Well dudes, it's about time I step up and show you what I can do as an engineer. Granted, I know I still have a ton to learn, but I've been lurking here for awhile now, and this is the first material I've posted, so you all can be the judge of how well my knowledge that I've been gleaning from books and this forum has served me thus far!
This is my final project for my Audio Arts Prod. class. The drums are all natural (except for the kick, which is a sample we made during the drum tracking session, just applied to every hit), there's two tracks of guitars (5150 left, JSX right, both through my Bogner 2x12 w/ V30's with a single 57 off axis), bass is some "eh" Fender 15" combo with a D112 at the cone, and vocals are an SM7. It's was all recorded into my school's PTHD rig, with the 192 i/o interface, and everything with the exception of toms went through a Millennia HV-3D pre-amp (it was either that or the Control 24 pres, which we used on toms simply because the Millennia only has 4 in's).
I guess the only things I'm not sure about are whether the vocals are too soft, the bass drum/toms too boomy, and the limiter on the master bus too heavy. But any other comments are welcome! (I've already handed it in, but I still have the session file to tweak with my MBOX 2).
Oh yeah, me and my fellow guitarist wrote and performed the song, and the solos are me in the middle of the song and the first-half of the end, and him in the second-half.
Enjoy!
www.soundclick.com/marcusmusic
EDIT: Revised mix up, see reply #12
This is my final project for my Audio Arts Prod. class. The drums are all natural (except for the kick, which is a sample we made during the drum tracking session, just applied to every hit), there's two tracks of guitars (5150 left, JSX right, both through my Bogner 2x12 w/ V30's with a single 57 off axis), bass is some "eh" Fender 15" combo with a D112 at the cone, and vocals are an SM7. It's was all recorded into my school's PTHD rig, with the 192 i/o interface, and everything with the exception of toms went through a Millennia HV-3D pre-amp (it was either that or the Control 24 pres, which we used on toms simply because the Millennia only has 4 in's).
I guess the only things I'm not sure about are whether the vocals are too soft, the bass drum/toms too boomy, and the limiter on the master bus too heavy. But any other comments are welcome! (I've already handed it in, but I still have the session file to tweak with my MBOX 2).
Oh yeah, me and my fellow guitarist wrote and performed the song, and the solos are me in the middle of the song and the first-half of the end, and him in the second-half.
Enjoy!www.soundclick.com/marcusmusic
EDIT: Revised mix up, see reply #12
), so I'll give you some off the top of my head. The kick sounds a bit too round and dull to my liking, it gets buried in the mix at least on my bass-lacking monitors. Some more click would probably do wonders. Also, the vocals could use a little more presence and punch - as you said, they sound a bit too soft. Other than that, very good job. I'm not a big fan of the sterile and a bit dry guitar tone, but that's just a matter of taste, not something I think needs 'fixing' 
), our singer is a big fan, and cites them as one of his biggest influences on his vocals. Also, believe me, I'm WELL WELL aware of the drummer's inconsistencies; you think it's bad now, you should've heard it before I went nuts with realigning his kick hits; it honestly sounded like a popcorn popper. He's a great guy, but man...oh well, at least he's graduating after this semester, so problem solved! 
). Jhawke, I'll try giving the kick a bit more click (I've already got a boost there in the eq, so I'll just up the gain!), and drop down on the super low stuff a bit, thanks!
