please comment about anything about this track

[laughingcolors]

thanks.
i have about a week and a half to finish mixing this so any comments would be greatly appreciated

again first full band i've tracked..i defiantly need to fix the guitar more...comments on how to make it better ??


Thanks
Jon

 

[lost studios]

I think more than anything, the mix needs some body and dimension and the bass needs to create some foundation... Possibly double that guitar line (maybe put a little delay on one side) and pan them left in right. They sounds as if they are behind the singer in MONO. Maybe you could do some pan automation on them and pull them wide when the chorus's hit.

Remember.. you need to create depth, width, and height when you mix. Don't sit everything down the middle.. unless of course that's what your shooting for. In that case, everything I've said is moot!

What are you using to record by the way? Some sort of audio software? Or hardware based?

You're doing a great job... keep at it my friend.
good luck.

 

[laughingcolors]

hey--
thanks for the comments..i did pan the stuff, i guess i need to play with it more and the volume levels more..
as far as recording, we had a ton of problems that day... the main thing was the 2nd snake box wasnt working-- meaning we only had 8 inputs to deal with most being the drums.
the drums, used SM57s but the hihat, an akg 414... and a D112 on the kick.....couldnt use the overhead as the inputs was limited...

guitar, was plugged into my marshall amp mic'd originaly with a TLM103 changed to an SM57 later...again problem with only 8inputs at the itme.. wanted to use at least 2 mics on the guitar... the guitarist didnt show up with his amp, sowe had to use my marshall valvestate amp..

bass plugged into the Pod direct... eQ'D and added a few fX of course...

vocals- agk414, and sm57 though ithink in this version its only the akg...

all thru the mixing board than into protools....

 

[shackrock]

- Vocals need to be compressed (volumes evened out)
- Vocals sound muffled. Soundsl ike a dynamic mic. Try backing up an inch or 2 maybe?
-Guitar is SUPER HOLLOW. Get some body in that. You should get some really thick sounding guitars for this. You are lacking a lot of mids in this mix it sounds like - although i'm not listening a TON to it...just a quick time through.
- Drums are decent. I mean, the close micing of them sounds great. Well placed, and nicely mixed to eachother. However, you desperately need a pair of overheads I think. That will add some body to your mix as well.
- Bass needs to be defined somewhere, kinda gets lost. I blame your guitar sound actually. Kick/Bass/Guitar will all sound good when they are ALL done correctly (or closer to correctly). Try compressing your bass though too, never hurts.

Try this for your guitar:
-mic your amp with a sm57. like ONE INCH from the cone, but not at the CENTER of the cone. The further from the center you go (horizontally), the more bassy your tone gets. The closer to the center you go (horizontally again), more hi end/crunch will be in -there.
-Turn your gain/crunch/distortion DOWN more than you'd like it to be (not off, just down...don't put it to full blast, back up on it).
-Record the song once. Pan it to the left, say - 50-70%.
-Record the EXACT same thing again (play it again). Pan it to the right this time, the same amount you panned the previous take to te left.

once you see that that does, you can experiment with even more guitar parts (4, instead of just 2), different pannings, and different tones too (very important and useful!).

Lastly, POST THIS IN THE MP3 CLINIC MY MAN! NOT THE MIXING/MASTERING FORUM! ha.