is this mix good enough for comercial release?

[gabriel g.]

hey guys this is another song of the current project I´m working on.
Please tell me if this MIX is ready to go

cheers:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1425397/watchout!.mp3

Drums are real (kick is replaced and snare is blended with samples)
Amps: ENGL thunder / ENGL fireball
Cab: Marshall vinage v30 4x12
Guitars: Ibanez Sz with Dimebucker and Ibanez 7 signature with emg 81
Bass: VT BASS and Ibanez SD GR

 

[DaveBlack]

The song itself is pretty decent...kinda lost me at the breakdown though. Do you have a mix with vocals in it? I could be wrong but the actually mix seems like it's clipping or distorted a little.

 

[gabriel g.]

yeah it distortes a little in the punk parts (when the drummer is hitting the standtom with the snare together) but it is no digital clipping (everything is under -0.2 dBfs)
Tomorrow we start tracking vocals, and I promise I´ll upload some versions with vocals soon!!!

I dont master this by myself. Andrew Wade is going to do that job.

I only wanted to push the song at a comercial level to hear how it works compared to other productions.

 

[gabriel g.]

and I forget to mention: This is not my band, so it is just about the production not the song-writing

cheers

 

[DaveBlack]

ahhh i got ya...if that's the case than I think youre solid, its sounds pretty good.

 

[Nuno Filipe]

I think that the guitars are boomy.

 

[DanLights]

I think it's the drums that are a too boomy, I can definitely hear the clipping on the part you say gabriel. mix is too loud in general, should leave that to the mastering engineer. But it ain't bad, I like it.

I feel it needs a bit more bass and less bass in the guitars. And I'm a total sucker for the bass locking in with the kick in those parts like the one just before the fast drums, where the drums does two or three stops, I hear no bass on those parts and it drives me nut to not hear it. Why did the bassist not do those quick stops with the drums?

 

[Jevil]

For Gods fuck!! My headphones almost explode... too boomy for my taste and most of speakers!

 

[darthjujuu]

sounds like rbass is on the bass and needs to be removed o_0 if it's not then i'd say tame that 80-140 range in the bass. the mastering engineer can help a little, but agreeing with the other guys, too much beef on the bottom. do some car tests and home stereo tests, this happens to me too if i mix in nothing but my RP5s.

 

[ahjteam]

yeah, I agree. Too much lowend

 

[Sean in Silence]

Agreed. A little too boomy
Otherwise it should work fine if you are sending it to a mastering engineer

 

[yanix]

yes too boomy, too low
overall i like this song

 

[black.death]

every single lead note can be heard perfectly fine. while nearly all of the rhythm sounds buried and cloudy. good start though.

i did enjoy your beatdown tonetest before post some moar! (with drum files if possible please).

 

[gabriel g.]

Yeah thanks for the tips!!!!

I´ll post the finished mix in the near future (with gangshouts and vocals...)

The low end is clearly a problem of my "master" .

I only pushed the mix very hard the the waves api-comp to get the industrie level.

Next version I´ll post will only be glued together with a limiter (but not that hot)

cheers

 

[Fox Mulder]

Yup, a tad too much low-end. Guitars could use a little more bite.
Sounds like you used reverb on the hihats/oh. I'd personally never do that.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[gabriel g.]

no I dont...

 

[Damian B]

Yup, a tad too much low-end. Guitars could use a little more bite.
Sounds like you used reverb on the hihats/oh. I'd personally never do that.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

I think it's just clipping...

 

[lolzgreg]

I hear digital clipping in parts. I think you need to cut a bit of the mids in the guitars. The kick has too much low end. It sounds pretty good to me though!