New Band, New Song

[keilson]

I recorded this song pretty quickly for a local band. I'm leaving for school thursday so I don't have much time to rerecord parts. Just trying to fix up the mix for them. I understand parts of this song are sloppy, and there is currently no vocal track because they are still working on it, but they understand that. Just let me know how I can fix the mix. Thanks for the help. here it is:

 

[chrisharris]

Hey there...just writing to keep this on the front page. Overall...sounds pretty farkin' decent. Personally, I'd throw some verb on the snare...it's pretty IN YOUR FACE. I'd roll some of the lows off of the guitars too, but it's purely a personal preference. The mix doesn't have any big problems that I can make out.

Hopefully, others will try harder than I.



OH YEAH...NEEDS MORE WORDS!!!

-chris

 

[Lt. Bob]

Overall levels seem low. It's also pretty muddy. The bass sounds passable but the drums and guitar sound muffled to me. Maybe bring up the EQ a bit aroung 3k or so. And also maybe a little bit on the top-end, say around 8-10k. The balance between the instruments seems fair....it's just that muffled thing that's bothering me.

 

[keilson]

thanks for the great responses. I'm thinking level wise it needs to be mastered after i finish mixing. This should increase overall level right? Also before that I am definitely gonna try playing with the EQ later today and I will post again. Thanks once again.

 

[jgourd]

The bass sounds like it is recorded direct. I would EQ it better and bring up in the mix. Perhaps a nice bass cab in Warp / Nigel / Amplitube would help.

I like the old phase shifter in the guitar.

 

[keilson]

i'm having trouble fixing the guitar EQ. I am not the greatest with parametric EQ. If someone could help me out a little more with details about setting the Parametric EQ in Cubase. I have read a lot about it, but I am having trouble pinpointing the "muddy" frequency. Thanks once again.