Miserable Failure.....SOS

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I recorded this song not too long ago and am horribly unsatisfied with it. It seems to sound so distant. I can't really put my finger on it, I wanna say its quiet but i know "just turning it up" isn't the solution. I tried to stretch the stereo image too much(failed) and i think i was getting too much out of the cymbals, the bass guitar got very clicky. I think i pushed the mids too much on the dirty guitars. Kick isn't cutting through too much. It just doesn't seem like its all there. Any idea's? Is this ship worth raise from 10,000 leagues under the sea? Or should I let it rot? Thoughts?

P.s. Im a newb so don't expect a whole lot

Thanks
-Barrett

p.p.s. sorry for all the boat references


http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=15790
 
Barrett,
Let's sit right down and tell a tell, a tail of a fateful trip....

Uh sorry... :)

First off, your performances sound pretty good, but to me the first obvious thing that is causing your distant sound is the reverb. Way too much of it and the wrong room type if you want a closer sound.

The tonality is wrong to give the impression of closeness as well. When you here a lack of mid range (vocals mainly) and a lot of verb it flat just yells "I'm far away!"

Use less verb particularly on the vocals.

Think about how things (instruments / voices) sound when close.
But also a warning, do put some of the sounds further back on the sound stage so it does not sonically appear everyone is one the front line.

Also try to resist the temptation to really boost the highs.

I wish I had the raw tracks, I could probably show you better than tell you. But I guess that probably would not be as helpful as you banging it out on your own.
 
Yeah, less reverb is probably your answer, especially on the vocals and drums.

The guitars are fuzzy enough that I can't tell if they have too much reverb, but they sound pretty good.

I'd definitley recommend putting some of those boat references in the song itself! :D Ok, that probably wouldn't help.
 
Thanks a lot guys, I'll definitely do another mix with more mids and less reverb, I have cement floors so it might be hard to take some of the natural tone out. But thats for the suggestions.

Thanks
-Barrett
 
Nice tune, and nice performance.

The snare sounds almost like a tom:confused:

I dont think the mix is terribly bad like you said, just needs less reverb. Post it up again after you took some of the verb out of it.


Mike
 
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