deathcore. need suggestions to give the mix more life!

[jimwilbourne]

Hey guys.
I haven't been doing this kind of work long, but I got the opportunity to record a local deathcore band's album and so far it's been an interesting experience.

this is where I'm at with one of the songs now I'd love to have some suggestions to give the mix a bit more life or what I can do better in the future.

I'm going for a whitechapel feel.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10367077/Mixes/TALES master3.mp3

updated mix with a different song:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10367077/Mixes/Nosferatu Master1.mp3

 

[Sam Bottner]

More gain on the guitars maybe and less compression on the master, it's pumping pretty badly. The vocalist is really good, especially his highs.

 

[jimwilbourne]

Hmmm
Bump

 

[jimwilbourne]

Only one response.
Either I'm being shunned or there is nothing I can do to save this mix

 

[the omega experiment]

I agree about the more gain thing. Is this re-amped? Or are you stuck with that tone?

 

[the omega experiment]

also...maybe some sort of reverb buss on the drums to give them a little more life, or maybe parallel compression, if you haven't already.

 

[jimwilbourne]

Fortunately, I have the DIs of everything.
It was double tracked gain at about 4 I believe. 5150. 2 57s.

 

[nwright]

guitars sound wierd...At 38 seconds you hear a whoosh type sound from the guitars (if that's what it is) and then the single note riff in the center, which sounds undergained, loud and focused, and then the hard panned guitars kick in again and sound mid heavy and thin, but like sims...That center guitar sounds unbalanced to the others, undergained by comparison, less fizzy, which throws everything off to me.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Is this what the band sounds like? If not, you can do better.
Drums sound distant, guitars are under gained. Go with the DIs

 

[jimwilbourne]

I finally have more freetime from the day job this weekend. I'll be fixing up that guitar tone.

 

[jimwilbourne]

what do you think of this one?
I used the DIs. it's a different song though. I didn't feel like screwing with the last one this time.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10367077/Mixes/Nosferatu Master1.mp3