Why is this so horrible!!

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I used a logitech usb mic and Mixcraft to record. I tried my hardest to eq it but i suck at it. Anyone know what the bands should be at?

Oh and its Fade to Black and testosterone, the others are my friends.

www.purevolume.com/pst
 
I can hear why you're pst off - that long delay before starting is annoying.
Did you put blotting pape over this stuff - the life's been sucked out.
Is the picked guitar in tune?
It sounds like you run the 2nd track through a PVC pipe for a little je ne sais qua.
 
SOUNDS LOW. too bad mixing isnt my area, I would say turn it up.
the drums sound too much in the background too. Theres a part where the gutiar cuts out im not sure if thats intentional or not.
if your using something to mask noise/hiss/hum it could slightly distort it.
 
myhatbroke said:
I used a logitech usb mic and Mixcraft to record. I tried my hardest to eq it but i suck at it. Anyone know what the bands should be at?

Oh and its Fade to Black and testosterone, the others are my friends.

www.purevolume.com/pst
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I would bring up the drums and remove the Phaze/Flange effect from the main guitars.

Your friend's mix of Burn sounds good, maybe too much reverb, but the mix is there. You ought to sit down with him and have him show you his mixing process.
 
Well he says he doesn't know what he does, its his amp or something.
 
I cant even get Fade To Black to play.

Testosterone sounds muffled and buried, like its under water. Why did you start out with eq'ing it? I'm sorry I dont know what to suggest, without seeing what you are doing.

The most obvious thing is that Logitech USB Mic is a $15 dollar mic intended for karaoke and games. If you are recording direct into your pc, then you may have issues with gain stages or input levels. Remove all the fx and just see if you can get a good hot clean mix using straight guitars and other insturments without the fx...... mix the drums first, then the bass, then one rhythm guitar. Get it to where it sounds like a 3-piece band practicing. Then add in your leads and solos.

Great guitar playing on Burn......good mix on Bloodshed......what did they do different??
 
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first track - turn down the lows on the guitar and tune the picked guitar
second track - boost the bass and turn down the treble - it sounds like a bee - the drums aren't too bad though really - sort out the bass by turning down some low mid

hmmm

start again perhaps? not sure if the problem is the recording or the mixing here.
 
myhatbroke,
Sorry. I commented on what I heard but can't really offer an ideas. How low are the levels from recording? It sounds low. The mic isn't made for it basically it auto levels etc & what you get certainly isn't what you heard when recording (I hope).
To try to salvage what you have run the bass through a compressor after cutting some mids & the ultra bottom end.
the guitar - boost some mids & highs while running through a generic guitar setting on a software compressor.
Did you use any preamp?
A pre would boost your signal & give it a little "warmth" through it's native colourization.
You really ought to start from scratch as it doesn't sound salvagable.
Record through a pre if you can & record without any but essential effects. DON'T bother with reverb.
When you've retracked you can add EQ & FX as needed across indivudual tracks DO ALL OF YOUR MIXING IN MONO so you can hear when things blend &/or bury each other. When you can hear everything reasonable clearly (cut common frequencies on one of the instruments that's burying the other) you can do a little panning.
Borrow a reasonable mic from somewhere.
 
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