My first mix had drums stomping all over everything.
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Then you went way too far the other way. Your drums are buried now.
Dude, listen to hard rock mixes from any band in any time period. Never are the drums buried. The snare is never inaudible.
My first mix had drums stomping all over everything.
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Then you went way too far the other way. Your drums are buried now.
Dude, listen to hard rock mixes from any band in any time period. Never are the drums buried. The snare is never inaudible.
I listened to the butt kickin version. I guess the guitars were a little overdriven for my personal tastes. But you hear a lot of commercial stuff that's this distorted. I didn't mind it too much.
The vocals were swimming in effects. That's probably what you wanted. But when you get to the chorus they're really messy - a lot of unpleasant sounding distortion in them.
You must have turned up the drums in this mix because they sound forward enough to me. I liked the crack on the snare. I thought the drumming was real good.
I thought the bass had too much attack. It'd pop through every once in a while and sound like a burp.
I really think that when you get that guitar sound going in conjunction with the distorted vocals, they sum together to create an excess of some upper mid frequencies that are a bit harsh
I think this is very cool overall, but I'm definitely hearing some of the same thing that Pete mentioned above. I'm thinking it should be an easy fix, just a level adjustment, but not sure...
Other than that, wow...you are hitting your creative stride it seems, and this is cool and different and edgy. I really like it. I like how you take risks artistically and you aren't afraid to push the envelope.
Nice!
Dave
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New mix is definitely better. Guitars sound way better. You got some donky notes in the intro, but that's okay. You'll fix that with practice. The bass gtr seems pretty boomy now which I didn't notice before. Really, I'm thinking your "mastering" process is killing your mix. For example, the snare again. It's definitely more there now, which is a good thing, but it sounds flattened and ringy. In my experience, that's *usually* compression/limiting squashing the snares attack to match everything else and bringing the body up. There's zero dynamics in the mix. The snare doesn't crack in it's own space, if you get my drift. It's just a two-dimensional snare sound that's living amongst the guitars. I really hate to say this, but listen to a modern professional mastering job - like the new Foo Fighters. It's loud, and everything is in your face, but it's still got seperation and space and the pieces have a life of their own. Even with it being mastered in line with modern trends, it still breathes. Now I'm not expecting you to rival professional mastering engineers. You don't have the equpiment, budget, or experience to do what they do. But that's all the more reason to not "master" your stuff so hard. I like loud and in-your-face mixes too, but you gotta reel it in a little. This thing is way hot. It's killing your mixes. Just my 2 cents, bro.
Anyway, mix 4 is better yet. The snare is getting it's own life now. It could still be cleaner to my ears, but now we're getting into personal taste territory. I don't know that the 400hz bump is necessary though. It's a 13" right? Try it with a cut in that range.
Cool. Yeah, the snare is a 14" steel. Unless it's hampering the mix, I usually bump the 450HZ area to give it more body. It usually makes it hit harder. I'll revisit it after work tonight.
Thanks again, Greg.
I like the vocals on this. It kind of reminds me of a mix between Smashing Pumpkins and Korn. You are great at this stuff dude.
I listened to the first mix, then the last one...its funny how Im only worth my mixing salt in my own genre..that sounds a night and day difference...the guitars are way better and the drums rock...really drive it, especially at the end when you're doing the human kazoo bit...boom boom boom...excellent
snare sounds great to me too now
good work...both of you lol
Ok, I think I missed mixes 2&3, but 4 does sound better than 1. The guitar drive is much more reasonable at this point and with less fizz, I find myself wishing they were louder now.
I thought the drums sounded pretty good the first time around, but they are certainly more prominent now. Bass sounds cool. Good job tweaking this.
Dude, I like the hell out of this song. I will say that I was going to comment a few days ago, but I am glad I didn't because I would have said it sounds good as is. The fizz guitars didn't bother me that much really, but I like the sound here on the Mix 3 way damned better.
I like the vocals on this. It kind of reminds me of a mix between Smashing Pumpkins and Korn. You are great at this stuff dude.
See, to me...I'm picking up more of a System Of A Down vibe from the vocals.
Just stopping by to say it's getting better with every mix. The only thing that's bugging me now is near the beginning of the song on the vocal...the first time you go up, it really sounds more like vocal distortion than effect. Does it a couple of times after that too, but I think it clears up later in the song. I don't know if there's anything you can do about it, and I'm sorry I don't have a time marker, but I just thought I'd mention it.