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Hi guys, I wondered if you could give me some more tips on mixing multiple guitar tracks of the same thing. What I have been doing is recording a guitar part three times, miced in three different places - on axis, off axis and a distant condenser microphone. This is giving me a good stereo...

Hey Ray C, Thanks very much for the advice. Would you advise bringing the guitars up or taking the snare down? I'll bring the hi-hat in a bit more, and try and compress the bass drum and bass a bit more. I've also noticed that the snare is a bit too bright on some speakers so I might cut some...

Hi guys, My band started recording just recently for our first demo and it has been going pretty well. One of our songs "Stay On The Stairs" has been really making some progress and I'm starting to get a sound I like. This is like my third mix or so - and I have now (I think) managed to get...

Hi, Now I know that technically it is incorrect to follow "guides" for mixing, but I've been looking everywhere for some kind of list that shows the frequencies associated with different instruments. I have seen them before, they list each instrument common in a standard mix and say stuff like...

This is so awesome. I'd love to do a song like this one day.

Haha I love this. I'm not an R n' B guy - but the bass sounds hot.

About an hours work and: www.myspace.com/slipperynipplerock. Now to finish those new demos and get rid of the shit thats on there.

Drummer got drunk off a shot (Slippery Nipple)... and it stuck :)

Not chance I can slow it down but I think I understand the techniques now. I'll add in that extra beat on the snare. Thanks very much.

An improvement?: http://slipperynipplerock.co.uk/downloads/songs/unfinished/stayonthestairs/heavybassdrum.mp3 Distorts heavily in iTunes thanks to the iTunes EQ plugin. Now I respect that people who will listen to our music may be running plugins. How do you cater for this?

Apart from the drums I really like this mix. Have you considered using something like EZ Drummer?

Right this is the kind of thing I am looking to get: http://www.slipperynipplerock.co.uk/example.mp3 (Watching You - Rogue Traders)

I'm probably gonna end up looking stupid here but - 808? whats that? And - I think I have a sample of the kind of sound I am looking for - I'll post it up when I get on my proper computer. Cheers for the help guys.

Its EZ Drummer mainly - but I doubled up the kick with a plugin called Microtonic. I wanted the Microtonic kick to carry the main weight of the bass drum, with EZ drummer controlling the click. I EQed appropriately - but yeah no luck. I'll bring the hi-hat down like you suggested.

Here is my point, a mix I have been working on is: http://www.slipperynipplerock.co.uk/downloads/songs/unfinished/stayonthestairs/bassdrumsnoenergy.mp3 Now as there will obviously be guitars etc with this - but if you imagine the finished piece being played at a disco, I'm not sure the bottom...

Our music isn't really like that though. The actual songs aren't disco-ey at all. But I want to get that Britney Spears style production and energy into the mixes. I'm guessing the heart of it all is bass and kick drum.

How do you mean - "in the pocket"?

How exactly to producers acheive a rock mix - that has a complete and total dance feel to it. I appreciate that most of that danceyness comes from the actual song itself (and our bands song are very much rock songs over dance) but I have decided I want to give the drums a real dance feel to...

I'd love to give it more of a dancy vibe (and am planning on mixing the normally recorded kick with a dancey kick) - but other than that I dunno how much of a dancey vibe the band will let me have. Not much I'm sure. Oh well cheers for the feedback.

Thanks very much, anything you would change?