Hey! I did a review of your entry via video. I posted it on the Jam discord but appreciate everyone might not be on there. Here's the video timestamp for your entry: https://youtu.be/1-aLhBdNCKE?t=12119
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Heh what an awesome review!
I noticed the voices at the end getting muddier when I went to listen again with fresh ears. It's funny how much your own ears get used to things when listening to the mix, and having a set of fresh ears.
Yes indeed, everything was 100% live instrumentation - there was not a single virtual instrument in the mix. The closest things to that were how I modified the output of my cello and frame drum. The frame drum I changed the formant and pitched down, as well as pitched to the track. The cello I pitched down an octave to play as a double bass. Out of all the things you can pitch down, I am always surprised at how well the cello becomes like a double bass, compared to the human voice, which starts to sound awkward and muddy.
Thanks for a thoughtful, thorough review in real time as you listened to it! :)
I was also thinking about what you were saying about the voices at the end getting muddy.
This was not a mixing issue, but a singing issue. I added that spot at the last minute, so I was still acclimatizing to how I was going to go about pronouncing the old Norse. It's actually recorded on the same tracks that the earlier stuff is recorded on. It's 100% singing not in unison, singing off key, which is why it gets better at the other tracks when the sound gets clearer.