Something is bothering me with this mix. But I'm quite sure what it is. Anyone have any feedback or ideas?
I can't figure out what is wrong with this mix?
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For me, the rhythm guitars just aren't sitting right, maybe they're a bit too loud or there's not enough low end, or there's a bit too much gain and noise on them. Hard to put in words, but that's what jumps out at me on first listen.
I deleted the OP version and uploaded a new mix. I find it slightly better but there are still some problems I have to work out
Nikolas Quemtri
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Hey,
Regarding the latest mix.
The guitars are too hi-mids heavy as been mentioned above. Also, it seems, you've not used a multi-band for palm-mutes on them, which makes the low end even more noisy.
The low end might be clearer, in case you tame down some subs on the kick, shorten its sustain a bit and check all the possible ambiences/decays within the low range.
Hi-hat is popping out.
Regarding the latest mix.
The guitars are too hi-mids heavy as been mentioned above. Also, it seems, you've not used a multi-band for palm-mutes on them, which makes the low end even more noisy.
The low end might be clearer, in case you tame down some subs on the kick, shorten its sustain a bit and check all the possible ambiences/decays within the low range.
Hi-hat is popping out.
Thanks for the feedback guys, it really helps. I remixed it again. This time I'm uploading on Dropbox though. Ignore the parts that have lead guitars over them. I must have hit something on accent without realizing.
I took out a lot of harsh freqz on the guitars and tried to eq the kick a little. I also did lower the gain, I didn't realize I had that much gain until I turned it down tbh. I did have a multiband for the palm mutes, but I put it suck more out. I might need to play with settings though. Also I don't know if I have any plugin that can shorten the sustain of the kick. I took off a few plugins that were probably just adding unnecessary saturation to it though.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/baloip7cebjmcmb/heat test mp3.mp3?dl=0
I feel like again this mix is better, but a few things still there. I think I'll probably try to take a little bit of harshness out of the overheads too.
I took out a lot of harsh freqz on the guitars and tried to eq the kick a little. I also did lower the gain, I didn't realize I had that much gain until I turned it down tbh. I did have a multiband for the palm mutes, but I put it suck more out. I might need to play with settings though. Also I don't know if I have any plugin that can shorten the sustain of the kick. I took off a few plugins that were probably just adding unnecessary saturation to it though.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/baloip7cebjmcmb/heat test mp3.mp3?dl=0
I feel like again this mix is better, but a few things still there. I think I'll probably try to take a little bit of harshness out of the overheads too.
Yeh this is a lot better. You've cleared up a lot of space in the low mids and the guitars aren't as pumpy and sit better.
Might try filling out a bit more of the low-mids with the bass myself but I'm no expert with this more modern sounding style of mix anyway
Might try filling out a bit more of the low-mids with the bass myself but I'm no expert with this more modern sounding style of mix anyway
