'Sherlock' Short Acoustic Instrumental by Rockonin

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Another miss. Way too compressed and bright. No space, no dynamics, very unnatural sounding, very damaging to the ears.

What is your monitoring situation?
 
Im using KRK Rokit 6 monitors through a new Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 audio interface. The room has not been acoutically treated whatsoever.
After bouncing the mix i use my Logitech 2.1 multimedia speakers to get a rough idea what it sounds like on normal speakers.
I also used the IK T-Racks masteing suite. Only got the demo yesterday so getting used to the signal chain. Greg give me some pointers and tips on mixing.
 
Well for one, stop trying to "master" your mixes until you get a better grip on mixing. A bad mix "mastered" sounds terrible. Secondly, simply use your ears. Do those guitar tracks sound good to you? They sound shrill and tinny to me. Nothing like an acoustic guitar. I'm not trying to be harsh, but either your monitoring situation is awful, or your ears don't work properly. Compare this to other acoustic based songs and find the differences.
 
im' not sure if anyone elses notices but i hear clipping or distortion in some spots.

Alot of spots...
 
Greg_L said:
Well for one, stop trying to "master" your mixes until you get a better grip on mixing. A bad mix "mastered" sounds terrible. Secondly, simply use your ears. Do those guitar tracks sound good to you? They sound shrill and tinny to me. Nothing like an acoustic guitar. I'm not trying to be harsh, but either your monitoring situation is awful, or your ears don't work properly. Compare this to other acoustic based songs and find the differences.
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^^^This pretty much nails it^^^

rockonin said:
...I used an Ibanez Ambience A300e acoustic guitar (a mixture of the pickup and the in-built microphone) ...
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Here's most of your problem. It's a cheap guitar, but that's only part of the problem. You still should be able to get something usable. If you really want to record acoustic guitar properly, ditch the pickup AND the built in microphone.

The acoustic guitar has so many rich tones, and you seem to have managed to capture all the shrill tones, and missed all the richness and harmonics. Get a decent SDC condenser mic, put it up at the 12th fret, about a foot away and record. Then learn to mix at lower volumes, and as greg says, use your ears. If something sounds thin and harsh it is. Use the proximity effect of the mike to get more low end and wood of the body, and if that doesn't work, use some EQ.
 
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