why does my mix suck???

[chessrock]

why does my mix suck???

Two things; snare and bass guitar. Other than that, it sounds fine for a demo.

Unfortunately, the snare track can make or break an entire mix. It's that important, and I'm afraid it's not doin' it for me. Doesn't sound like it was tuned very well in the first place. To make matters worse, it was overcompressed, as others here mentioned, with not nearly enough attack and too much resonance.

The bass direct in to the board is a deal killer. You need to amp that thing and mic it up, or get a real nice DI. Maybe try a different bass -- something that has a little growl; like a Fender Jazz with semi-fresh strings. That would probably sound killer in your mix.

For a demo, though, all of this sounds fine. The singer's voice is really good and has comercial appeal. The guitars are fine -- maybe a tad muddy, and the lead part gets lost a little bit, as others mentioned, but not terrible (doesn't totally kill the song or anything).

 

[iwantmypie]

Alot of the people here pretty much said what I was thinking. Great songs man. Love the singers on all three songs. The guy on those second two songs has a sort of a Silverchair-like voice. Good stuff man.

 

[gtrboy]

thanks guys!!

 

[Avatar_k83]

I dont know why do you think it sucks... i listened to my crapy headphones and soumd pretty good, almost everything i hear o these sounds bad...

anyway.. it just the low of your track that needs to be better defined, cut it form the guitars... and i would like a bit more form the drums, are somehow low in the mix..

nice song, good overal mix.. just little more work would make it better... i liked it, dont be hard to yourself...

kosntantine

 

[wesley tanner]

I of course agree with chessy. The acoustic outro is killed by compression, and the very end of it has a pretty unnatural fade.

Snare's yutch if I ever heard yutch. Sounds like he's not hittin' it hard enough. Kick and snare at "10" all the time, if they can.

Sounds like he has some tone rolled off of the bass, which I personally hate.

Pretty flat across the song, I'd make the form more apparent with some changes in spectrums/instrumentation.

just some quick thoughts