Old school thrash song, real drums etc

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Hey everybody,

First of all thanks to everyone who listened and gave feedback on the last song I posted, it was great to get some advice and it really helped a lot.

Here is a new track from our third album, that my band is in the middle of mixing right now. Would love some feedback regarding the mix.

Drums are all real, DW kit, no beat detectives or quantizing...

Here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gmbqzf4lzzz

Thanks for any/all feedback!
http://www.sittinidol.com
 
Sounds pretty good.

The drumming is great, but those kicks are way too loud. I understand you need them to be present, but for me, they're way too out front and have no real tone to them. It's like they're maybe a little too scooped in the low mids. Real plasticy sounding. I dunno, maybe it's just me. I know getting articulate yet powerful kicks in this kind of stuff is tricky without triggers/samples. I'd like a little livlier tom sound too. These toms sound awfully muffled and/or poorly tuned. But...I'm not trying to trash it or anything. It's very well done. I'd just drop the kicks some. Find that nice balance where they sit in the mix but are still noticeable.
 
Hi Greg,

Thanks a lot for listening. Re the kicks and drums in general, I would say they are less processed/plastic sounding than most in metal right now...I guess the frame of reference makes a big difference. I will definitely try tweaking them around to try to get the punch while still sounding natural.

I was mixing them a bit up front because, in my experience, mastering tends to bring up the guitars and vocals in relation to the drums.

Thanks again,
Rick
 
Hi Rick,
Man this recording sounds good....It's really clean, too clean for me :)
Is this your home studio?

What type of reverb did you uses on the drums, or where did you place is.
I really like the cymbal decay.

Good job,
Jon
 
SittinIdol said:
Hi Greg,

Thanks a lot for listening. Re the kicks and drums in general, I would say they are less processed/plastic sounding than most in metal right now...I guess the frame of reference makes a big difference. I will definitely try tweaking them around to try to get the punch while still sounding natural.

I was mixing them a bit up front because, in my experience, mastering tends to bring up the guitars and vocals in relation to the drums.

Thanks again,
Rick
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This is un-mastered? :eek:

That's awfully loud for an unmastered raw mix.
 
Great recording, better than anything I'm getting. I'm no engineer but graduated with honors from DRI Thrash Academy.

Drums too isolated maybe? The cymbal decay is awesome but suggests they're not in the same room. Needs some live raunch.
 
It just sounds super clean....like acoustic singer song writer clean....Is that a bad thing?
haha, that might be the best/worst complaint.
 
Thanks for listening guys. Greg, you're right, it is too loud to be just a raw mix, I did run my tester through a L2 for volume, but I don't think it's taking anything off the peaks, just bringing them up near 0 db...
 
Nice. Great recording. Reminded me oh Anthrax, musically. That opening riff was cool.

Good job. Very clean. Kick sounds fine; has to be 'click' drum at that hit rate.
Thanks!
Matty
 
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