"Downpour" New Mix (powerish metal - no cheese)

[DaveBlack]

Some of you may remember this song from one of my first posts. Since then I've redone it cuz the guitar in the studio was horrible. Let me know what ya think. Production wise, not performance or musical preference. Heres the specs.

Guitar:
Line 6 spider 3 combo with a blue 8 ball condensor on one speaker and an Sm57 on the other.

Bass:
Fender Geddy Lee straight into the sans amp.

Drums:
Completely fake but I've used some solid samples. Sneaps chimaira toms tuned a little higher. Parallel compression.

All work is done in reaper.

http://www.soundclick.com/testmixes

Thanks a lot guys. Let me know what I can improve.

 

[Jevil]

Nice song but it sounds like if it's not mastered. It is very weak, I can't hear the low end.
My advice is you to remix using some Spectrum Analyzer so you can compare with other pro guitars samples. There are some frequencies missing.

 

[GarethSE]

Guitars are way too scooped

Turn the mids up a couple of notches.

Better yet, got a decent interface?
Plug your guitar into the instrument input and use one of the many free amp sims out there with one of CatharsisStudio's impulses loaded in Kefir (pretty much zero latency, so you can track with the amp sim in real time.)
Try Nick Crow's 8505 vst!

 

[DaveBlack]

I want to mix with an analyzer but I'm not sure how to read it exactly. I've always been good with figuring things out on my own but it seems like everything looks the same.

could it sounding scooped have anything to do with microphone placement? I notice that I get a rather "distant" sound with my condensor and i try to boost the mids to get it back. I get so frustrated with guitar EQ sometimes.

 

[Jevil]

I would use a SM57 and be sure you have tried many mic position before start recording. The good tone would be the one you don't even need to EQ.
Another aspect is the tone of your amp, perhaps you should try to get a better tone.