Mixing Help (again :(

[tresero]

These are all live tracks, and I am wondering what you would change in the mix (trying to dial my new space in). I won't let you know what I think, just so I don't bias you.

https://jongriffinmusic.com/my-music/funky-cuban-night

As always, thanks in advance.

[jessecarrigan]

I'm no mixing genius, but I hear a lot of low-mid boomy-ness slapping around. Might be partly the reverb but it's making everything but the horns sound a lot farther back.

[cassmcentee]

Right from the start you have sustained ringing drum tones that are out of key with the tune
Gate those drums and the mix will start to really wake up

[tresero]

Thanks! I was trying to figure out what that ring was. I've never gated a drum kit, so that will be fun to learn!

[SteveAlton]

Hi,

The Center of the tune is way too cluttered....If that is a bass it is not defined enough at all....

I would restart your mix and build up from bass and drums, because the bass is not sharp...Too much overall reverb on the track is swooshing everything

[tresero]

Found the issues.

For some reason when I transferred from ADAT (these were recorded in Cuba, so you use what you have , the bass got all distorted and weak. I also cleaned up the drums and percussion.

The new one is at:

https://jongriffinmusic.com/my-music/funky-cuban-night