Mixing real music this time! (real drums, real amps, vocals...)

[Erik Monsonis]

Hi all!!

This is a mix I've done for the forum member theBlackLOBSTERmurder.
I'd like to ask all of you and not only him about this mix!

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/425433/Dargolf - Dope (Final Mix).mp3

I'm unaware of the details of the recording, as I'm mixing this only.
BTW It says final, but I'd be willing to change things, maybe lower the snare and vocals a tad!

If I'm learning something in this forum is that no mix is final ever

Cheers!

EDIT:

Latest version: http://files.getdropbox.com/u/425433/Dargolf - Dope (Final Mix v4).mp3

 

[Dylan S]

Sounds good man. I like the drum sound a lot and I think the guitar tone sits nicely too.

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Killer mix Dandelium!! I'm loving the song as well! Everything is sitting nicely, love the guitar tone!! noice!

 

[AStacy2]

Sounds great man. Maybe lower the vox a tad like you said, but it's not a huge deal. What drum samples are these?

 

[Erkan]

Holy shit, that's some tight musicians! Awesome mix too, I think it's pretty good. Maybe the drums can be too overpowering at certain parts, like at the double bass parts and stuff but... I'm not sure. I think the mix is good enough, it's just up to salt and pepper now, and everyone has different tastes so..

Good job Erik!

 

[GarethSE]

that guitar tone is fucking huge
holy fuck
what the FUCK did you do erik? :O

 

[The-Zeronaut]

sounds really really good
id bring down drums and vocals just 1 or 1.5 db
(or bring up guitars)

WE WANT INFO ON....everything

 

[GarethSE]

holy shit pirate solo holy shit holy shit
fuuuuuuuuuuuuu
this is good shit

 

[pifos_2]

for some reason the download can't start...

 

[Styvo]

Excellent work........seeing I'm not the client i won't make suggestions as to how loud things should be,but as an overall mix it's working very well.
You should be chuffed.

 

[Black neon bob]

No problems here Erik.. sounds good dude.
I would scoop the mids on the toms a bit though, and the overheads are not consistent in volume, but that's all i can think off right now.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Sounds really really good, but I think (like others have mentioned) that the guitars could come up 1-2 dB.

 

[John_C]

Awesome mix. The lower toms sound a bit dodgy, too much like a tkk sort of noise with reverb on

Other than that, it sounds awesome. Good work!

 

[StefTD]

sounds good!
saw those guys 2 times live-really cool!

 

[Sickan]

Sounds great Erik!
The guitars could come up just a tad and I think you should scoop the toms a little bit around 400hz.

 

[coneyis]

Sounds great!!! I agree with Sickan about the guitars and toms in the post above.

Interested to find out about the drum samples used... can you provide some info?

Thx

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Thanks to everyone for the answers!!

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/425433/Dargolf - Dope (Final Mix v2).mp3

I'm gonna take a shower and i'll come back to tell you some details

Cheers!

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Only thing I can think of by listening to it today, is the hihat could be just a touch lower in volume, as it's clouding a bit of the guitar in the right. Otherwise... goddamn!

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Only thing I can think of by listening to it today, is the hihat could be just a touch lower in volume, as it's clouding a bit of the guitar in the right. Otherwise... goddamn!

this is the damn truth, i compressed the OH a little bit more, and erased it's dynamics even more, and as a co-result, hihat is louder now . It's as easy to fix as turn down some fader tho.

 

[Erik Monsonis]

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/425433/Dargolf - Dope (Final Mix v3).mp3

What about now?

Answering some quesions:

Drums are original OH + my custom snare made from 2 samples (tama starclassic and behindert's) + the kick they provided, sounds like sneap kick or something like that.

I'd love to know which amps were used to record the guitars, cuz they sound really good in the raw tracks. I just did some EQ to make it fit better in the mix and filtered it. Scooped some mids from 600hz or so and did some rollercoaster-alike eq curves :lol. But the raw product was really good.

I don't like the bass, not really tight played (fingers) but the tone is good enough to work, POD farm, my usual preset.

Vocals just have some compression, high-end rolled back a bit (16khz), boosted a little of 3-5khz. This was to eliminate the upper overtones of the low growls (that ones that make you sound like a mad 12 yr old) while maintaining some presence. Hipass on 200hz to eliminate the plosives (the singer could have been far more from the mic, or used a better windscreen). Added 250-400hz a tad just to maintain the growl on the vox amongst all the instruments. Stereo delay on 1/1 notes left; 3/4 notes right; lowpass on 3Khz, highpass on 400hz on the delayed notes; about 10% mix. Some slight verb.