First Mix - am i heading towards the right direction?

[Fr0zen]

Hi,

first time i have to mix a whole song and would like to know what you think about that snippet below. I cant really judge it cos i mixed it on my PC's loudspeakers loco and rather midclass headphones.



Thanks in advance!

 

[Cryo114]

am i heading towards the right direction?

I would defiantly say so. I think it's pretty impressive.

 

[Fr0zen]

cool, thanks. i think something with the mids might be fucked up, but i'll work on it tomorrow and post an update.

 

[jimwilbourne]

sounding really good man!

the vocals aren't sitting correctly yet. maybe give them just a tad more verb/delay
and I'd try to get that kick at tad more space in the mix.

and I think you're right about the mids being a little weird. it's mostly annoying in the beginning of the bit.

 

[Ensi]

First mix?

 

[Fr0zen]

haha nice pic!
yeah believe it or not, its one of ten songs my band and i recorded, and it is a premiere for all of us. I did a rough mix of some of the other songs, but this one is the first one to be finished. Otherwise i have no recording/mixing whatever experience, but im reading and learning multiple hours per day

 

[Ensi]

Was pretty good btw If you didn't already get that part!

 

[Fr0zen]

little bump, didnt have enough time to change anything yet, will hopefully get to it before the weekend

 

[dcb]

above 400 hz everything seems quiet good, but below its really empty and hollow sounding.
id recommend you get someone stem master the songs, before you release them! ;-)

 

[Fr0zen]

i have to admit i used a little bit of matching eq on the stereo bus, but nothing more than +/- 2db. But in fact it reduced the area from ~160 to 400 a bit. Perhaps the matching eq wasnt the best idea, i dunno. Here it is without it:



and @ dcb and others, at which instrument should i work below 400 hz? On everything or is there one special you would suggest?

Thanks for the help, i really appreciate!