for the fallen dreamsish band I'm doing

[raybrochill]

I feel like I'm missing out on some low end, but I can't be totally sure. Since there's like 10 ft of snow outside, I'm hesitant to check the mix with some sub power.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test.mp3

Guitars are x30
Drums are slate/ad
Bass is Vir2 Basis

I still need to do some velocity work with the drums and bass, but what do you guys think so far?

 

[tentimesover]

Yo man, yea, you'll need some dynamics on the mix but it sounds really tight on my setup.

What did you end up using for the guitars? Not familiar with x30?

This makes me wanna get slate drums also. I have superior drummer right now and my tones are close to this but not quite the sound I want yet.

Sounds good to me man

 

[allplaydead]

Dude this sounds fucking sick. Low ends sound goods to me.

What impulse is on the guitars?

 

[Nauru]

Bring the kick up a bit
The bass could come up a little bit aswell.
Other than that it sounds sick man.

 

[decoys]

that's one sick mix dude! would love to hear some vocals on it.

 

[Tallicalad]

I feel like I'm missing out on some low end, but I can't be totally sure. Since there's like 10 ft of snow outside, I'm hesitant to check the mix with some sub power.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test.mp3

Guitars are x30
Drums are slate/ad
Bass is Vir2 Basis

I still need to do some velocity work with the drums and bass, but what do you guys think so far?

I'll do some vocals for it.

 

[Morgan C]

Can't say I dig it yet.. but with a few modifications I think this could be killer..

Guitars sound good (perhaps some more lows?). The lowend is alright, but more on the kicks and its kinda ... narrow? Like its just the kick and the bass. I also fucking DESPISE AD's cymbals. Distracting, pumping, just all kinds of ew. I'd honestly go with Slate's cymbals and try muck around with them, I've gotten decent results. Not fantastic.. but for that you need MF imo.

Also the snare is a bit weird sometimes. Maybe its distorting? Just sounds like the attack is 'stretched' at times. Actually now listening it sounds like the snare and kick's aren't aligning at times. I guess it makes it more 'realistic' but I'd align them to avoid the issue I mentioned. Oh and the toms (AD, yes?) are a bit loose, but if you want to keep that give them some more lows definitely, maybe a touch more mids.

 

[raybrochill]

God damn I hate ADs cymbals... but god damn is kontakt so fucking buggy on my system. I did a little messing around with the kick and toms this morning, before getting on here.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2.mp3

 

[raybrochill]

Ditched the AD toms...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 new toms.mp3

better? worse?

...I hate sub drops and reverse cymbals.

 

[Seth Munson]

Ditched the AD toms...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 new toms.mp3

better? worse?

...I hate sub drops and reverse cymbals.

over here it seems like drums went bye bye on this mix

just seems like the guitars are overpowering everything now

(who knows maybe im just hearing shit because lack of sleep)

 

[raybrochill]

nah, you're spot on! I totally left my drum master track (use it when tracking guitars and vocals to save cpu) on when mixing on the first clips... then I deleted the track, so that explains the quietness. Fixxedddd.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 vocals.mp3

Started drinking wayy too early yesterday... GO SAINTS!!!

 

[Tokyurot]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 vocals.mp3

I like this mix alot, especially the kick is awesome! Is it AD or SSD btw?

Drums sound abit like the latest Bury Your Dead's effort, which drum mix I really like!

The vox sounds just a tad too dry to me, I'd probably try adding abit more reverb + a small delay.

Great work nevertheless!

 

[zvish]

cool mix, how you process vir2 basis, and which soundbank you choose?

 

[Mago]

great kick imo!
the snare is a bit weird sometimes, like morgan said...
but the overall mix really works good!
...the vocals kind of fuck the song up for me^^
fucking subdrops

 

[raybrochill]

Okay, here we go... I eased up on glip and the comp on the snare and also pulled up the verb in the vocals a bit. I'm really having trouble with the vocals, as I didn't do the tracking. Sounds like the singer was way too close to the mic and I'm getting that low end boost. =( Pulled a good amount from 250 to help, but I donnoo.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 vocals 2.mp3

 

[Seth Munson]

Okay, here we go... I eased up on glip and the comp on the snare and also pulled up the verb in the vocals a bit. I'm really having trouble with the vocals, as I didn't do the tracking. Sounds like the singer was way too close to the mic and I'm getting that low end boost. =( Pulled a good amount from 250 to help, but I donnoo.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 vocals 2.mp3

sounds beefy as shit. diggin it

 

[raybrochill]

I think I'm getting closer to getting the vocals sounding alright.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test 2 vocals 2.mp3

The band is getting some label attention, which is kind of exciting. I hope something pans out for these guys!

ps. Fuck AD's overheads

 

[raybrochill]

I decided to try a high pitched snare sample with some more POP to it.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3799855/Search for Signals test dream snare.mp3

 

[Nauru]

I personally liked the previous snare better, it was more hard hitting. Could use a tad less reverb though. They both sound good and work in the mix though.

 

[raybrochill]

Yeah, I liked the first snare better too, but the band wanted a higher pitched one. =( I gotta say, I'm a sucker for overly wet snares, though.