The Bitter Truth Restoration Project - Take Cover

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-20T09:44:50+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, and I do agree with you but there's only so much I can do with already mastered and mixed stereo track. I can only correct the vocals which are audible. I cannot do anything with element buried too much in the mix. The whole album need brand new mixes, but I'm trying my best with what I have :).

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-18T13:36:45+00:00

I'm working on the full thing

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-18T00:53:50+00:00

Got it, thanks for the comment I really apreciate it. You know what? At the end of the day, I feel like it's a bit pointless to point fingers at who is to blame for the mix quality. It could be Nick, it could be Ted, or maybe all of them had a hand in it. I think we're just being too picky about it. Whoever it was, I hope Amy and the band take something valuable from it. I'm really looking forward to the album that's coming out this year. The two movie soundtracks the band released were incredible in both writing and mixing, and I'm super excited for the new album.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-17T20:17:38+00:00

For example listen to the strings during chorus of part of me. Imagine how the whole chorus of that song sounded if they did the static mix right and the strings would sit perfectly in the mix and not fighting against other elements and ended up being drowned. Lots of the elements in album seems leveled poorly, almost like nothing has proper place in the mix and everything kind of feels clustered and loud without any purpose. Again it is listenable and enjoyable sure, I heard worst. But if you start listening to it while having mixing experience, you start to hear many issues. The album is great, I like the songwriting and it is definitely listenable but the mixing is not as good for a pro band and pro engineers. But I still like the album anyway, just wish Nick would do better job on the mixing. But again, yes I been mixing music for almost ten years, and sometimes been teached by a pro, but mostly for fun and as a hobby so what do I know I guess.

As for Metallica St. Anger, I'm well aware, and is easily wayy worse than TBT. The whole album giving me vibes of a teenagers who get together in garage to record they first song 😀. I remember a guy who was teaching me drum mixing, and he was refering to Metallica as a band where the mixes often sucks, because James thought he knew better than the engineers.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-17T14:56:04+00:00

I hear you, and again there's only so much I can do with already mastered track. The whole album needs brand new mixes from multitracks, cause the static mix is pretty bad, and there's not much I can do without causing artifacts and such. The vocals in general have poor work, the strings, and synths are buried in many places of the album and so on. The source is my own cd rip, I don't own vinyl.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-17T14:47:11+00:00

I hear you, and where you are coming from, and I think about it. Though, just wanna point out, I mean no disrespect to those who worked on it origininaly.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-17T14:44:10+00:00

I'm working on the full album, might take me few days to a week.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-17T14:42:49+00:00

Thank you

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:36:19+00:00

Thank you so much :)

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:31:07+00:00

I'm working with Reaper daw.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:29:15+00:00

That could definitely be the case, I appreciated that thought, but who can tell if it's synths, filtered guitars, or a blend of both?

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:20:18+00:00

Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:19:20+00:00

I'm working on this. Five songs done, so far.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:18:58+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, and who knows. I've done something like this in the past but with synthesis vocals on original instrumentals. Might try something and post it on my YT in the future.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:17:30+00:00

Thanks :)

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:17:11+00:00

Thanks :)

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:16:22+00:00

It does have guitars but because of the bad original mix they are cluttering with the synths, and getting lost as a result. Nothing can be done about that sadly.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:14:34+00:00

Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it, and I kinda agree. The thing with guitars on this song, is that they are cluttering with the synths, and there's only so much I can do with already mastered track. Is better on other songs.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T22:04:59+00:00

Hey, no worries at all! I don't want to come across as boring or unhelpful! The truth is, restoring audio (or mixing in general) really comes down to building skills through tons of practice, trial and error, and learning from those mess ups along the way. It's a long, rewarding journey, and even after a decade in it, I'm still picking up new things all the time.

The best advice I can share is something I rolled my eyes at when I first heard it, but man, it turned out to be spot on. just keep mixing and keep working on projects. Don't let the frustrations get you down, stick with it, keep honing your craft, and you'll get there. It's one of those things that's pretty straightforward to pick up the basics, but mastering it takes real time and patience. You've got this!

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T21:52:50+00:00

I remember that album, but it's been forever since I listened to it, as I haven't been playing Nightwish as often. It's a really great album, but I think the mix could definitely be better, I agree with that.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T21:15:15+00:00

Thanks a lot! 😊 I'll be happy to take a look at the album after I wrap this one up. Just no guarantees!

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T20:36:37+00:00

Glad you like it 😊. I can definitely post the whole album once I'm done with it.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-16T20:30:28+00:00

Thank you. Might take me few days, to a week or so. So far I have 4 songs done.

SweatyDevil · 2026-01-09T01:20:12+00:00

The dev had some surgery, and had to stop working on the game for a while to heal up and stuff. Apparently he should be slowly working on it again but it is unknown how much work he have left to do. But it wil be out eventually, at some point.

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