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Hi this my first attempt of mixing a full song - bass, drums, guitar, vocals, backing vocals.

The drums are electronic v-drums, and the guitars are all amp modulated from a Line 6 multi-fx pedal & Varix guitar.

Any comments (however brutal) on the levels etc are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance:

 
The dynamic range takes a serious beating at about 1:15, which if you listen at a nice conversational level comes across as distorted. You can visibly see the clipping if you look at the sample using an editor. I'd remix it with lower levels in mind.
 
Cheers for the feedback ColdFrixion, so should I bring back the levels of everything and start again?

I never know weather to start at -0 and push them higher or drop everything quiet and make loud things 'normal'. Like I said i'm a total newbie at this :)
 
wow.. if that's your first at bat, that's pretty good. (Take this coming from someone who probably isn't at your level.. lol)

I'd have to agree on the levels though.. it almost sounds like it's clipping on the chorus/loud parts.

I would guess (correct me if you'd like) that you were trying to get it as loud as possible to compare to other recordings? For the mixing, I'd just suggest keeping an eye out for clipping in your DAW. There is usually a red indicator somewhere for this.

My suggestion (and take it for what it's worth.. and it's free) is to try to get a good mix, but leave yourself a bit of headroom. The loud parts don't have to go right to '0', and once you have a mix you are happy with, you can always bump up the overall level of the track by mastering the mixed track.

Just keep in mind mixing is one step where you get the overall sounds, relative levels, effects, EQ'ing of individual tracks, etc just right. After the mix is done, the mastering is done on the mix to bring any overall levels up, work on the dynamics of the mix, any overall EQ'ing of the mix, etc.
 
I never know weather to start at -0 and push them higher or drop everything quiet and make loud things 'normal'. Like I said i'm a total newbie at this
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You basically want the peaks in your recording to sit just below 0 dB. The overall idea is to avoid clipping. I'd recommend setting your computer for unity gain (0 dB) and use your preamp to control recording levels so that there's no clipping on peaks.
 
Cheers for the suggestions and feedback guys. I'll have another blast at mixing it over the weekend :)
 
Hey... Sounds pretty good for a first shot!

Vox sound great!

The kick drum sounds a bit... 'Flappy' if that makes sense... Probably work for some 180 bpm double bass rolls but in this, some more low end 'meat' would be nice... Also, I would like to hear the snare a bit more when things start taking off

I know you said you're using V-Drums, but normally their weak points are cymbals so you should be able to dial in the kick and snare...

And I second what Norris Shepard says too... Mix low and adjust for loudness later... I try to keep everything at around -12db and that gives me plenty of headroom to work with across the board. :)

Awesome job so far... Cool song too!
 
Hi all, I had another go at mixing this with lower levels. Any better?


thanks :)
 
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