Indie/Rock band Mix

[James-Doolan]

So i had a go at mixing some indie/rock.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/749671/eye for an eye-james doolan mix 2.mp3

Guitars were mesa dual rec

Opinons??

The files were posted online if anyone else wants to have a go at it

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055964918

 

[I_Am_The_Fury]

I like it. Can't hear anything wrong with my ears.

 

[James-Doolan]

I like it. Can't hear anything wrong with my ears.

Cheers its fun to mix bass so high lol

 

[Nauru]

I'd add some predelay to that snare to make it pop out more, unless that's all room, then I'd blend in a bit of sampled snare

 

[James-Doolan]

I'd add some predelay to that snare to make it pop out more, unless that's all room, then I'd blend in a bit of sampled snare

The snare amb is mostly room mic and o/h then a big verb on the close mics with 35ms pre delay and a slate room sample, there is also a slate sample mixed in with the close mics to add some crack.

I might try clamping down on the room mic with a fast compressor to tame the snare a bit and bring in the verb more

 

[XnaySaturo]

Hey I gave this mix a shot before hearing yours, and I really how different they are. I really like what you did with the bass. Everything is so clear during the chorus too.

Here's my version. I'll probably clear up the bass and parallel compress the drums or something. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1648192/Eye For An Eye2.mp3

 

[ahjteam]

I tried it out just for kicks, the low end most likely is too loud as I am not used to mix with these headphones. No samplereplacing etc

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/eyeforaneye_ahj.mp3

 

[James-Doolan]

Hey I gave this mix a shot before hearing yours, and I really how different they are. I really like what you did with the bass. Everything is so clear during the chorus too.

Here's my version. I'll probably clear up the bass and parallel compress the drums or something. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1648192/Eye For An Eye2.mp3

Cheers man i tried those tip's slate gave here about mixing bass http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/312429-some-cool-bass-mixing-tips.html

I also have a distorted bass track mixed in as well.

Id lower the bass a bit on yours its stepping over all the other elements of the mix try some automation + a little multi band comp to tidy up the low mids.
Also the kick needs to be heard more try raising it and adding some high end to bring out a little click (not to much just enough so it cuts a little better) i pumped in the low end on the o/h and room mics really beefed up the original kick and i mixed in some slate as well for consistancy

 

[James-Doolan]

I tried it out just for kicks, the low end most likely is too loud as I am not used to mix with these headphones. No samplereplacing etc

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/eyeforaneye_ahj.mp3

Yea id back off on the bass a little its overpowering the rest of the mix at least on my system anyways, its tough to mix on headphones though.

 

[ahjteam]

alright, listened again with the ProFire interface and I noticed that the output jack on the mbp is a really colored resource hog. Like the sound changed a lot when I just changed from that tiny hole to the headphone out on the Profire. I did some little tweaks here and there and this is how it turned out. No automation or anything. Hope you like the tuned vocals on the choruses, went a bit overboard on purpose

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/eyeforaneye_ahj_v02.mp3

 

[XnaySaturo]

Thanks for the tips James! Anssi, I like your second mix a lot. The first one had weird pumping or something.

 

[ahjteam]

btw, was it just me or was there almost no low end on the snare?

 

[JiD]

hi!! good mix here!!

i'm a newbie mixing but i gave it a start too, please give me your opinions! all mixed ITB, i used Amplitube for guitars cause i can't reamp!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10051866/Eye%20for%20an%20Eye%20%28mixed%20by%20JiD%29.mp3

Thx, Jid.

 

[James-Doolan]

hi!! good mix here!!

i'm a newbie mixing but i gave it a start too, please give me your opinions! all mixed ITB, i used Amplitube for guitars cause i can't reamp!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10051866/Eye%20for%20an%20Eye%20%28mixed%20by%20JiD%29.mp3

Thx, Jid.

Hey man not bad, bass and drums are grovving well, only thing id say is maybe go a bit easyer on the snare sample during the verse its a bit to aggressive for the style of music.

Vocals are very muffled sounding and kind of seem tacked on to the mix try boosting the high end a bit more on them also cut the lows of the vocs before they hit any verb/delay bus as it only tends to mud up a mix you only really want the fx to affect the mid-range of the vocs