Awful mix please help

[Gavdrum]

Song sounds terrible any help would be great there's no bass in the song which i think has a big effect on the sound. Mastered it with ozone 4 couldnt get it very loud haha but any help would be great thanks http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2769068/SFG OCT 30 compressed.m4a

 

[lolzgreg]

You can't judge a bass-less mix, unless the final recording is going to have no bass in it.

 

[Gavdrum]

ok i was just wondering about the tones and overall how it sounds. i geuss its more like i wana know how to make whats there sound better.

 

[lolzgreg]

Okay.

For almost all purposes, you're going to want to PHYSICALLY track your guitars twice. The exact same riff, or variations to your taste, and pan them hard left and right.

Your guitar tone isn't bad at all. I would nix the reverb/delay you have on it though and lose a little mid of mids.

The vocals sit unnaturally on top of the guitars. It sounds like you pushed them to death volume wise to get them there.

The best thing about the vocals is the actual performance. I would eq them a bit and thin them out.

Please, get rid of that guitar solo. I don't mean to offend anyone, but the playing is not good, while the rhythm playing is for the most part on time and cleanly played. It detracts from the song. A lot of the notes are out of tune and unpleasant. Study music theory or train your ears more to learn how to play a guitar solo in key so it will fit the song better.

Also, you're going to want to add bass. It's really important. When you add bass you're going to want to high pass your guitars around 80hz and leave some room in your bass track at around 60-80 hz for your kick drum, which currently is barely audible and is not punchy enough.

Balancing the mix overall so your drums sound more "natural" would help as well.

Get rid of Ozone... let's hear the mix without it.

 

[Gavdrum]

hey thanks for all those tips really helpfull yeah it was my old friends band they came in dicked around and ignored everything i told them to do. only did one guitar trak refused to replay things and refused to play to a click haha im going to put up a diferent song wich has bass from a different band. so it was mainly about hearing what people thought of the tones of the song. and yeah i need to try and make the drums sound natural the triger was cliping the whole time but they were pissing me off i didnt bother doing anything about it thanks alot for the advice

 

[lolzgreg]

Welcome! Go an post some more mixes.

 

[JayB]

I would barely call that a solo, but yeah, doesn't sound good take it out. That sub drop sounds so funny with no bass to back it up haha. But yea decent playing and tone. They should have played to a click and at least double tracked.

 

[Gavdrum]

yeah i know haha but guitar tone singing quality and all is decent? cause its tru without bass you cant really judge the overal song and there performance was terible so as a song its shit but just looking for guitar tone and so on thanks

 

[Gavdrum]

this is a song with bass again its just me and my buddy recording so the screaming and performance is terible like the other one haha let me know about this ones mix. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2769068/nevern die compressed.m4a

 

[Gavdrum]

Noone else?

 

[Line Level Recordings]

hahaha
gavin ..that mix sucks
why did you post that
i think iwas SUPER baked when i did that with you...
nah it was just rushed
your other mix with the band with the curly headed fuck wasnt bad
but
you a highcut. it sounds too digital
nice vocal editing you did though!

not bad

wait till we record an actuall good song.
just need some bitches and LSD

peace


p.s.

yea bass helps..

 

[Line Level Recordings]

and get a better sub drop
get a wave shaper

i have a nice subdrop ill share with you
if you want

 

[exzem]

Vocals are too loud and the clean vocs really need some tuning. Drums could be louder too.

 

[Gavdrum]

Ya i lost the original files so i cudnt tuch it since it was recorded the first time

 

[Line Level Recordings]

...yea

get a real singer lol