Any new stuff to mix?
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PhilR
Studio Scapegoat
The bass is the biggest piece of shit ever. Not our fault! The bassist was playing strings he hadn't changed in over 6 months and insisted on having a "dubby" bass sound despite both us and the rest of his band telling him it sounded like garbage and didn't work with the music.
He didn't last much longer in the band funnily enough. Although the band decided to break up last week. Shame.
He didn't last much longer in the band funnily enough. Although the band decided to break up last week. Shame.
AudioGeekZine
arsehole know-it-all
Any comments on the mixes? I mean they don't sound amateur do they? I think I did this in about 3 hours ish, both songs in the same session, mixed one, checked the second, did a bit of automation and bounced. I processed the vocals with GuitarRig2 to bring them down 2 octaves.
The drummer has a tendency to not bring his foot back on the kick so there were lots of sloppy double hits from the beater bouncing. Thats what I heard, maybe that was intentional?
The drummer has a tendency to not bring his foot back on the kick so there were lots of sloppy double hits from the beater bouncing. Thats what I heard, maybe that was intentional?
PhilR
Studio Scapegoat
LetItBurns mixes sounded decent in terms of guitar sound, but the master bus compression was just way too much, it pumps like crazy.
Sloppy hits? I don't notice anything untoward and I'm a drummer myself. To be honest he's probably one of the best drummers we've worked with. We had a harder time getting him to not leap from the stool screaming random war cries at the end of successful takes.
AudioGeekZine, I dunno but there's something odd going on with the sound in your mixes. The guitars sound kinda phasey and, once again, the bus compression is extreme and is causing audible pumping. The mix overally sounded very scooped in the mids as well.
As for sounding "amateur" don't waste your time giving a shit what I think! We recorded this stuff in a bedroom!
We've only just completed work on our proper studio premises so technically we were amateurs ourselves when we recorded this.
Let it burn...
Orgasm Donor
Yeah, i noticed it myself and since that song i've put the threshold lower on all my mixes
AudioGeekZine
arsehole know-it-all
I think there were too many guitars than I knew what to do with
By amateur I meant, if you hired me to mix it for $, would this be an acceptable (semi professional) quality mix? Or would you be pissed off and go somewhere else?
By amateur I meant, if you hired me to mix it for $, would this be an acceptable (semi professional) quality mix? Or would you be pissed off and go somewhere else?
PhilR
Studio Scapegoat
I wouldn't worry too much about that in all honesty. I've heard mixes from supposedly "high end" studios that sound like absolute dogshit. And some of our early mixes often make me shake my head and wonder what we were thinking. But the bands were always happy.
Make yourself a nice mixing nest with decent acoustics and get some good quality monitors (we use Adam P11's), the rest will follow.
Make yourself a nice mixing nest with decent acoustics and get some good quality monitors (we use Adam P11's), the rest will follow.
