Have fun with this one guys.

[Ford Van]

This is a live recording that I just mixed.

What is funny is that I used the FX Chain's from my own bands drummer on this drummers kit!

Other than that, I think I spent about 20 minutes dialing everything in a bit and just let the whole show roll. This is a static mix. No automation.

Let me know what you think. I am not charging these guys for this version. If they want to pay me, I can kick it up a notch then.

http://www.phoenixlightandsound.com/...ardedsong3.mp3

[Seafroggys]

Sounds pretty good! Did you use any additional Reverb on the vocals?

[ez_willis]

Did you run sound at the gig, or are you just mixing the recording? There's too much verb on the voice for my tastes, but that might not be your fault.

Also, I don't know shit from applebutter about mixing, so take it for what it's worth. You knew that though, 'cause you've heard my mixes.

[ez_willis]

Originally Posted by Seafroggys

Sounds pretty good! Did you use any additional Reverb on the vocals?

We posted this at the same time, so it's probably safe to say there's too much verb on the vocals.

[Ford Van]

Originally Posted by Seafroggys

Sounds pretty good! Did you use any additional Reverb on the vocals?

Yeah. Actually, just everything is running thru it. It was an outside gig, so the recorded tracks don't have any ambiance at all on them. The live engineer used a good healthy amount of reverb that approximates what you hear on this recording.

[Ford Van]

Originally Posted by ez_willis

Did you run sound at the gig, or are you just mixing the recording? There's too much verb on the voice for my tastes, but that might not be your fault.

Also, I don't know shit from applebutter about mixing, so take it for what it's worth. You knew that though, 'cause you've heard my mixes.

My band played later that night. I just mixed this. It was all tracked to a Alesis HD24 using a Mackie 8 buss for preamps. The line outputs of the HD24 fed the FOH mixer, so the recorded tracks are free of any processing.

Really, I didn't spend much time on this at all. While the "s's" cause a bit of reverb to get carried away, that could easily be fixed with a more aggressive compressor setting. I let the 1176 relax a bit on the attack and the "s's" are popping out now. Oh well.

[ez_willis]

Originally Posted by Ford Van

Really, I didn't spend much time on this at all.

You did it for free. They're lucky they got what they got.

It sounds good, though. To get a true representation of your mixing skills, it would be essential to take some tracks that I recorded and really spend a good amount of time making everything sound just right. For about 10 songs or so. For free.

[Ford Van]

Originally Posted by ez_willis

You did it for free. They're lucky they got what they got.

It sounds good, though. To get a true representation of your mixing skills, it would be essential to take some tracks that I recorded and really spend a good amount of time making everything sound just right. For about 10 songs or so. For free.

Hey, when I get a free 30 minutes some time, I will do that.

[rayc]

The vocal reverb is just about spot on for a Dio recording.
I like the wah - almost! My fav of that particular wah style is Custard Pie.
Good mix - music isn't too bad - even the lyrics are OK but the Dio vox - my oh my!

[sandwiches]

yeah the vocals sound really good.

how do u manage to put that much reverb in there, and not make it sound like its a karaoke track?

[Greg_L]

Sounds pretty good to me. The reverb doesn't bother me. Maybe could use a little more snare. Sounds like the kick is louder in some spots. Awful song, but that's just personal taste.

[Track Rat]

Sounds great Ed.

Mix sounds fine. Reverb is heavy as everyone else said. But god, that is one of the worst songs I have ever heard in my life.

[Dogman]

Nice drums and bass...and some good guitars. I can dig it....

[Ford Van]

It was our first gig since January! Way too long to go, especially since this was our "big gig" of the year.

[queepy]

I thought this sounded really good....cant listen too loud as I'm at work but a pretty fine cover job! Singer sounds great.

[Ford Van]

Thanks. I don't care for this singer much.

[michaelst]

The reverb doesn't strike me as excessive for the genre of music. In fact, it's amazing to me that for this type of music I can hear and understand the lyrics at all.

It's well recorded and well performed. I also do live recordings to an HD24, tho my signal path is different. But then, I'm using my mixing board (Midas Venice 320) and fx rack.

What software are you using to mix it?

[Ford Van]

Originally Posted by michaelst

What software are you using to mix it?

Reaper. Sonitus (noise gates, and a multi-band compressor on the kick drum) UAD (1176), URS (the API eq), PSP (PCM 42 for delay, and SmartElectronix (Ambiance) plugins

[Ford Van]

Originally Posted by sandwiches

how do u manage to put that much reverb in there, and not make it sound like its a karaoke track?

Search around for the article I wrote on reverb that is posted in the Mixing/Mastering forum (I think).

I am no newb to this.

[mixmkr]

power trio...mmmm

drums need excessive panning to be unreal.

I wash my clothes in reverb cause of the technical wetness of it all.

sounds good.

[The Ghost of FM]

The guitar is a hair too loud.

Otherwise, a pretty decent mix.

Cheers!