i think I'm slowly getting better. Check my mix.

[gotet10]

I need some criticism.

Guitars haven't been heavily edited yet, but beyond that fact.

What do you guys think?


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17596348/LIHRIE 5.0.mp3

 

[beechstudio]

Sounds pretty good man! Tell us a little about your set-up and the recording of this if you don't mind. Nice job!

 

[gotet10]

Thanks dude!

The guitars are Pod Farm - Pretty much The "patch" TS -> Cali plate ->Treadplate cab

Bass is Amplitube SVX with some serious compression and EQ

Drums are Steven Slate Mixed with Joey's samples - Kick 10, Joey Snare (mixed with Snare 5AZ1), Toms are Slate Maple and Cymbals are the dreaming Heavy pack with the little China from the Emerald pack.

 

[GearMan2point0]

Snare is too dry bro! Pretty sick though. Guitar's are also a little muddy, and hidden.

 

[Redline4]

Snare is indeed pretty dry. I like the feel of the song but it would benefit a bit more ''ambience''.

 

[JeffEstrada]

Agree with everything above. Send your snare to an Aux track with a nice Plate reverb. Set the Reverb mix to 100% wet and then mix to taste with the volume fader.

 

[DevonSteelman]

I personally hate "artificial" reverb on drums. It just sounds like ass in my opinion. I have absolutely no idea why people think it sounds good. If you want/need to add ambiance to your drums and you have all of Slate's samples, then I suggest you use the Z4/Z5 rooms and blend them to taste instead.

 

[DullElysium]

MAybe instead of adding artificial reverb try to add an IR of a room. If I remember correctly waves had some free ones.

But sounds good man!

 

[3tuxedo]

what kind of mixing did you do to the guitars man?

 

[gotet10]

I was working on it again last night. I brought up one of my Slate snares on the track and it filled it in pretty well.

The guitars are going through this chain. Q2 - HP 95/LP 9000 -> Q10 (Little scoops at 400 hz and 3khz, big scoops at 800 and 4k. Little raise at 5500hz for presence) -> Vintage Warmer -> C4 with the Sneap preset (Changed up a little) -> S1 Shuffle -> L1 Limiter

 

[GearMan2point0]

That chain looks very familiar.....
I would have to agree with "DevonSteelman". I think that using the Z4's would be much more natural. I would do two tracks, one with the
Z1 and the other with the Z4, and then adjust volume levels to get it to sound right.

 

[Scott Horner]

Completely agree about the snare. Everything else sounds pretty nice. I would probably edit the guitars a bit more. There was some string noise coming through in some of the silence. That is, assuming you are going for that type of sound. Otherwise, leave it.

 

[Goodfellas453]

I was working on it again last night. I brought up one of my Slate snares on the track and it filled it in pretty well.

The guitars are going through this chain. Q2 - HP 95/LP 9000 -> Q10 (Little scoops at 400 hz and 3khz, big scoops at 800 and 4k. Little raise at 5500hz for presence) -> Vintage Warmer -> C4 with the Sneap preset (Changed up a little) -> S1 Shuffle -> L1 Limiter

what does the q stand for? is that daw specific? Q2 and Q10?

 

[zvish]

what does the q stand for? is that daw specific? Q2 and Q10?

those are waves plugins, but you can use any eq

 

[Goodfellas453]

so you actually have two midi tracks with the same exact notes for the blending on snares?

 

[gotet10]

I'm just running all my samples through Kontakt and I blend that way.

 

[gotet10]

Updated mix with vocals. Still in demo stage, but it's first in line to be re-recorded.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17596348/LIHRIE (FINISHED DEMO).mp3

 

[Redline4]

Vocals sound really good but the mix needs more definition, sounds a bit ''240p-ish''.

 

[GearMan2point0]

what mic for vocals?

 

[gotet10]

SM7 for vox on this one.

I just finished editing it for the most part and I added a few little things on this one--

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17596348/LIHRIE (FINAL DEMO).mp3