Mixing/Mastering Advice Seeked - Nu-ClassicRock - 6 Songs

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Does "Nu-ClassicRock" even exist? I can't really describe us. But I would like to give you a pile of music we have recorded and I'm in the process of mixing and get your overall expertise, tips, opinions and everything else you guys are so great at giving on this forum.

Let me give you a quick bit of background - we are trying to bring out a 10-track self produced demo. Obviously because it's self produced I'm not expecting WONDERS. More I'm trying to get stuff as good as I can. The CD is kinda gonna have a storyline running inbetween the songs and stuff, but this is just the raw actual songs.

You don't have to listen to them all, it would just be great if you could listen to one or two and give me some overall tips on how I can improve the sound of the mixes. Also I'm having a real problem with mastering. Taking to a mastering house is out of the question so I have to do it myself - but at the moment I'm having some real problems getting a loud unsquashed mix.

My other main problems are getting the drums to sound nice aswell as standing out... cymbals are a nightmare - particularly the hi-hat.

Anyway I'll leave you to take a listen:

These songs I've done today, they have no vox:

Jazz Nights
Is Life Good Enough?
Conflict Of Interests

These songs are on our current demo we sell at gigs, I'm gonna be remixing for the final CD. These songs do have vox.:

Tincap To Rosemary
(Stay On The) Stairs
Z45

Thanks so much in advance, any advice helps :)

Sammy, SN. xxxxxxxx.
 
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Aww lol I got all excited hoping someone might have replied. Don't bother listening to all the songs - just give me feedback on one if that's quicker.

Listen to Tincap perhaps?
 
I can't give you productive input on the mixing as I'm a newbie, but your Ezdrums could uze some humanizing, for example that tincap song, those snare rolls are an in yer face part of the song, and they stand out as fake. play with the velocities a bit. As far as guitar tones, theyre pretty good, and don't bother me. Bass could use more definition, but that's a personal prefrence thing.

Other than that I you did a good job.
 
A response!??! YAY! :)

Haha... agreed on the humanizing front. Is that just a case of slightly altering all the velocities so you get it a bit more real sounding. I guess I should like think about when my drummer should be hitting harder and lighter etc.

Cheers :)
 
I guess I'm posting in the wrong forum. I won't shamelessly attempt to bump this topic again. Just was hoping you guys could genuinely help me improve. :(

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They're all pretty bright.....to the point of ear damage. The bass doesn't punch through. Drums are kinda loud in some songs. Overall they're not bad, they just need some fine tuning.
 
Greg_L said:
They're all pretty bright.....to the point of ear damage. The bass doesn't punch through. Drums are kinda loud in some songs. Overall they're not bad, they just need some fine tuning.
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I'm not hearing that? Apart from the cymbals being a bit pitchy. Are the guitars too bright? Anything major I can do to fix this?
 
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