- Apr 25, 2011
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Hi everyone,
I’m currently mixing my band’s first EP and feel kind of stuck right now. My ears are tired of the music, the original signals weren’t really good, I don’t have a lot of experience in mixing (always just did my own band’s songs) and only have a pair of headphones for mixing at the moment. Regarding the circumstances, I am quite pleased with how the sound has turned out so far. Now I’m looking for other ears to get some advice on how to further improve the mix.
The Mix+ Provisorical Mastering:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3797259/Cold Room/EP Mixing/Beta_Master.mp3
Mix:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3797259/Cold Room/EP Mixing/Beta_Mix.mp3
Here is some information about the recordings, for those who are interested:
The drums are real (there is ca. 25% sample replacement on kick and snare, because else they sounded so washy) and were recorded in our rehearsal room (no accoustic treatment, but I’ve heared worse). The drumkit is an old Tama Rockstar, with EC2 Clear Heads on the toms and an Emperor X on the snare drum. It’s quite beaten up and detuned all the time. One of the cymbals was also broken -.- OHs were Rode NT-5, Kick was Audix D6 inside and Rode NT-2A outside. The toms were a T-Bone CD 55, two Audix D2 and an D4, Snare Top was a DAP PL-07 and at the bottom another CD55. I mic’ed the HiHat and Ride with some Behringer C2s and the Room with two T-Bone SC400s.
The guitars and bass are all Amplitube. RHs are Orange Thunderverb and Mesa Boogie Rectifier, using one of the metal cabs mic’ed up with an SM57 and a R121, both equidistant from the speaker (right in the center, but with quite some distance to the cab). The leads are mostly Thunderverb. The bass is from the Ampeg SVX collection.
The vocals were recorded with an Rode NT-2A. Unfortunately I was not present during the recording and the vocal signals are somewhat less than perfect. Next time we should definitely use some kind of dampening to get a dryer, more direct vocal signal.
I’d be really interested to know what you think and to get some advice, on how to improve the mix.
We’re also looking for someone to master the songs (currently it’s my provisional mastering chain, but I’d prefer if another pair of ears would give it a shot). Hit me up with your rates and some references if you’re interested. We don’t really have a lot of money, since we are all students, therefore we can probably not afford professional mastering. But well, the rest of the production is low budget as well ^^#
I’m currently mixing my band’s first EP and feel kind of stuck right now. My ears are tired of the music, the original signals weren’t really good, I don’t have a lot of experience in mixing (always just did my own band’s songs) and only have a pair of headphones for mixing at the moment. Regarding the circumstances, I am quite pleased with how the sound has turned out so far. Now I’m looking for other ears to get some advice on how to further improve the mix.
The Mix+ Provisorical Mastering:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3797259/Cold Room/EP Mixing/Beta_Master.mp3
Mix:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3797259/Cold Room/EP Mixing/Beta_Mix.mp3
Here is some information about the recordings, for those who are interested:
The drums are real (there is ca. 25% sample replacement on kick and snare, because else they sounded so washy) and were recorded in our rehearsal room (no accoustic treatment, but I’ve heared worse). The drumkit is an old Tama Rockstar, with EC2 Clear Heads on the toms and an Emperor X on the snare drum. It’s quite beaten up and detuned all the time. One of the cymbals was also broken -.- OHs were Rode NT-5, Kick was Audix D6 inside and Rode NT-2A outside. The toms were a T-Bone CD 55, two Audix D2 and an D4, Snare Top was a DAP PL-07 and at the bottom another CD55. I mic’ed the HiHat and Ride with some Behringer C2s and the Room with two T-Bone SC400s.
The guitars and bass are all Amplitube. RHs are Orange Thunderverb and Mesa Boogie Rectifier, using one of the metal cabs mic’ed up with an SM57 and a R121, both equidistant from the speaker (right in the center, but with quite some distance to the cab). The leads are mostly Thunderverb. The bass is from the Ampeg SVX collection.
The vocals were recorded with an Rode NT-2A. Unfortunately I was not present during the recording and the vocal signals are somewhat less than perfect. Next time we should definitely use some kind of dampening to get a dryer, more direct vocal signal.
I’d be really interested to know what you think and to get some advice, on how to improve the mix.
We’re also looking for someone to master the songs (currently it’s my provisional mastering chain, but I’d prefer if another pair of ears would give it a shot). Hit me up with your rates and some references if you’re interested. We don’t really have a lot of money, since we are all students, therefore we can probably not afford professional mastering. But well, the rest of the production is low budget as well ^^#
