DECENTER - Cynic

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To be honest I like the song and think it has a lot to offer. But that guitar on the left is just horrible. At the beginning it is not that bad (sounds a little like Deftones), but after the song begins it sounds like pure white noise. The right side of the mix sounds good. But the left has no definition at all. Just my 2 cents on it. I DO like the song. Keep jamming along.

Trump
 
Great tune.

I would put the drums in the same room with the rest of the band.
t would give an even more driving rhythm.

I'm advocating a stronger rhythm section.
The writing is solid and worth working on.

Good luck with this.
 
Ok the left guitar sounds better. I don't know how long you have been at this so take this with a grain of salt. A badass drummer/musician here on this site said this and it isn't a quote (but I sure learned a lot from it) you should try to mix the bass guitar and the drums together and get them sounding good and then mix everything around that. Never, ever let the drums and bass guitar get buried in the mix. Make sure that they always hold there weight in the mix. I have been doing that and it made a total difference in how my stuff is at least mixed. The sucky playing is another story for me. But hey, I hope for the best for you. Again cool song.

Trump
 
It a nice big sounding mix. Could turn up the drums a little and the vocals as well. The vocals should be the focal point and not blended so far into the music. You could try brightening up the guitars a little. Same thing with the guitar solo, doesn't sound clear enough to me.
 
I also like the song, but have to agree with FoulPhil. The main problem for me is that there is a lack of detail, expecially on the vocal, and I can bearly hear the lead section. There is a nice little bass lick toward the end I would love to hear more of. That smooth groove you have on the guitars tends to dominate the whole song.
 
Agree with everyone above, plus...

Great song, man. What's throwing me off mix-wise is the hi-hat in the left speaker. It could be a mix thing, an MP3-encoding thing, or something else - but I find the open hats to be pretty garbled and distracting.
 
Really awesome sounding song. The guitar tones are thick, the bass and drums come through nicely. The vocals could come up a bit more. The open hat in the left sounds kind of annoying. If you have access to a real hihat, I'd recommend mic'ing it and hitting it while it's semi open. Other than that, it sounds good.
 
Thanks for all your feedback guys. It's really appreciated. It helps SO much to be able to get a fresh set of ears to listen to it and point things out that I may lose sight on after listening to it a thousand times. I'm going to try another mix with your suggestions.

Thanks,
Garry
 
Second mix is much better, I would bring up the vocal even a bit more (for my taste) Good work.
 
I don't think you should make the drums and vox louder, just pull back the rythm guitars back a bit, they're overpowering everything. The guitars sound a bit mushy to me although the tone isn't bad. But maybe that's what you were going for. Tune and playing are pretty good.
 
Okay, I've done another mix. Thanks for all your input guys.

Here's the link, but I updated the OP too.

Decenter - Cynic Mix 3

Thanks,
Garry

...Going back and listening to the past songs I've posted here. You guys are definitely helping me out. I think I'm getting better.
 
DogmaticVox said:
...Going back and listening to the past songs I've posted here. You guys are definitely helping me out. I think I'm getting better.
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Well I don't know if I helped at all, but this sounds pretty damned good to me in this third mix. I now hear things in the mix that seemed like they got drowned out before that I now hear pretty clearly and that's what you want.

Anyways good luck and happy jamming in the future. :D
 
Sounds pretty good man. I think it's a good performance all the way around. Good songwriting too. I think I get the post-grunge, guitar droning on the same thing, but it is just a little grating/abrasive for me. I hear a lot of songs these days doing variations of that, so I guess it's the thing to do and I like it in smaller doses I guess. The bottom line is if it sounds good to YOU, and it serves the song, its good. You heard my latest post, I tend to draw most of my sonic ideas from about 20 years back. :D

rock on!

Brad
 
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