pop punk!!

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hey guys,
let me just say i appreciate everyone who always give me feedback. it helps me soo much and it shows in my next recordings.

here's an mp3 from a band that came to me:


think ya could help me with the mix, etc?

i think the bass drum is too loud, yeah?

vox dont sound very present, what do you think i could do to help it out?

again thanks for any comments
T
 
Hey, the drums pretty damn good in my opinion. Guitars, on the other hand, could use some work. I think you should mic more closely to the amp for a crunchier sound.
 
Drums sound okay - Snare has a funny kinda resonance too it though. Hit quite unevenly as well - bit of compression to even it out perhaps?

The guitars are quite 'thin' sounding compared to say, New Found Glory or the Atari's. Closer mic'ing or using something like a POD would sort that out. You could also pan them a little to thicken it up.

The vocals - a little less reverb (but thats my personal taste). Bring them up a little.

I recorded a pop punk band back in Febuary. The only MP3 up is at
.

Hope this has helped.

Neil
 
Cool song. Moves real nice. Made me tap my toe.

I thought the drums were ok, maybe a little boxy. I liked the drum part - lots of energy.

First thing that hit me was that it was missing low-mids. There are few lows, and a bunch of high-mids. But very little stuff in the middle. Bass needs a bunch more punch (hey I rhymed in a review).

Vocals are pitchy in spots. Might sound cool if they're doubled. Some spots are ripe for harmonies. Vox are a bit on the dry side too. Delay or verb could help I think.

I'd definitely keep working on this. The song is worth the effort.

Trip.
 
tight ...

The vocal is mixed OUT FRONT ... killer. I can easily understand all the words and would NEVER feel as though there would be a struggle to understand a single word.

Ya know, I'd take every bit of effects off this vocal and just have it in your face dry as a towel fresh out of the dryer ... :D . Running the vocal through an 'enhancer' would make it even more crisp and 'in your face'.

Cool mix ... The guitar is nice and big and round, possibly a little bit too overcompressed, now that you have a HUGE amount of headroom reserved for the vocal, you can play with the compression on the guitar a bit, let it peak 2db more, see how that sounds.

This headroom you initially present the vocal with serves you very, very well on this bbs, now we can really hear where the vocal might should go, thanks for the mixes dode !

I love the guitar riffing. At 3:10 and thereabouts, you might experiment with auto-panning these two guitars back and forth between left and right, finally bringing them both to center to move into the next section. Leaving them mixed panned out so far to the right and left is only effective for a short while, we need to feel movement in the stereo field, othewise the instrument is 'stranded' out there, and we tend to start to ignore it.

Hell, this is a DAMN GOOD song, good songwriting, very clean and precise guitar playing, very hooky ... yes ... it's pop ... BWAAAaaHAAhaAAahaaaa ...

anywayz, I look forward to the development of this mix.

Cello might add a cool dimension to this tune. I don't have anything like this in my portfolio, I'd like to collaborate on this.
 
Heya.... nice! I really like the ambience (verb) you're using on everything... gives an almost "live" feel. This has that ...well OTHER people term it "SissyPunk"... but that's not too flattering... :o

I'd just call it "punk" and move on...

Nice stuff... The guitars in the verses are mixed a bit low/harsh... that's a live snare sound, for sure.... you guys tape the drum heads? Not much snare sound... bass could come up & not hurt anything.

Nice song... could sell some CDs...


Chad
 
Auto panning.

I use Cakewalk SONAR, so ...

You can make SONAR adjust the pan automatically.

Say the backup vocal enters in the bottom of the stereo left field. As the musical phrase reaches it's center, you can make SONAR track the voice across the stero field, until the backup vocal is centered along with the lead ... and as the musical phrase continues, the backup vocal finally ends up on the right side of the stereo field.

This is very, very easy to abuse, it literally will cause your listeners head to physically turn ... and you can abuse that, can piss 'em off and cause them to lose interest ... like a judo throw, you can throw em out off the mat and they won't want to play anymore ...
 
ad0lescnts,

Snappy little number!

Mix-wise, the guitars had way too much top end on them. It made me want to turn the volume down from it hurting my ears a bit. Take a little of the top of them and maybe add a stereo delay effect to fatten them up a bit in the stereo spectrum.

The drums sounded fine but they were too clear for this genre of music. If you took a bit of presence away from the snare and added a bit of sizzle to the cymbals, they would fit a bit better in the mix. The cymbals are too far back in the mix. Was this a computer generated drum program? It kind of sounded like it.

The lead vocal was dead on for the music. No complaints there.

The backing vocals should have been doubled up or quadrupled and have 'em screamin' out their lines to add some contrast to the lead vocal.

Some of the best pop-punk music out there had a live off the floor feel and sound to it and I feel if you could get everything in your mix to sound more like that, you will have done a good thing for the song.

Cheers! :)
 
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