Hard/punk rock short mix; please comment!

[irishfan3124]

Hey everyone, this is my first thread on this forum! I've been looking around listening to other mixes and I think mine are good enough to put up on here. This is a short little clip I made for my school's morning show, and I really ended up liking it and I might develop this riff into a song. Guitar was POD Farm, a combination of 2 amp models from the Metal pack, dont remember which, one with a tube screamer in front. drums are slate samples because i really like those lol. bass is a freeware bass synth because i have no other way to record bass, its really just there to add some fullness to the mix. So please comment and criticize!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19677640/morning%20show%20intro%20song.mp3

 

[AllanD]

The guitars are overedited or something. When you hit the first note, the guitars become mono for a second, and that sounds super strange. It's definitely missing a bass, at Rondo Music they sell an amazing Jazz Bass remake for 100$.

 

[irishfan3124]

The guitar was recorded once, then I made 2 copies of the same take. One copy is panned hard left, the other is panned hard right, but with a 15 millisecond delay on the right so it mimics double tracking with less work. Is this a bad idea?

 

[philby82]

The guitar was recorded once, then I made 2 copies of the same take. One copy is panned hard left, the other is panned hard right, but with a 15 millisecond delay on the right so it mimics double tracking with less work. Is this a bad idea?

without even listening to the track i gotta say play it twice, not copy and paste. It makes a massive difference, and really doesn't take all that longer.

 

[irishfan3124]

so why does it make a big difference? im curious about this because I noticed it does make a difference but couldn't quite see why or if it was making a huge difference

 

[AllanD]

The minor differences in the playing make it have the stereo spread. Some people even quad track, two on each side.

 

[irishfan3124]

okay i'll do real double tracking and post an update