Trying to get a better sound.

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