my first recording done :) finally.

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last week my band finished my first mix, master and video all done by me. id like to see what you all think, its my first try so please let me know any feelings you may have towards it. The Stillwinter - Savior of Lies (Official Music Video) - YouTube
the bands called The Stillwinter, hope it turned out ok
i am not a master at mastering yet obviously but ill gain that in time. and yes its my first video as well.

and thank you to all who replied to my mix questions last month to help make this turn out better

The Stillwinter - Home
 
They instrumental sounds pretty good, but something about the mix job on the vocals is off. They sound too harsh in the high range and it could be the result of a couple of things - The vocals being recorded too hot and clipping, youtube downsampling the bit-rate on your song, a bad recording job, or too much EQ shelving in the highs with-out appropriate de-essing or notch cuts to tame the harshness.
 
Listening on headphones...

I think the mix sounds good overall. The vocals sound good when they're not heavily processed, I guess what you would call the lead (for example, from 1:30-1:40). The parts where the vocals are stylized (like around 0:50 and 2:05) don't sit well with me, but that's just my personal preference. I like the groove from 1:55-2:02 a lot; wish there were more of it. The bass swell at 3:03 is a little too heavy, but that's nitpicking. Overall very clear and well mixed. Nice work!
 
i did alot of de essing on the vocals but i did that before gentle compression and eq-ing. should i have thrown it on after all that instead???? cause that would make sense now that i think about it :( :( especially when giving a boost in mids and highs, grah. something to give a shot huh
 
I would say that a general redo of your EQing might help a bit. the first plugin in the entire chain should be an EQ that is high-passing and low-passing the track. Next should be the de-esser. Then should be the compression. After that you should have your EQ that does any major cuts/boosts.

I will say this in general though. Less is more with EQ. Especially with boosts. EQ boosts are dangerous because when you boost certain frequencies you actually can cause phase problems with the other frequencies. Basically, the more drastic EQ boosts you make, the more you sacrifice overall clarity. Try to keep it as simple as high/low passing, a high shelf, and maybe one (this is important) shallow and wide mid/high-mid boost to help bring out the clarity of the overall track.
 
I think this sounds like a very slick professional recording and wouldn't seem inadequate in quality juxtaposed against other stuff on a major alternative radio station.
 
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