whats wrong with this mix?

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I had my band's stuff recorded and there is something in the mix that has a problem. I can't figure out just whats wrong, the drums, or the guitars, or w/e. Is there any possible way to clean this up, what levels are off etc.

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very hard to tell with those mp3s. a lot of the highs are gone. must be a lo-fi mp3 on that site. i dont know if your trying to say something is wrong with the mix, or if your trying to fix how the quality of the song sounds from the mp3.
 
whats wrong with this mix?
You are a bunch of useless ball licking arse bandits, thats whats wrong. You need to grow some balls you pansies. Pissing about with that candy rock garbage. Way to take blink 182 and make it sound even shitter...you make me sick :mad:
 
haha to the guy above me's comment.
which song, do you mean both of them?
 
Friggin good band. Do you have a CD yet? I want it. You're very Story of the Year, Matchbook Romance-y. I like it
 
Sounds like THE CURE to me...
The drums are very flat and competing with the vocals. Hard to tell for sure on the quality of the mp3 but in general I'd say that there is no allocated space for all the sounds. In other words each track was EQ'd in solo then thrown into the mix...
 
Sounds like each track needs defined a little better, EQ, etc. Vocals fit well with the drums I think but the guitars sound like they are struggling for position, and bass is almost none-exsistant in alot of it (could be my PC speakers too though) I'd tinker with each individual track, then work on settling the guitars with each other and the bass too. Kick it to two track then EQ again.
 
Its dull as fuck, come on tell the truth you dicks. Listen kid get yourself a Steady job before its too late. Mc Donalds are still taking. Your music is PANTS.
Now beat it you losers. :mad:
 
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ballroot, why don't you shut the hell up and go away. You obviously have nothing worth a damn to contribute here so why waste your time?

farewellending, I believe you've captured the type of sound that I think you're going for pretty well here. I agree with the others who say that it would be easier to listen for problems with a higher quality mp3 or whatever, but from what I can here, this is comparable to something I recall hearing from similar bands (blink-182, etc.) However, I do have to tell you, this is not a type of music that I can listen to for a long time - even though the playing is good and all. I think the reason is that to me, everything in this type of music sounds either overly compressed, or perhaps it's that the instruments all seem to constantly compete with each other to be heard. I much prefer to hear something with some dynamics, and music where the instruments each have there own "place", i.e: when the singer is performing the accompanying instruments kind of hold back a bit, and at another point the rythm guitars may hold back to let the bass or drums provide a little accent. This type of music seems to feature a constant barrage of steady rythm guitars which take away from the expressiveness of the vocals and other instruments. However, this seems to be a popular style, and what I've said is just my own opinion - I hear my 14 year old daughter listening to this style quite often and if it's what you're going for I think you've probably nailed it. However, you asked what is wrong with the mix, so obviously there is something you don't like. If you want to try something new, I suggest work on getting more dynamics out of your music, and try to accentuate the vocals and various instruments during key passages. At the very least, try to carve space in the mix for each individual instrument, so that they stand out more from each other, rather than sounding like an onslaught of sound.
 
Who said im wasting my time? Not me my friend, this is far from a waste of my time. If you wanna take me or anyone else seriously, then im afraid your wasting you time. :mad:
 
ballroot said:
Who said im wasting my time? Not me my friend, this is far from a waste of my time. If you wanna take me or anyone else seriously, then im afraid your wasting you time. :mad:

I don't take you seriously, and I highly doubt if anyone else does either. That's why you're wasting your time.

By the way, if you want to change your ways a bit, start posting something worth a damn, and treat the others here with something that resembles respect, I'd be just fine with that too. You may just think you're being funny, I don't know, but this is a forum where people are expected to at least be semi-serious and reasonable with one another. Keep the stupidity in the cave.
 
ballroot...........you are an a-hole.
have the balls to put your name on bad rep when you give it out.
What a punk......He put someone elses name on the bad rep he gave out..............................
 
I will try SIR. Is that ok , if i call you SIR. I mean thats respect........right. You know Respect...isnt that what you want. Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways, im so glad you did. Didnt know where i was there for a second. WOW i can breath again, you have saved me. Thank you jeff. Im mean SIR. Thank you SIR.
 
timboZ said:
ballroot...........you are an a-hole.
have the balls to put your name on bad rep when you give it out.
What a punk......He put someone elses name on the bad rep he gave out..............................

How do you know i did? If i dont have the balls to put my name on the rep then how do you know i put someone elses on it?
 
ballroot said:
How do you know i did? If i dont have the balls to put my name on the rep then how do you know i put someone elses on it?

Jest fess up asshole you did it.
There are ways of telling who gave you the rep...........Bet you have to be a member for a little longer to know.
 
ballroot said:
I will try SIR. Is that ok , if i call you SIR. I mean thats respect........right. You know Respect...isnt that what you want. Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways, im so glad you did. Didnt know where i was there for a second. WOW i can breath again, you have saved me. Thank you jeff. Im mean SIR. Thank you SIR.

I'd rather you just got lost and didn't call me (or anyone else) anything. Signing someone else's name on a neg rep - you're a jackass.
 
timboZ said:
Jest fess up asshole you did it.
There are ways of telling who gave you the rep...........Bet you have to be a member for a little longer to know.

You are even dumber than i thought then! But i didnt you dick.
 
farewellending said:
I had my band's stuff recorded and there is something in the mix that has a problem. I can't figure out just whats wrong, the drums, or the guitars, or w/e. Is there any possible way to clean this up, what levels are off etc.

www.purevolume.com/allpurposehero
I enjoyed your track. Don't listen to that weird kid. He doesn't no his arse from a hole in the ground.
 
ballroot said:
Its dull as fuck, come on tell the truth you dicks. Listen kid get yourself a Steady job before its too late. Mc Donalds are still taking. Your music is PANTS.
Now beat it you losers. :mad:

Reported. Bye bye......
 
JeffLancaster said:
I hear my 14 year old daughter listening to this style quite often and if it's what you're going for I think you've probably nailed it.


Dude. You just insulted him worse than Ballroot did. Only you did it in a sneakier, more covert fashion.

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