First mix on my new monitors, your thoughts?

[AudioGeekZine]

This is my first mix using my HS50s and comparing with my AKG K240s.
Are the balances fucked or anything?

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1053122/17_MixA.mp3

The style is crunchy, sludgy metal like Helmet
Thanks

 

[lolzgreg]

It sounds pretty balanced to me, but I'd want some more grit in the guitars and more highs on the drums. They're a little dark.

 

[brianhood]

what a weird song. i like it haha
everything sounds good volume wise. Details on bass? It's weird sounding, but it fits the band well.

can't say i'm a big fan of the toms though

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Thanks for checking it out guys.

Bass tracks came pretty grindy to begin with. DI and amped tracks. Just some EQ and compression on those tracks.

I'm not a fan of the toms either, because there's a lot of toms I probably won't replace them, but I'll have another attempt at EQ, I haven't compressed or anything else to the toms.

I'm going to make the guitar tracks a bit more aggressive, replace Tapehead with Sansamp

The big thing I'm asking is DOES THIS MIX SOUND AMATEUR?
Mixing without any input from the artist always leaves me second guessing.

Thoughts on the bridge section? The chopped up vocal in the bridge? Cheesy?

 

[georgekant]

It sounds professional, dont worry. Also it is very unique sounding and not like everything that sounds copy and paste nowadays. I loved it.

 

[nwright]

While I wouldn't call Helmet sludgy (back in the day they were known for their precise/concise riffing), I get where you are coming from in the description...SOunds like a cross between Helmet and In On the Kill Taker/Red Medicine era Fugazi.

Cool deal.

I think the mix overall sounds a bit dull...I think adding some high or presence would help. Other than that, I think it sounds balanced.

 

[Soundlurker]

Listening on phones right now, the guitars and cymbals are really quiet. I hear mostly vocals and bass.

 

[zvish]

Cool sounding mix, dude how you setup your monitors, i mean all this switches on back? Could you post some pics of place where you work? I am asking because have those Yammis too and have big problems with hearing low end ;/

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Switches are all flat, 56" apart, sitting on rigid fiberglass for decoupling


Sorry about the mess

Overall, I think this is the quickest I've ever gotten a mix this close to done before. I have maybe 30 minutes more of tweaking, adding some more highend to the guitars or saturating them more, and changing the steepness of my HPFs to get some subs in there. It usually takes me two or three tries to get the low end right, it's usually too muddy unless I'm ruthless with the HPFs.

 

[zvish]

thx for info bro