Catch A Felony - Alt Rock / Hip Hop, looking for EQ advice

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We've gone through a few rounds of mixing but still can't quite get the track to sound the way I want. Right now it sounds very "muffled" to me, especially on speakers that have decent bass. I think the bass guitar volume needs to come down throughout (or minimally during the bridge), but is there an EQ adjustment that also needs to be made somewhere?

Also happy to get any general feedback y'all have. Thanks!
 
Wow this sounds really good! Loved the contrast when the chorus comes in. Very groovy!

My two cents: I don't know if the guitar panned is making it stick out more. And I think the tone of the guitar sounds more electric while the drums and vocals sound kind of analog or unprocessed.

This has a lot of potential. great job!
 
Overall well played. Vocals sound quite good.

Bass part is very cool. But it's very rumbly. I would put in a low shelf below like 90hz or so. I'd might notch it out in the 300hz range. It's a bit loud too.

Guitar on the left is a wee bit scratchy. Maybe a small notch around 2400hz.

Kick is a bit rumbly too.
 
anoopbal said:
Wow this sounds really good! Loved the contrast when the chorus comes in. Very groovy!

My two cents: I don't know if the guitar panned is making it stick out more. And I think the tone of the guitar sounds more electric while the drums and vocals sound kind of analog or unprocessed.

This has a lot of potential. great job!
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Yeah, the drums haven't had much treatment outside of some EQ and reverb, but I like the space they fill in the song. Vocals have primarily reverb with just a bit of a filter on them during the rap parts. Guitar has delay, chorus, reverb, EQ, and compression which is probably what you're hearing. I might experiment with doubling the guitar part and panning it L&R, and just leaving the verse panned L
 
yeah i'm hearing rumbling in the low end once everything kicks in. using my work headphones FYI. vocals sound pushed back a bit to me. i'd bring them forward some.

i hear RHCP.
 
I'd put the guitars a bit more in the middle since its not doubled, BUT i'd double it during the chorus and pan it hard LR, the drum could be a little crispier (maybe saturation or simple EQ) the bass needs to get down a little during Choruses like you pointed out, i'd put the vocals much more upfront during verses and dry them up (make a feeling of someone talking right in your ears)

Really liked it, im gonna follow up that thread
 
andrushkiwt said:
yeah i'm hearing rumbling in the low end once everything kicks in. using my work headphones FYI. vocals sound pushed back a bit to me. i'd bring them forward some.

i hear RHCP.
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Cool, glad I'm not the only one hearing it =)

And yes, there is very much an RHCP vibe to all our songs

Vigo said:
I'd put the guitars a bit more in the middle since its not doubled, BUT i'd double it during the chorus and pan it hard LR, the drum could be a little crispier (maybe saturation or simple EQ) the bass needs to get down a little during Choruses like you pointed out, i'd put the vocals much more upfront during verses and dry them up (make a feeling of someone talking right in your ears)

Really liked it, im gonna follow up that thread
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Thanks for the feedback! I'm back mixing tonight, so I'll try out some of these suggestions. Glad you liked the song! We're trying to put out a 6-song EP right now, so I'll be posting a few more over the next few weeks to get feedback
 
Apart from the rap vocal, more funk than hip hop--that's a good thing. I'd mix it like a funk tune--the bass can be prominent, but you might want to scoop the mids. Your vocal needs to jump out more. I'm not hearing the words.
 
Yep. +1 on taming the bass rumble when the walking line kicks in.

Doubling and hard-panning the guitars probably wouldn't be a bad idea.

The rapped vocals are a little mid-rangey.

The high-reverby bass during the third funk section is cool. Though it dominates a little; it could probably stand to come down a little.
 
I like it. It's got a funky beat...and I can really BUG OUT to it!

Good performances. Nothing new to add. Kick boom, vocals too low. Bass too high, guitars doubled on the choruses...just a couple tweaks and this will shine! :)
 
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