First ever paid track..

[G1]

Feedback would be awesome as this track shall be going on their labels compilation CD.
So obviously i'd like to be able to give them the best sounding song possible, plus my details shall be on the disk so i'd like to give the best impression possible.

No vocals on this yet. Still waiting on the vocalist to come back from holiday or something like that.

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/712692/Bearing_The_Sacrifice_Bounce_1.mp3

As much advise, opinions as possible please!
Hopefully this will be one of my first chances to get a lucky break!


Cheers

 

[AKoppenheffer]

Very cool man, I love the intro. The guitars seem to crowd the drums a little... Any high pass filtering on those? Everything sounds great, I just think the drums get a little lost, the should be kicking you in the gut and the snare slapping you across the face. I like the way it's coming though. Guitars just need to give up some space. Maybe even just turning them down a hair. By the way, I am listening on lap top speakers, so take it with a grain of salt. But good job!

 

[PostMortem1666]

It sounds to me like there is a guitar in the center that is covering up the drums and making the whole mix sound muddy overall.

 

[xMannequiNx]

sounds pretty good, although I don't know anything about the low end cause I'm listening on shitty comp speakers.

I do agree with the guitars overtaking everything else - are they quadtracked? If so maybe you got the panning messed up a bit. I would turn them down a bit too.

 

[G1]

There isnt a guitar in the centre guys, they are quad tracked and all hard panned to either side.
It could be the bass making the mix muddy ?
Also some of the guitars aren't 100% in time which is also gonna add a ton of muddiness into the mix.
I was sent pre-recorded Wavs but no DI's so i couldn't re-amp or even just smack a Pod tone on there.

Updated Mix;
I brought the guitars down by -1.5db and brought the reverb on the snare up slightly as well
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/712692/BTS_Bounce_2.mp3

 

[devouredremains]

There isnt a guitar in the centre guys, they are quad tracked and all hard panned to either side.
It could be the bass making the mix muddy ?
Also some of the guitars aren't 100% in time which is also gonna add a ton of muddiness into the mix.
I was sent pre-recorded Wavs but no DI's so i couldn't re-amp or even just smack a Pod tone on there.

Updated Mix;
I brought the guitars down by -1.5db and brought the reverb on the snare up slightly as well
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/712692/BTS_Bounce_2.mp3

In this situation what I would do is forget about using all four tracks and just pick the two tightest or comp takes from each side.

 

[PostMortem1666]

In this situation what I would do is forget about using all four tracks and just pick the two tightest or comp takes from each side.

+1

 

[G1]

hmm i shall have a go at what you said guys..
check back later