Mixing some hardcore (Axefx ultra, MF, Nolly's guitar preset)

[TheRealSam]

Alright guys, I just quickly recorded this one as a test for my band. The playing sucks ass but I'm still glad with the sound I managed to get. I used Nolly's ULTRA BROOTZ or whatever it's named for the guitars, with a few tweaks (changed the cabs, the EQ and messed around a bit with the tube screamer).
I hope you'll like it, as always any advice or comment is more than welcome!

Souncloud:


Soundclick:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=1009264&songID=11427766

 

[TheRealSam]

Wow, nothing? Really?

 

[Tommy Evans]

Sounds good. Don't really have anything to comment on. Other than the reverb guitar break toward the end, I would've gone with a delay there instead. But that's personal preference.

 

[TheRealSam]

Actually, that could be kinda nice! I'll try that out, thanks!

 

[MisSigsFan]

Guitars are a bit too dark for this style.

 

[TheRealSam]

Too dark? What do you mean? Lack higher frequencies? Thanks for the comment ^_^

 

[ForceTheTriggerSucks]

Too dark where it needs to be bright and too bright where it needs to be dark lol also I would try cutting a little around 500-800 because it sounds pretty cardboardy. I think if you let some air into those guitars and cut carefully around said region, they would sit much nicer in yo mix.

 

[MisSigsFan]

Too dark where it needs to be bright and too bright where it needs to be dark lol also I would try cutting a little around 500-800 because it sounds pretty cardboardy. I think if you let some air into those guitars and cut carefully around said region, they would sit much nicer in yo mix.

This.

 

[TheRealSam]

Alright, thanks a lot for the clarification, this'll help me out a lot I think

 

[jackbraglia]

yea guitars sound a bit hollow to me, and also too loud in the mix. drums sound good

 

[TheRealSam]

I'll fix that, I'm working on this mix right now actually ahah ^_^

 

[TheRealSam]

Updated the mix a tiny bit, is it better? Forgot about the delay though

 

[jackbraglia]

sounds much better dude! the only other thing I'm noticing is that there's a bit too much of a difference in the guitar tone from left to right. are you using different amps for the left and right channel? [edit] or different ampsims rather, since you're using an axefx

 

[TheRealSam]

Well no, I'm using the exact same preset, played through the same guitar by the same player (me) ahah, so that's kinda weird :/ I'll check if I hadn't used different EQs or compression on the guitar tracks. Anyway, thanks a lot, glad you found it better

 

[jackbraglia]

holy shit! i think my cat managed to turn the volume knob up a notch on my left monitor while i was sleeping last night!! scratch that comment!

 

[TheRealSam]

ahahahah it's alright, I know how cats can be douchebags sometimes, I have four of them....

 

[ForceTheTriggerSucks]

Still kind of hollow sounding guitars. This is probably just your preference lol But taming the upper mids would make it much more enjoyable to listen to. IMHO. That or the guitars are a little too loud.

 

[MisSigsFan]

Sounds much better. I agree though, it still sounds a bit hollow.

 

[TheRealSam]

I'll work on the upper mids a bit more then, and lower the guitars a tiny bit ^_^ thanks!

 

[Clark Kent]

Is this Axe-Fx? To me those guitars sound very digital. I never got my Axe-Fx sounding this digital.