Some help? I NEED critiques.

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Alright. Here is my band's upcoming EP. We're sending it out next week for pressing. These are not the final mixes and they're not 100% fixed up. I wanted to know if you guys are hearing anything that really stands out and needs to be corrected. Or, if you think that I've gone completely the wrong direction in mixing it. I tried getting the drums to sound like they were recorded in a bigger room. I didn't want the more modern, overcompressed sound that a lot of people are going for.

Thanks in advance for listening.

http://www.thepremier.outburst8.com/premierpremixes/

EDIT: The piano in the end of topten will be redone with a better sample. I just put it in there for the idea. I will also be doing something like a doctor screaming "we've lost him" in the beginning of that song over the beeps. Like.. someone dying. It has to do with the lyrics, so yea.
 
geet, only had time for one, so I am listening to Top Ten. (supposed to be somewhere else). Mix sounds good. Guitar tone is very nice. Voice seems to sit well in themix. Drums do seem a bit loud for the quieter part at the beginning. But, it also gives it a very live feel. They do sound very well recorded. Nice and clean. I think you did a good job. I will try and listen more later.
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Listened to the first one. I was never a fan of the 1 guitar panned off to the side kind of thing. Maybe if something else was going on but this is a very sparse arrangement and it's made even more so by not having the guitar up the middle. It's also very dry (everything). Don't be afraid to use some verb here. Again, it's very sparse and some reverb might fill it out some.
 
Listened to bogart. I like the guitar parts on this. Something going happening on both sides. Kick/snare balance is out. Turn snare down or kick up. Maybe some 5k on the kick. Bass guitar is ok. Again, everything is very very dry. Don't you like reverb or are you scared of overdoing it?
 
I was trying to go for a more natural feel with the reverb. To make it sound as if the rooms were actually kinda "reverberant"(Is this a word?) There's actually reverb on everything but the kick, bass, and distorted guitars. It's more of a room kinda verb than a hall.

I'm a little scared of making everything toooo distant sounding. Heh. Thank you for listening, though. I still have to go over american novel again. I haven't touched it for a few weeks.
 
I'd go back and listen to the relative volumes of each song. Some are louder than the others. Also, some songs the drums are in your face, other times they are pushed to the back. I'd try to keep the balance of the instruments the same throughout all the songs. That way they all sound like they belong together on the same album.
 
i'd like to hear the voice compressed a little more... and more guitars in the mix, less vocals, just so they sit in the mix a little less. i'm a huge fan of high vocals. the distorted guitars are very low. the screaming bridge is so out of place, but that's a songwriting thing. the vocals definitely need compression and EQing.
 
EDIT: This is to HangDawg.

Thank you for listening to everything. All the mixes are different levels because I just did a real quick check and made sure they weren't clipping when I exported. I'm going to load them all into one project and level everything out/blend them together when I actually finish the mixes 100%.

Is there anything in any of the songs that was blatantly jutting out saying "HEY!"?
You said in your first and second posts that everything needs more 'verb, how much more do you think? Is what's already there natural sounding or just not noticable?
 
dickchocolate said:
i'd like to hear the voice compressed a little more... and more guitars in the mix, less vocals, just so they sit in the mix a little less. i'm a huge fan of high vocals. the distorted guitars are very low. the screaming bridge is so out of place, but that's a songwriting thing. the vocals definitely need compression and EQing.
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Thank you. I'll definitely keep these in mind when going back over everything. Are the vocals too middy? Too scooped? Too sibilant?

About the screaming bridge.. the lyrics are: "You theif. You villain. You motherfucking coward. We don't deserve this, no we don't deserve this, and you know it. You fucking know it." I'm not sure how well that would go sung. Ha. I wrote the vocal line/music according to my bassists lyrics and I thought that it would work best like that. Maybe I'm just used to it, heh.
 
geet73 said:
You said in your first and second posts that everything needs more 'verb, how much more do you think? Is what's already there natural sounding or just not noticable?
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I just don't hear it. I'm not listening on monitors mind you. I would probably hear it if I was in the studio but most people aren't going to be listening on monitors.
 
I tried to listen to "American Novel" but the file seems to be corrupted. There is a bunch of white noise and static.
 
ocnor said:
I tried to listen to "American Novel" but the file seems to be corrupted. There is a bunch of white noise and static.
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It just worked for me.
 
actually sounds great... and I hate this type of music, but I like it.
 
emergencyexit said:
actually sounds great... and I hate this type of music, but I like it.
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I think that might be a good thing. Ha.

You and the dude above you are both from "Lexington".. different states.. but still.

I'll be going over this again tomorrow. Thanks for the comments.
 
Woah control those vocal dynamics a bit more. Compress that.
Good overall sound though.
Toms could come up a bit.
Strange tune, but has its good moments like the end.
Back vox sounds like Blink 187.
 
Well, I definitely dig "American Novel"...Very raw and natural sounding. Nice voice and meldoy in that tune.

I decided to download "Humphrey"...Whaoh, what a cool and weird tune. I really really love it, honestly. I couldn't write a tune like that if my life depended on it. You're a sick, sick man. I like it! If i was to nitpick, I'd say the drums should come up a bit, but this tune is about the story and the vocals and the mood...and they're all there. Weird, wild stuff, man. Great shit!
 
RAMI said:
Well, I definitely dig "American Novel"...Very raw and natural sounding. Nice voice and meldoy in that tune.

I decided to download "Humphrey"...Whaoh, what a cool and weird tune. I really really love it, honestly. I couldn't write a tune like that if my life depended on it. You're a sick, sick man. I like it! If i was to nitpick, I'd say the drums should come up a bit, but this tune is about the story and the vocals and the mood...and they're all there. Weird, wild stuff, man. Great shit!
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Thanks, a lot. I can't seem to figure out the key on that song, at all. Ha.

I'll keep in mind about the drums. I have to run this version by the rest of the band and see what they've got to say about it. Hopefully they pick at something.
 
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