Fully agreed on the hi-hat front, although I have actually been pretty brutal with it (I just felt that it played such an integral part to the rhythm that I had to have it above that "shaker" sound).
As for that snare... it's wishy-washy because I wanted to delete it completely (I did at one point) but felt bad doing so
Next month I'll be more brutal where needs be drummers don't have feelings do they?
[quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The reverb is completely overpowering the vocal, and everything else too a bit, you're forgiven, if oinly because you didnt live through the 80's[/font][/color][/quote]
Funny you should say that, it's what I was aiming for all the compressors, EQ's and Reverbs I used were "vintage" emulations from the renaissance waves pack (new toy syndrome).
As for the static mix, yep totally agree. In my defense though I'm used to cutting back a bit on "the cool stuff" as I tend to mix an entire album at a time and this particular song struck me as the one of those that should balance the rest. Also... I only found 2 hours to do any work on this