare. At first I didn't think there was, but when I listened again, there was compression. 

This song was mixed by Andy Wallace, the same person the mixed Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. I can see a lot of the similarities between the two mixes. One of the main things that pops out at me is how muddy the drums sound, but how big they sound at the same time. In “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, the drums were treamoudly huge in the mix, but sounded muddy, almost like there were no effects on the kit itself. Also the bass stood out to me as well. In both songs there is bass when there is no singing.