Thanks, I appreciate the comments. Ideas to make the mix sound less narrow? Is it an EQ issue? Or main vocal a little too loud?
A very Social Distortion/Mike Ness Feel to the song - guitars are good - drums need more definition and stronger - are they a real drum set or something like EZ Drummer?
Real drums, no replacement or samples…I figured my sloppy playing would give it away!
Overall impact of the sound - I would bring the Snare, KickDrum and Highhat up - use a Convolution Reverb on them to get rid of the room sound - Compress the snare and kick to give it some punch.
I’ll play with that, thanks. The snare and kick are compressed pretty good, but there’s always more room. I do start to fight the cymbals when compressing the snare too much. A balancing act.
Then I would go the opposite on the Snare and Kick - I just think they need to open up - to match the energy of the guitars and vocals.
I heard the Reverb - maybe you are right.
That's a good thought - it may be the vocals are overshadowing everything - I think they are good vocals - really are locked in to the vibe.
Thanks, I really do appreciate all the comments. It’s so hard to judge your own music that you’ve heard one hundred times. It’s impossible to listen objectively. I’ll make some changes with I have some time this weekend.
I appreciate the feedback! By “widening in the top end” do you mean a little more top end in the panned instruments (drum overheads and rhythm guitars)? Thank you!
I just eq, compress, and pan individual tracks. I’ve never used a M/S EQ; I’m a total amateur! I need to learn more about it. I’ll see if I have any plugins that would work. Which do you use?
