help for newbie, please :)

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This is my new song i've mixed it myself so could somebody say what mistakes do i do? and how to correct them?
 
Let me fix that for you. Merula alba by lukmen on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

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As for your mix, 5 inches of mud. It's rather cacophonous. The ideas are good but the presentation needs cleaning up. There are things that jump out here and there in a bad way. The vocals lack definition except for the clean solo sections which are a little too dry for what you seem to be trying to accomplish. I'd say sit down and listen to what influenced this and think about whats good about it and how they sprinkle that in places here and there. It's like me with my guitar scooping. The ingredients in any recipe can make a dish really bad if you use too little or too much.
 
OKay . . . I had a listen.

You've got good ideas, but there is a lot of work ahead of you.

The playing is good, but the mix is not too good.

The bit which sounds like a chorus (it starts the song) has a huge gap right in the middle. There is a cymbal hitting like an earache out of left side, and a whole mess of processed vocals out the right. The bottom end is very indistinct.

During the verse I get a better sense of the bottom end.

But there is a lot of extreme L & R panning with an imbalance of tones that makes listening difficult.

I think a good place to start would be to draw the virtual band that makes up this recording on a bit of paper. Use that as a panning and level guide. Where you've doubled guitars, pretend it's two people playing. By doing that you won't end up with the mixing extremes, and you may get a better cohesion throughout the mix
 
I agree with everything Gecko said. Sounds like you have some cool ideas, and the ability to play, the mix just needs work.
 
Ok on the first part of the song i have two vocals one is growl like death metal vocal and the other is like clean vocal so how do i pan them? both in the middle? guitars are panned about 62 in each side :)
 
Listened to the new mix. Haven't listened to the old one. Cymbals are way too loud. The room you're recording in is evident all over the place. Vocals need to come up a bit. Snare and kick drums are almost completely covered up. Vocals seem too natural for this type of music.

Guitar and drum performances are actually pretty good.
 
need someone to compare these two mixes :) want to get a good sound :)
 
So here's the 3 time i tried to mix however done only the intro ;) but still need some opinions :)
 

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We can't really fix it for you...we can just give opinions about how it sounds. That 3rd clip that you posted is really harsh/abrasive/sonically annoying. You've got a whole lot going on in the upper mids and not nearly enough going on in the low mids. If there's a bass guitar in there, it's not doing its job.

The kick is doing nothing

Music shouldn't just be heard...it should be felt. This mix doesn't move any air at all, and it's grating on the ears. Not knowing what you've done to the tracks, I will take a guess at what might improve this...

1. Turn the kick up
2. Turn the bass up
3. Turn the vocals and the guitars down
4. Take some of the gain off of the guitars

Maybe try those things...or, I could be totally wrong about all of that. One thing you should try to do is to listen to a "pro" recording of a song that is similar to your song (and that you like) and compare it to your recording. Start with the drums...do your drums sound like the drums on the pro recording? If not, jack with them until they do. Then move on to the bass...etc.
 
chrisharris said:
We can't really fix it for you...we can just give opinions about how it sounds. That 3rd clip that you posted is really harsh/abrasive/sonically annoying. You've got a whole lot going on in the upper mids and not nearly enough going on in the low mids. If there's a bass guitar in there, it's not doing its job.

The kick is doing nothing


Music shouldn't just be heard...it should be felt. This mix doesn't move any air at all, and it's grating on the ears. Not knowing what you've done to the tracks, I will take a guess at what might improve this...

1. Turn the kick up
2. Turn the bass up
3. Turn the vocals and the guitars down
4. Take some of the gain off of the guitars

Maybe try those things...or, I could be totally wrong about all of that. One thing you should try to do is to listen to a "pro" recording of a song that is similar to your song (and that you like) and compare it to your recording. Start with the drums...do your drums sound like the drums on the pro recording? If not, jack with them until they do. Then move on to the bass...etc.
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I completely agree with Chris. Also the guitar on the right is friggen blaring. The one on the left is much more in the ballpark but still gotta have the kick and bass supporting or all you have is a wall of harshness.
 
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