metal with flutes

[xturbox]

Well, check this out and I would be glad to hear constructive feed back how to improve my mixes.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=923516&songID=7355366

I have a few up there, but I am more concern with song7 or sing3

I guess I do not need to describe what I used.

 

[Morgan C]

Sounds really good imo. The crash cymbals however are really piercing and really loud compared to the other cymbals. The flute sounds a bit out of place, the lead guitar a bit too.. on top of the mix instead of inside it. And overall it sounds a tad muffled. Drums are really loose but I think it works and wouldnt change them.

 

[Ola Englund]

wow sounds really cool! The flutes reminds me alot of a Zelda tune.
The mixing overall sounds good! Give us some spec on the guitars.

I would change the following though:
The solo guitar - try to voice it a bit different, it's not cutting it in this mix
Hihat - lower that bastard down, I think the rest of the cymbals are fine
Drumfills - You can hear some of the standard ezdrummer fills at different places in the song(one even starts the song)! It's fine but change them a bit. When I'm using them I bring them up as a starting point and workaround them to make them sound more diverse.


Anyway I would really like to hear some vocals on this song, I bet it will be awesome.

 

[Dom Ostarig]

I particulary think the drum sounds could be better.... great guitar sound and structure!!!! i will like to hear vocals on that song too....

 

[Skaldir]

I think you should put a lot of reverb on the flute. I also think the hi-hat is too loud and stands out too much.

 

[xturbox]

Thank you guys for checking it out and giving guidelines, b/c I am still looking for a good sound. I will update later lead and hihats.

Guitar is ESP M207 with original pickups. Quad tracks panned 100% and 80% on the left and right. Chain is TSS->Revalver 6505 -> convolution with impulses from recabinet. Then EQ hipass up to 100Hz and lowpass up to 8kHz.