synthish track, mastering problems

[elko]

hey, i'm looking for some advice on a new track, either general improvements or more specifically mastering advice - at the moment it sounds okay to me through my headphones, but really TERRIBLE through the macbook speakers. obviously i know it's never going to sound great through them but it should at least give a listenable impression, right? i think i'm going mad tinkering with this. (so you know, there is a default pop compressor and average limiter on it currently)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=791488

be harsh!!

el

 

[mwthompson]

The music sounds tight, but you're right, it the mix sounds flat. Distant, maybe? I'm not sure, I'm not very good at this yet. The drums sound very lo-fi.

Sorry, wish I could be more help. I'm curious what the experienced members would say. I will say that if new monitors can improve my mixes from working with headphones and my home stereo, you'll definitely see an improvement over laptop speakers.

The song is catchy, I can imagine hearing this on the radio.

 

[elko]

thankyou!

i love your yesterday cover by the way...not to mention the hugh laurie avatar

the drums are a sample from my proper band's recordings that i had an amateur go at mixing, so they will sound a bit lofi, but i was sort of going for that anyway... i cut out a lot of the high end from them, maybe i should put some of that back in. thanks for the advice!

 

[blkdog7]

DUDE! I love this. Holy cow! Keep up with this, man. you got something here. I'd buy this!

 

[rayc]

THere's no sparkle in the vocals. Maybe consider the Motown Exciter process or even something drastic like Sonix Maximiser.
Good song - keep at it.

 

[elko]

cheers guys, i've looked up the motown exciter - do you mean double tracking vocals and heavily compressing one? it sounds interesting.

making a few more changes and i'll post again with (hopefully) a more punchy mix