Newbie Metal Mix

[JerryGash]

Im fairly new to recording and am working on a demo CD for my band. I would be intrested on what you guys thought of my mix. Drums were tracked using 2 sure omnis, sm57 on the snare, cad kick drum mics, and an alesis dm5 on the kicks. Guitars were recorded with 2 sm57s on the cab, and a j-station with a basic "rectifier" setting. Bass was recorded with just J-station and them "amplitubed". Vocals were recorded with a Sure sm58 ran through a chandler limited TG-2.

I am monitoring with a pair of Event Tria's with sub.

Overall, i am happy with the mix so far, it is just a demo but like i said i would be intrested in hearing what you guys thought.

Here is the link.

www.stabcorp.com/testmix/setestmix.mp3

[reshp1]

Hey Jerry, welcome aboard.
I can't listen to mp3's here at work, but you might want to post this and future music for review in the section "MP3 Mixing Clinic." You'll get a lot more listens there.

[rock11roll]

Hey Jerry, it sounds good. Happy to see another metalhead around here. I'm pretty new to this whole thing as well.

Let me start by saying that I listened to the mp3 on headphones from my laptop. Probably not the most accurate way to listen to a mix but, I'll give you my impressions. The guitars sound very good. I wouldn't really change anything in that area. The vocals were good as well but, perhaps a bit to upfront. I would bring them down a little. I think the biggest change I would make would be to the drums. The kick specifically is sort of buried in the mix. The sound was pretty good, I would just bring it up a bit. The snare sounds like it could benefit from a bit of compression. It seems like it could use a little more snap.

Again, just my thoughts. There is no right or wrong. Your ears are the greatest tools you have. I hope this helps. Keep it cranked to 11. Peace, Chet

[Cloneboy Studio]

IMHO:

Too much low end on guitars.

Lack of high end on everything makes it seem waxy.

[JerryGash]

Originally Posted by Cloneboy Studio

IMHO:

Too much low end on guitars.

Lack of high end on everything makes it seem waxy.

I haven't eq'd hardly anything as of this point, except for i little mids on guitars and a little 10-16k bump on the overheads, i can drop the lows on the guitars. What do you suggest to rid the "waxy" sound?

I am trying to keep in mind its just a demo, but i do want it sounding as good as i can get it.

Thanks for the input so far.

Also ill post it in the mp3 mixing clinic.