Help me get my mix right!

[AEL89]

Been recording some album demos for a friend's band and this is the first solid mix so far.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1041607/DEADWEIGHT NEAR FINAL.mp3

There's a few things that need work but I really wanted to get some opinions from you guys. It sounds a little too dense to my ears but I'm struggling to make room. Maybe its just me though...

Alex

 

[AEL89]

Bump. Updated the mix slightly, just added in a few vocal lines that needed tuning. Any advice or feedback would be appreciated.

 

[Nuno Filipe]

The guitars are very thin, put some mids there and low the bass.

 

[AEL89]

Epic scoop and hi/lo pass in the intro but only as an effect. Only eq is a 2.5dB dip around 600hz and filtering at 100hz and 11k. Settings on the 6505 - pre-gain 5, low 4.5, mid 3.5, high 7, resonance 5, presence 7.5. I find 6505s to have prominent mids too, so...

The bass is a little pokey - I have 4 tracks of bass and the one with all the 1-2k attack is quite prominent but that's what I'm going for.

The problem I have is the density of the mix, it sounds too thick to me.

 

[::XeS::]

For the density you can put a synth track very low in the mix as reinforcement to the song. And the best thing to get a very 3d and wide mix for me is the ambience mic. Without ambience (stereo is better) the drums sound too dry and the mix lacks depth.
I would also turn up the guitars and the bass

 

[AEL89]

cool, great tip man - thanks. Just gone back to it after not touching it since this morning and I've had a minor break through so I'll post again in a moment.

I have the room mic blended in quite high and i've got loads of compression going on. All snare tracks are going to a snare bus, same with the kicks to a kick bus and each tom to a tom bus. These are then going to the drum bus. Room mic is compressed hard and I decided to compress the O/Hs to get it a little bit pumpy.

 

[Nuno Filipe]

it´s a drum and bass problem also, cut some low end of them, apply some mids and raise the overheads.

 

[Vargsjael]

I think the drums are to loud, at least the snare. Love the vocals!

 

[AEL89]

I updated the link in the original post - please listen!