Final mix of a band I mixed/mastered

[nwright]

It's definitely demo quality, but here's the Myspace link. You may be able to download the mp3, I didn't check and it's blocked here at work.

www.myspace.com/signsofdecay

The mastered version doesn't have the pumping you hear during double bass parts...Can mp3 compression add that much? I always encode at 156 or higher, but their stuff sounds like less than that, which I'm assuming is causing the pumping. Also, their guitarist wanted "more guitars" and a +5db @ 1200Hz boost (Q of 10) for more "cut". I was against it, but...

Anyway, I know the format isn't ideal, but any thoughts?

 

[chadsxe]

Soungs good except the rapping the myspace does on it. I can def hear the squishness is the high end. Get a wave up on yousendit or something. 6505?

 

[nwright]

Nah, it was VHT UL and Engl Fireball. the initial guitar tone was pretty weak, as it sounded like he recorded it with the mic straight on the cone. I did what I would considers some pretty drastic cuts in a few frequencies to get rid of fizz.

I'll post another version later on tonight. WMA files don't seem to sound as bad at equivalent kbps settings as mp3's, I may post a clip in wma format.

 

[chadsxe]

I will check back....

 

[cobrahead1030]

sounds pretty good man, i hear A LOT of vocals over the band...the drums seem a bit distant thru the fast parts, and the guitars are a bit muddy...not sure how much of that is due to the recording itself tho, and i know there's only so much one can do afterward

it has a nice feel to it tho, which i really dig

 

[nwright]

here's the wma clip.

Initially there were 6 guitars tracks. I cut it down to 4 guitars tracks (100% L and R, 80% L and R) on this song (Intoxigeddon) to try to get rid of some mud. But, performance wise it's "demo quality", so the playing isn't super tight. Also, 3 songs with 6 tracks each of guitar and 1 day to track = compromises in performance quality.

I feel good about it considering it's my 2nd mix and master, the first being my band's EP. Compression is still the biggest challenge for me. I feel I stepped it up on the drum front, but getting a nice comp for the whole mix is still eluding me. I feel much more comfortable using multiband compression in my mastering chain than I do using general compression.

http://geetarguy.tripod.com/intoxclip.wma

 

[musickey]

Fuck man that sounds great

 

[broken81]

Good stuff and the singer sounds like phill anselmo a lot