I think I'm almost there but I need some Sneapster help

[Uladyne]

Let me know what needs to be fixed if you guys would be so kind. This is just a raw mix with nothing on the master bus so you may need to turn it up a bit.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1238743/pervading%20light%20mix%20test%20clip.mp3

 

[Mago]

hm...guitars could maybe use some work...they quak a bit immo
also some more room/reverb on the snare would be nice...hihat too
vocals are a bit low
other than that I think it sounds cool!

 

[Uladyne]

Thanks man! Would quack be too much upper mids? I agree with the need for more snare reverb. If there's one thing I suck at, it's reverb, even after reading the reverb threads.

 

[RedDog]

I'm feeling a little brittleness in the guitars. My personal preference is a snare with a lot of meat on it, touch of plate verb. Nice solid kick though, suits the song quite well.

Would you feel up to posting some stems?

 

[Uladyne]

I probably could post some stems at some point when I have more time, but then someone is going to post a mix that absolutely slays mine and I'm gonna be like then

 

[RedDog]

I probably could post some stems at some point when I have more time, but then someone is going to post a mix that absolutely slays mine and I'm gonna be like then

And then you could just have them mix your stuff.

(for free

 

[Uladyne]

You do have a point there. Let me think it over for a bit. I feel like the mix is already pretty close to what I want, and stemming everything out and uploading it will take a lot of time and effort.

 

[Jaymz]

Yeah the guitars are pretty fizzy, might need to try taking out some 400-500hz until it starts to "meld" into the track. Vocals could do with turning up as previously mentioned But overall, if you get the guitars right I think your onto a winner Greg!

Sweet job with the vocal layering! \m/

 

[Uladyne]

Here's a new attempt:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1238743/pervading%20light%20mix%20test%20clip2.mp3

I pulled out some 415ish on the guitars, along with some high end, boosted them ever so slightly, added a new reverb bus mainly for the snare and fed a pinch of hi hats, toms, and overheads into it, brought the vocals up a db or two, and added a touch (1.5 db or so) of 50hz to the bass, just for kicks. I also beefed up the snare a bit.

I've decided against posting stems, only because I've put hundreds of hours into different mix versions, and now that I feel that I'm really close to a mix I'm happy with, I want to follow through with mixing it myself.

 

[CatharsisStudios]

vocals a bit up, this mix has one word. focused its so focused and spread well great job

 

[Uladyne]

 

[Uladyne]

I think I've got it! A big thank you to Jaymz (who also reamped the rhythm guitars, btw) for helping me out a ton with the EQ on the rhythm guitars.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1238743/pervading%20light%20mix%20test%203.mp3

I basically copied his EQ settings, exactly, so all credit on the guitars goes to Jaymz, haha.

 

[zackpennington]

Sound's awesome. Just a little more vox volume when it's by itself and a little less snare volume and it'd be perfect imo.

 

[Uladyne]

Sweet. The vocals need to be automated a bit more, and I could probably do the same with the snare, as on a couple songs it WAY loud for whatever reason, even on songs in the same tuning, but I think I'm going to stick with this mix overall, and just try to adjust the vocals and snare as needed per song/part.

Thanks everyone!

 

[digitaldeath]

Woah! I remember this Aeon's Collapse song!

 

[Mago]

Vocals up and we have a winner!
Always amazing what some EQ magic can do
Jaymz is tha man