Definition, Clarity & MUSH!!!

[Crushed]

Here's the problem: When I mix my instruments together, they lose their individuality. Everything seems to run together and turn into a pile of mush with no clarity or space for each instrument. They all seem to blur together and lose definition.
If I were working with lots of tracks and dense mixes, maybe I could understand. But all I've got is usually:

2 Oheads
1 Kick
1 Snare
1 Room Mic (maybe)
2-4 elctric gtrs. (sometimes smooth & warm, sometimes heavy & distrted.
1 acoustic (sometimes mono, sometimes stereo)
3-4 vocal tracks
maybe a synth pad (stereo)

I usually don't have more than about 16 - 20 tracks, so why am I losing so much definition?

Do my converters suck?
Am I getting pre-amp buildup?
Is it because I'm mixing in Nuendo?

What gives? Certainly many of you guys have dealt with sometime in your newbie years. Help a brother out.

Please????


Allen

 

[tubedude]

Look down below for a thread titled "where is the mud" maybe something there will solve your problem.
Maybe not.

 

[minusone]

Here's the problem: When I mix my instruments together, they lose their individuality. Everything seems to run together and turn into a pile of mush with no clarity or space for each instrument. They all seem to blur together and lose definition.
If I were working with lots of tracks and dense mixes, maybe I could understand. But all I've got is usually:

2 Oheads
1 Kick
1 Snare
1 Room Mic (maybe)
2-4 elctric gtrs. (sometimes smooth & warm, sometimes heavy & distrted.
1 acoustic (sometimes mono, sometimes stereo)
3-4 vocal tracks
maybe a synth pad (stereo)

I usually don't have more than about 16 - 20 tracks, so why am I losing so much definition?

Do my converters suck?
Am I getting pre-amp buildup?
Is it because I'm mixing in Nuendo?

What gives? Certainly many of you guys have dealt with sometime in your newbie years. Help a brother out.

Please????


Allen

Hello... I had exactly the same problem! I started the thread "where is the mud" because that is all I was hearing.

Then some very smart and thoughtful folks (like tubedude) provided me with some places to start fixing my mix... and I've been working away at it for a few days now and gosh.. what do you know! I got definition! I have transparancy! Well, not totally, but I've noticed a VAST improvement in the quality of what I am producing