Opinions on mix? Hard rock

[chamelious]

soundclick.com/shadowcasteruk

My bands debut EP. Its not 100% done yet, i've still to tidy up the drum track, but im after some opinions on the general mix please

Thanks

Edit, song is the only one there called the fake, probs best to download it

 

[killthepixelnow]

Hey man, you achieved a nice and well balanced mix. Just some minor things. The kick drum needs more click, it's too bassy and lacks definition. Try using some EQ on the 5kHz range to bring up the bite. Snare could use more reverb, too dry for my taste. Guitars ound really good. The band vocalist it's well tuned, I don't have any comments on him.

Hope you can mix all your tracks and then post the results. Luck!

 

[chamelious]

Thanks man. Thanks for the advice on the kick, i already have a pretty heft boost for click, but maybe i should try adjusting the frequency a bit to get it up in the mix a bit. I think i've actually managed to omit snare reverb, dunno how that happened! Thanks again

 

[chamelious]

No other thoughts at all?

 

[mattdee1]

Sounds pretty cool, but definitely look at that kick--it jumped out at me immediately that it's too fat and muddy.

I like the sound. Musically it's kind of reminiscent of early Muse.

 

[philbagg]

I agree with brightening up the kick and some snare reverb.
I also think the vocals could be turned up slightly.

Other than that, great mix man, I'm impressed. I'm liking those
guitars. The different tones on left and right work well.

 

[GONZO-X]

if you roll off some of the low end off the kick track, it's the same effect as boosting highs for more click (more or less)

subtractive eq is always better than boosting.
boosting adds noise, and digital artifacts, and does not sound as smooth as cuts.....

simply bring the track volume up to compensate for the lower frequency intensity being lowered.

 

[chamelious]

Thanks guys. Moved the click boost frequency on the kick, seems to have helped a lot. Snare track is a big problem. Seems to have more cymbals in it than actual snare, its totally ruining the overhead sound guess next time at tracking need to pay more attention, maybe not use a condensor

 

[killthepixelnow]

Thanks guys. Moved the click boost frequency on the kick, seems to have helped a lot. Snare track is a big problem. Seems to have more cymbals in it than actual snare, its totally ruining the overhead sound guess next time at tracking need to pay more attention, maybe not use a condensor

A Shure SM57 is all you need to a good rock snare.