Needed a little help/feedback on a mix please

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I started recording a friends band a week ago and just thought I'd ask some of you guys for some help or suggestions

I recorded this song on my Tascam DP-01 so I only had two channels to work with so keep that in mind

the drums were done with a D112 on the kick and a small condenser over the toms which seemed to pick up the overall sound of the dums better

the guitars were close miked pretty typical style and the vocals are pretty rough because they guy doing the "singing" isn't the greatest

I put light compression on the drum "overhead" and a little on the vocals, I'm not overly happy with the way everything sits in the mix so I was just looking for some suggestions, I can't seem to get the guitars to sit right with everything nd I've messed with it so much that I just need some outside help

heres the link to the song and let me know what everything is thinking

thanks a bunch for the help

Teenager Music
 
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Sorry, Frenchc, but it gave me a logout screen when I tried to get the song.
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Pretty cool tune, lots of dynamics. The drums are lost and so are the vocals, though. I would take a bit more time tuning the drums, sounds like the snare skin is pretty old and/or dead. Also, I would avoid riding on a crash cymbal, it really noisey's up the sound. I think most of the issues to me have less to do with the mixing than with the approach to recording. It's not bad but things are all on top of each other. Still a good start and a good song.
 
Rami covered a lot with his post.

I think it sounds like a great song idea, you sound as if you are skilled on you instruments, you just need a better recording.
I`ll bet you with the right recording this would be a very powerfull and cool song.

So just read and ask around here about recording and I`m sure you`ll do great. :)
 
If this is your first engineering job...

I'd say you freakin' did pretty well. It's tough to get a clean mix, and you're close, damned close. Kit sounds a bit off, that crash is a noisy thing. RAMI is an expert, try to emulate him. (check out that Highway Star cover)
 
thanks for the help, I'll check out some of RAMI's stuff when I get off work, any other suggestions on the mix, we are planning on re-recording it so I'll definitly try to tone the ride down a bit and maybe try to clear up the guitars a bit but please make any other suggestions that you feel are neccesary

thanks, Chris
 
I appreciate the compliments, but I'm no expert, and I'm not just saying that to be modest. I've learned alot here from some REAL experts and manage to get a pretty good sound for the simple music I'm playing, but a lot of the good things I've managed to accomplish were a result of winging it and trial and error. So don't go to my page expecting to hear anything too incredible...lol. What I gave you was my opinion based on mistakes I know I've made in the past. You're definitely on the right track and it's a good song.
 
Sounds really good to me actually, espeically for the equipment you're using. Some of the harmonies are a little flat though. You wouldn't happen to listen to a little Thursday from time to time would you? This would be bad ass with some screaming in the distant background. I really like the guitar tone though.
 
yeah I do listen to Thursday but I'm not technically in the band and I didn't write the song but some of the people in it like them but other dispise them, well thanks everyone for the comments, when we re-record it I'll post it again to see what ya think,

and feel free to keep the suggestions coming

thanks, Chris
 
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