Here's One of Mine

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This is a clip from a mix I did of my band Blackline's Armageddon Soul. I wanted an organic guitar tone without too much saturation, and a big but not overpowering drum sound. The center of this song is the vocal, which I enhanced with tight delays and long delays on the chorus.

www.blacklinerock.com/music/asgear.mp3
 
Sounds fucking awesome Steven. Really liking the vocals on this, thats what immediately stands out. I'd personally lower the drums a little bit, but its probably a personal preference/subjective thing more than anything.

Really cool guitar and bass tones going on too.

The drums definitely have your "tightness" that I hear from your samples, really need to pick them up!
 
Thats amazing. vocals are spot, they sound really full and fit it with the music perfectly on and the music is tight as fuck, Amazing job!!
 
Sounds damn nice dude, personally, I'd turn the vocals and drums down slightly, but that's just me. Could you give any more details as to what you used on guitars, bass, drums, etc?
 
thanks guys. This is the vocal up mix so that'll explain why the vox are a bit more forward. Vocal up mixes translate better on radio, which is where this mix is headed. I think you guys can understand why I mix the drums the way I do... I like em loud and proud!

Guitars were very simple, Gibson Les Paul to a Mesa Triple on the orange channel, nice overdrive w/o too much fizz. Bass was Ampeg SVT4, no DI. Drums I have no clue, but nothing out of the ordinary (drums were done two years ago). Vox I used an MXL V77 modded by a buddy of mine. Pres were API, Trident, Neve. When producing my own stuff I tend to go more simple. Where as producing other bands I'm known to split the guitar signal and go into three or four amps.
 
Can we get more info on the vocal delay? I'm having a hard time using delays to fatten up vocals without having them sound like delays. Haha. If that makes sense.

Try a delay of 15ms on the left and 30ms on the right. You can try boosting some lows on these or even detuning them 9 cents on one side and 9 cents on the other. I do this a lot when mixing metal records because it lets the vocal sit in the mix but doesn't make it all washy like reverb can do.
 
Damn nice voice , there was a couple of spots in their I thought you could have just let loose with your singing (in a good way). Great tune
 
A little different that what's normally posted on here. But, I think you have the vocal mix right for this style. Despite how we go on about guitar tone, it's still all about the vocals.