- Jun 25, 2008
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help me make this mix not suck thanks
- Thread starter CatharsisStudios
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I'm listening on my laptop so I wont be a big help here but I think the drums would benefit from a little bit more room. The kick seems to bit too much peaky for the style. You could also sidechain your vocalverb to the main vocals. Its clouds a bit the vocals. May be wrong here tho 
The song is cool.
The song is cool.
MartijnPaauwe
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Sounds pretty good!
Do have a couple of things that stood out though ;
- The drums could definitely benefit with some more room/reverb, they sound a bit dry
- After the intro bit around 0:12 there suddenly kicks in an extra snare sample which sounds too loud and artificial, the snare sounded better without it in my opinion
- My monitors don't really help with that part, but the bassguitar sounds really boomy and loud. A bit more presence would definitely be beneficial as well.
- It could be preference, but I think the guitars could lose a smudge of 4k'ish to open up the vocals a bit more
Hope that helps! The rest sounds absolutely stellar
Do have a couple of things that stood out though ;
- The drums could definitely benefit with some more room/reverb, they sound a bit dry
- After the intro bit around 0:12 there suddenly kicks in an extra snare sample which sounds too loud and artificial, the snare sounded better without it in my opinion
- My monitors don't really help with that part, but the bassguitar sounds really boomy and loud. A bit more presence would definitely be beneficial as well.
- It could be preference, but I think the guitars could lose a smudge of 4k'ish to open up the vocals a bit more
Hope that helps! The rest sounds absolutely stellar
P-E
Munchkin
Cool mix.
I'd get the vocals just a touch louder and shinier - think kinda pop music shiny (multiband comp and a thicker reverb could help... maybe playing around with Valhalla VintageVerb could lead to good results).
The guitars also sound a bit thin, I'd experiment on the mids all around on them with broad eq boosts or cuts. As Martijn said, maybe cutting a bit around 4k could help the vocals shine through more and make the guitars sound a bit less thin at the same time.
I'd finally get a bit more drum room in the mix (or drum verb if the room sounds small) like everyone else said.
I'd get the vocals just a touch louder and shinier - think kinda pop music shiny (multiband comp and a thicker reverb could help... maybe playing around with Valhalla VintageVerb could lead to good results).
The guitars also sound a bit thin, I'd experiment on the mids all around on them with broad eq boosts or cuts. As Martijn said, maybe cutting a bit around 4k could help the vocals shine through more and make the guitars sound a bit less thin at the same time.
I'd finally get a bit more drum room in the mix (or drum verb if the room sounds small) like everyone else said.
