Need Critiquing on New Song

[ChickenStomp]

Would love to hear any advice on the mix, the link is a dropbox link

(Link is fixed)

 

[miroslav]

Your link no worky....

 

[ChickenStomp]

Your link no worky....

It worked fine for me, but I changed it anyway back to its original link

 

[miroslav]

I'll have to check it out at home...they block dropbox.com here at work.....

 

[Comanchesniper]

Didn't work for me

 

[heatmiser]

Link worked fine for me.

Sounds pretty good. There's a good stereo spread going on and I like the meaty guitar sound.

I didn't care for the cymbal work so much. Not sure how you did the drums, but the crashes just seem really ever-present and each hit sounds pretty homogeneous.

Were the acoustic guitars DI'd somehow? They kind of have that sound. I'd have preferred a more open, mic'd quality there myself.

 

[ChickenStomp]

Link worked fine for me.

Sounds pretty good. There's a good stereo spread going on and I like the meaty guitar sound.

I didn't care for the cymbal work so much. Not sure how you did the drums, but the crashes just seem really ever-present and each hit sounds pretty homogeneous.

Were the acoustic guitars DI'd somehow? They kind of have that sound. I'd have preferred a more open, mic'd quality there myself.

The acoustic guitar was recorded directly into PodFarm with a cable. I don't really have the equipment to record with a mic. I've tried, but all I have is an SM57

 

[puscookie]

dig the song! You should get Howard Jones to do vocals! (previously of Killswitch Engage) since he isnt in a band anymore haha that would be cool.

 

[chuckduffy]

The acoustic guitar was recorded directly into PodFarm with a cable. I don't really have the equipment to record with a mic. I've tried, but all I have is an SM57

SM57 is probably one of the more common microphones to record guitar amps with

 

[heatmiser]

SM57 is probably one of the more common microphones to record guitar amps with

Yeah, but for acoustic guitars? I mean, I've heard it done well here before (usually classicial guitars actually), but not a common choice for acoustics I don't think?

 

[chuckduffy]

Yeah, but for acoustic guitars? I mean, I've heard it done well here before (usually classicial guitars actually), but not a common choice for acoustics I don't think?

I am an idiot. I had just listened to another song that had an electric guitar, read the comment and responded on this song.

 

[ChickenStomp]

If anyone here is a good vocalist and wants to record a vocal track for this, that would be awesome. I do these cover songs and make videos for them on youtube. I have quite a few subscribers and it could be an opportunity for some extra exposure for someone, but anyways, if anyone wants the lyrics/melody, just search "Give Me A Sign - Breaking Benjamin" on youtube

 

[JG96]

Snares a lil dry but good overall

 

[Zap Gun]

what it needs

I really like the guitar sound you're getting, but the drums are pretty anemic. The kick is practicality not even there. With this genre the bass takes the low end. The kick gets a high pass filter at around 40 Hz. Put a gentle sloped hi pass on your guitars too. Then to compensate. Boost the things you cut at 100 Hhs. Now put some parallel compression on that kick and snare to get em smacking.

 

[Armistice]

I'd bring the melodic guitar up just a bit, and instead of the fairly crappy sounding DI'd acoustic perhaps consider playing a clean electric, if you can't do the mic thing with it... or take the signal you have and effect it some way, might take a bit of focus off it, perhaps.

Like heat suggested, perhaps rethink the cymbals, over crashy/open hihatty for my tastes..

Good tunage though... me likee...