In desperate need of your opinions on my mix

[needto]

Hi, first of all, great thanks to everyone in this community, i've been watching it for some time, and it's one of the greatest sources of information on the net for me
I've been interested in mastering my skills of recording (particularly heavy) music for some time, about 1.5 years maybe or more... The problem is, during this time i got little or no professional feedback on my mixes, except friends saying "that's cool, dude" or "did you make this piece of shit?" I'll be recording my band's album soon, so would you please listen to a test recording i made and say, what do you think of it, what is particularly crappy, and what could be improved? :Spin:

Here it is:
http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FCAHOV5HSJP11OT3C0CZ9OWCW

I played everything there by myself, except for programmed drums , and i'm a very crappy bass player, so the bass performance is, well, crappy

Thanks in advance, and sorry for my language if i made any mistakes, it's not my native

 

[EtherForBreakfast]

No real comment on the mix itself right now - but what a great tune - great riffs, great melody.

Would like to hear this when its finished and has vocals.

 

[006]

This would be a good demo recording if you just gate that snare a little or turn it down just a tad or something...it doesn't seem to fit too well. I am noticing some noise from the guitars during the break down part in the middle. Other than that this is a decent start. Nice seperation of everything. The guitar tone is very usable. Is it a mic'ed cab or a modeler? What did you use for drums?

~006

 

[006]

+1 for how catchy it is. I like all of the melodies and such that you have used. I can't get them out of my head, not in an annoying way, but moreso like I'll be sitting here after the song is done playing, and I'll still be hearing those melodies even though the music stopped. Lol. Nicely done with the writing.

~006

 

[2dark]

cool song.

Snare sounds very thin and there's something with the guitars and their low minds/lows. sounds bit strange to me.

and you can actually hear the click, but maybe that's supposed to be like that? ;-)

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

IMHO, unless you have got something special going on with the vocals in the beginning, I'd cut off the first 20 seconds and start with that 2nd riff.

...And you've got some work to do on your recording/mixing techniques (don't worry, you'll get there, just keep working on it)

 

[Hapexamendios]

I"m digging the tone as well....be curious to know what you used there.

I think the snare is also out of place. It needs to pop more--if that makes sense.

I really dig the song, too.

I'm NOT listening to it through headphones at the moment so I can't give any more than that. Much more can be learned through headphones.

Cool tune dude.

 

[needto]

Thank you very much for the replies, guys

The song itself is yet a work in progress, we'll add some chords in the chorus, change the breakdown a bit, but i'm really glad you liked it

Guitar is plugged into a BMT tube wizard (it's a tube preamp of ukrainian origin), that goes into the return of an crate 2x12 combo, which is miced with an sm58, i put it about halfway between the center and the edge of the cone. I think i can get more low mids with the right mic technique and settings tho, i think it lacks them a bit right now, so i made the bass fill this area excessively. There are 4 tracks with the same mic and amp settings, 2 of them hardpanned and the other two panned 80% to the left and right. The guitar is a washburn x-50 with stock pickups, but i look to buying some badass emgs soon
Drums are BFD DW kit, except for the snare, i think it's one of the extra snares from the 2nd dvd, can't look it up right now
I'd like to have the low end and the bass more punchy too...
Thanks for pointing out problems with the snare, maybe compression or midrange boost around 300-500hz will do the trick, how do you think?

 

[006]

I think if you just squash it with a compressor that would be enough.

~006