Help me polish a 3+ year old turd?

[Uladyne]

So I recorded a band that were friends of mine probably over 3 years ago now, and the reason it never got mixed and finished was because I haven't been paid a dime for my work so far. It's actually a miracle I still have the project. I didn't know what reamping was back then, so I'm stuck with a rather crappy guitar tone (Krankenstein through a standard mesa slant cab, mic'd with a 57 and some condenser IIRC, made the mistake of letting them dial in their own settings). I'm also stuck with tom tracks that have tons of cymbal bleed, because long ago I backed up all the raw tracks to dvds, bounced the toms together for a rough mix, erased the raw tracks from my system to free up space, and have since lost the dvds with the individual tracks, so I can't replace the toms. Unfortunately the drummer does a lot of soft hits that basically are buried, but hey, ¯\(°_o)/¯

So now way down the road theyre calling me up saying they'll give me $200 for the recording as it is (extremely rough). In all honesty considering I already put over 100 hours of work into this mess I shouldn't touch a single fader, but I have a nagging urge to try to polish it up as best I can, though as quickly and effortlessly as I can.

Basically I'm just wondering if any of you might have any opinions on how I can do some quick fixes and/or adjustments to make this sound a little less shitty. I know it will never sound great considering I can't/won't re-record anything, but I'm just looking for some opinions. Thanks!

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1238743/seip%20belief%20test.mp3

 

[Jaymz]

Hey dude this sounds really good!

Id maybe turn the kick down a bit and add a bit more top to the snare but besides that its sweet! Good job!

 

[Uladyne]

Really!? Hrmm. Thanks, I reckon. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea how things turned out so I'm sort of negatively biased. I will apply your recommendations to my tweakage, my friend!

 

[Unavailable]

I would bring up the OHs some and knock the guitars down a little in addition to what Jaymz said.

 

[Uladyne]

Yea, the guitars do seem a bit loud.

 

[Uladyne]

K, I tweaked a few things. I think I might go with this mix:

Here

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Sounds great!
I think the band is getting one hell of a deal for what they're paying you man!

-Sigurd-

 

[GarethSE]

I think those guitars sound pretty fucking good personally.
There's a pro mix waiting in here with some sample replacement.

 

[Forceps]

I like it a lot! Especially the drums, the snare is snappy! Good work man!

 

[Uladyne]

Sweet thanks guys! You have no idea how much shit I went through back in the day of them telling me that they weren't happy with how things were sounding. I think it was just that they didn't want to pay for it, haha. And for $200 for my 100+ hours of work, I should render the final mix in 8-bit, haha. "Take that, fuckers!"

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Take the money, don't touch another fader and hand them the files.
Make sure to tell them what a ridiculous good deal they're getting.

 

[Uladyne]

That's pretty much the plan, though it will all be via mail, since I've since moved to another state. So you can imagine my surprise when they emailed me asking if I still had the project, haha.