Yeah, as far as the kick being a little too loud in the mix, that is what the drummer wanted, otherwise I would have pulled the fader down a bit.
Guitars - they were recorded with 2 mics, as explained in the "that clayman sound" thread, SM57 and Audix i-5, with a rocktron going into a Randall head, left side Eminence, right side V-30. To be perfectly honest, I wasn't super thrilled with that tone, I should have made him go through my Triple Recto, but he really liked his tone. After I listened to this mix and then Fear Factory, Archetype, I noticed some similarities in the guitar tone. I do like how the guitar doesn't saturate everything in the mix, and it has a clean sound.
Not sure what your talking about with the snare, I was pretty pleased with it. Audix i-5 on top, SM57 on bottom, with a room mic - IR reverb on the room mic. Toms and Overheads were bussed, with a multi - compressor.
Speaking of the toms, they sounded incredible when we laid down the drums, Evans EQII heads, Sennheiser e604's mics, which I just got the chance to try out. I was very pleased, but once the guitar and vocals came in, it's like the toms weren't sticking out anymore like I wanted them to. I put a gate on them and then EQ'ed them to try to bring them back out in the mix. They work, but I will say that I am not 100% happy with how they didn't cut through the mix like I had wanted them to. I even tried cutting a notch in the guitars, where I thought the attack would be on the toms. I duno maybe someone has some advice or tips they could share with me? Perhaps I should have compressed them before I sent them to the bus track? I'm still learning here.
