This song is an amalgumation of an acoustic demo I did a month ago and a full band recording done in a studio a couple of weeks ago (of the same song). Unfortunately the only source I have for the studio recording is a mixed version which comprises of drums, bass and guitar. I took the best parts of the demo (including the vocal track) and added them to the mix for this song.
The main part of the studio runs from the start till 1:40. At that point I introduced the acoustic guitars from the demo and overdub some lead parts. The studio part comes back in at 2:34 and runs till the end. At that point I added a lead part. There is also a dist. guitar added in all the studio parts.
After mix-down I eqed the track and hard limited (probably not the right thing to do pre master..).
Anyway I don't know a whole lot about mixing, just do it by ear completely. I also dont own any flat response speakers so I'm relying on headphones and some close to flat hi-fi speakers.
Any advice on how to make this mix better as a whole, keeping in mind that I have no control over the levels drums and bass (there are also a couple of low mixed guitars) as these are all in the studio mix-down track (and no I don't have access to the master tracks!).
Hopefully thats everything you'll need to know! Anyway advice would be much appreciated.
- Neill