I always end up getting a Dull sound? Why?????

[digitaloutput]

Just finished the recording and I started the mixing and I always bump into the same f***** problem no highs,no low end....everything's in the mids and lowmids.AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa!What am I doing wrong?On what speakers do you guy mix?Do you use sub woofers? Do you mix on the same speakers that you record on?In the same room?What? How do you get that clear sound? I use ok pre's and mics...

I have a SSL 4000 pre and a 9000 pre,Allen&Heath GL2 mixer,and some 57,ATM MB5k shiti mics but they work for tomz ,Beta52 which I'll mever gonna use again in my life because D112 and the d12 on 6ohm works like a rocket, some rode mics for the "room" but my speakers are Samson Resolve80a,through my Allen%Heath mixer to the Samson Controluke: Hehehehehe...a really pure path

OK this is a quick mix not mastered,just pulled the tracks together.Everything is acoustic except the 20% ApTrigger on the BasDr and SnareDr,cos I had only 7 mics to run and no time to check the phase on them(it was a quick session) the stupid drummer was in a hurry and we were "HI":Smokedev: all the time,so we recorded the drumz in a day.11 songs!!! ....Guiz are 6505+, bass Peavey full tube????? and DI through SSL9000 pre,Vocal Rode SM58 through SSL too...Drumz Sonor S-Class,not the Classix... With a Virgil Donati snareDr ...I recorded the Trigger Samples so I will share with ya sooonn...
Any opinions? What to do? What to cut...Any suggestions?Any interesting approach?

http://www.4shared.com/file/88192228/e2dc9026/Intro__No_Vanity.html


Thanx!!!

 

[Joematthews]

Errr....

Joe

 

[paladin shredder]

overall i think it's a decent sounding mix. with that said, here's where you can make improvements:

the guitars sound like they need some mids to be honest, they're just overall kind of bland and boring. try boosting 820hz and 2.7k on the guitars to make them more edgy and in your face, boost 100hz slightly if you think they need more bottom end, but they are good where they are on the high end. if you want more high end in your mix, turn up the room mics on the drum kit with a high pass filter around 500hz to 1k, the drums are really missing this kind of airy-ambiance you hear in professional recordings.

 

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[Melodeath]

Use sendspace or lightningmp3 or something. I can't dl the file.

 

[Damian B]

getdropbox.com

 

[digitaloutput]

sorry for being a dumb ass,I will upload the song on 4shared....

 

[2000ContourSVT]

Why not just download getdropbox. It's much easier for us to listen to your mix. No offense but often times I'll not even listen unless I can stream the song, and I'm sure there's others on here that do the same.

 

[digitaloutput]

Right! 4shared is a place from where you can steam the mp3 or download it.I'm not 24/7 on the net so that is why I need to upload it somewhere...

 

[Black neon bob]

Or try soundclick mate.. people then don't have to download it and can just stream it.

 

[digitaloutput]

ok I uploaded it...but it's the version with the intro and it's a bit longer
It's just a rough mix,no mastering process was aplyed you can hear some pops and clicks in the file...

http://www.4shared.com/file/88192228/e2dc9026/Intro__No_Vanity.html

 

[Black neon bob]

ok I uploaded it...but it's the version with the intro and it's a bit longer
It's just a rough mix,no mastering process was aplyed you can hear some pops and clicks in the file...

http://www.4shared.com/file/88192228/e2dc9026/Intro__No_Vanity.html

Cool mix! just get it mastered the right way.. you can make it all sound more agressive and more glued with a good (multiband-)compressor.. i think that might really make a change.

 

[digitaloutput]

Thanx,I will try that...but I know that there are some other issues that I probably don't hear on my speakers :Smug::Smug: Any other suggestions???

 

[2000ContourSVT]

Sounds pretty good to me. The guitars seem to be a little distant to me. I'd boost around 4-6khz a tad to bring the guitars a little more up front. Other than that though it sounds great.