hi,
Listening to the MP3 and looking at your equipment list I have to say it is a really weak result: you should be able to get a much, much better sound with that equipment!!
Don't get me wrong , I am not saying this to discourage you, in the contrary, you should be motivated to do a better job. You're obvious keen to learn, that's why you post on this forum probably, and the right attitude is what you need.
You have obviously invested a lot in that equipment, so if you want people to use your studio for their recordings, you gotta offer a better recording than other studios in the same price range.
First of all, read a lot about the material, there is heaps of information on this board about EQing and mixing, use the search function and follow the different discussions. Also use great sites like
www.studiocovers.com/articles.html to obtain info, and read mags concerning recording, Sound On Sound as my personal favorite.
A few suggestions I would make about the song Love. First of all remember when mixing you have to search for a balance in the frequency spectrum. To let different instruments blend but to hear them clearly on the other hand they all have to find their place in the frequency spectrum, and especially where they should not sound. Instruments often can be in eachothers way and can muddy things up.
Don't ever forget that EQing is boosting or diminishing parts of the frequency area you recorded! What I want to say with this, you can't boost frequencies that aren't there, so a good recording starts with good microphone placement.
Especially your low mid area is overcrowded. The bass is too loud and lacks definition, it muddies the rest up. Experiment with EQ (set your Q and dB boost high and search for the attack and body frequencies and adjust the Q and dB when you found them). The distorted guitar sounds really weak, it lacks body. Again here you gotta start with a good micing (a good cab with an SM67 can do miracles, or you can use a POD or another modeler) and try to give the guitar it's place in the frequency center, maybe even dubble it when you are recording this powerrock kinda stuff. Also the clean guitar that plays a few chords is way overchorussed to my taste.
also your drums need lot of work: your bassdrum sounds like a cardboard box that is being hit. Once you are satisfied with your bassdrum sound: shelve under 100Hz: those frequencies often muddy things up while lots of systems even can't handle those freqeuncies. Search for the attack on your bassdrum, often one low between the 50 and 200 Hz and another in the high area of about 2kHz.also, find out if there aren't any bad frequencies between 200 and 1000. Don't forget the union between bassdrum and bass is necesarry. You aren't shit with a bass and a bassdrums that sound great seperately if they don't sound good together.
Regarding the snare: you often have an attack on the snare between 100Hz and 200Hz and shelving up from about 1kHz gives you more snares. Cutting off below 100 also often helps. Overheads for cymbals can use a bit of sparkle by shelving them up.
Also rethink the reverb setting on your solo guitar. Although it's a matter af taste, it doesn't fit in the song and it sounds like the lead guitarist is playing somewhere completely else.
Just a few thoughts...
