Trying to get a better sound.

[ManInMotion711]

Im trying to get a better sound out of my drums and the way i record acoustic guitar all together. Ive read the sticky on recording acoustic guitar i think twice at this point. Im just curious if my mix sounds decent. https://soundcloud.com/jmh71192/tonight-original. tried to upload the file it was to large.

 

[Pinky]

The kick is a bit ... sounding (too much punch if that makes sense, maybe drop the 70-100hz range a few decibels). I like the acoustic recording. You might be able to get some more crispness from the acoustic but I don't kknow if the mic is a limiting factor, etc or if you don't want that extra trebly/plucky sound from it. Once you have the sound for the acoustic dialed in, adding some small/medium room reverb will help fatten it and blend it with the rest of the instruments as you add them.

Are you live recording the drums? (sounds like it)

 

[ManInMotion711]

Yea everything is live recording. For the acoustic i use 2 CAD C9 cardiod pencil condensers and a large diaphragm CAD MXl 990. And yea i thought to kick sounded a little weird. Im not used to equing it the way im trying and ive adjusted the tuning on the kick aswell.

 

[Fancypants806]

What microphones do you have at your disposal?

 

[jimmys69]

+1 to Pinky suggestions. Mostly the guitar needs depth. If double tracking is not cool for you then I would look into MS recording of it.

 

[ManInMotion711]

What microphones do you have at your disposal?

The mics i was using were the CAD C9's that come with the cad pro stage 7 drum mic kit. i was also using a MXl 990. I also have an AT2020 and AT 2021. along with a GXL1200

 

[ashleyhanoman]

Some room verb & a touch more bus compression on the drums will help it sit better I think.

 

[rayc]

I agree with Pinky.
Follw the pink line.

 

[TRNSTN]

nice