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Reading is the best thing you can do man. You're on the right track. The more you know the better. A massive stockpile of knowledge will often take you further than a massive stockpile of equipment, from what I've learned in my admittedly small experience anyway. What you've done sounds good...

Thanks for the feedback Life Rise :)

If your snare sounds good live, then changing your heads isn't going to fix your recording issues. I'd be more concerned with mic choice, mic placement, room acoustics, and the way you're processing the snare, to be honest. A snare that sounds good live will sound good recorded, provided you are...

Thanks JohnPaulP :D We actually brought a guy in for that effect, haha.

Thanks for the tips joeym :D Yeah the vocals were probably the hardest to deal with. The singer's got a difficult voice to mix, in my opinion anyway. I'll see what I can do. You're right about the panning. There's not really much in there. The overheads are done hard right/left, and the...

Noted ido1957 :D Thanks for the feedback. It's appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback :) I'm really not liking the bass myself the more I listen to it. I'll spend some extra time on it. I would agree that a slow form of ska describes it much better, but I was in a very unimaginative mood and just slapped "reggae" onto it :p Thanks again.

Just a slight decrease around the 8-11khz range (just guessing, sweep the EQ to find the exact spot) should do the trick. You could try a de-esser instead, but just make sure you don't overdo it. You'll give yourself a lisp if you reduce it too much :p Keep up the good work man. Very nice.

My initial mix was a bit bass heavy, so I've probably backed it off too much. It does have compression though. Threshold of -30db, 5.8 ratio, and 7.8ms attack. I'll mess around with it and see what I can do. I plan on patching up a few of the mistakes where possible once I'm happy with the...

You need to work on blending your vocals to the backing tracks better. It's partially volume (ie. they're too loud), but they could also use some processing. I know the style demands a very present, and very clear vocal line, but you could definitely afford to back them off a bit. It almost...

Cheers for the feedback detroitroadrage :) Yeah I agree with you on the vocals. We're re-layering several segments of several songs over the next few days, so that should all get fixed up.

Hey John Paul :) The new instrumental arrangement is much better. Well done. The one thing I noticed however, is that you have a slight sibilance issue on the vocals. Some of those "esses" are coming through quite harsh. I'm liking the way you've sung it though. The original sounds like the...

Hey guys :) This is a mix I've done for my band's upcoming album. I'm pretty happy with it, but I guess perspective is what I'm after. So I'm hoping to enlist the help of some fresh ears to nitpick the hell out of this thing (without being too nasty :p). It's actually the first mix I've gotten...

I have to admit Rami, I often listen to your mixes hoping to find something wrong with them. Just so I can contribute in some constructive manner to the thread. I'm not having much luck, fortunately for you :) Very nicely done. Tight performance, solid sound, good listening. Again, I honestly...

I'm really digging this man :) Nice work.

I don't know if you're listening to the second mix he's done, but think there's plenty of click on it already, even for the genre. I'd even say take it back a bit. It's making the kick sound hollow. Not sure about the verb, but yeah, they definitely need to come up. Nothing drastic, just a...

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Tune your drums and get them sounding great before you even think of touching a microphone. If you're recording a shit drum, you're going to have a shit drum in your mix. Simple as that.

Plug it in and test it out. Simple as that. If you've damaged the diaphragm you'll know. Don't listen to the attendants at Guitar Center about microphone selection and placement. They have no idea what kind of room you're in, the way the drum sounds, the size of the drum, the material it's made...

Hey buddy, Any chance you could get these uploaded to somewhere that plays back at a higher resolution? MySpace turns beautiful recordings into junk to save file space and bandwidth on their end. Try uploading them to lightningmp3.com or Sound Click. I'm liking what I hear, but I'd rather...