Modern Metalcore Mix

[kylendm]

Just curious what you guys think of this mix. I joined a new band and felt like recording/mixing one of their songs today.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3602793/heartbeat.mp3

 

[kylendm]

Anyone?

 

[Pith]

I like it really, good work \m/, wide spectrum, kind of sneapish sound ... For me overheads are too dark, it's a drum sampler but try more brightness on overheads ...

 

[kylendm]

Thanks man. I'll try that out. Anything else stick out?

The only things I noticed after some sleep are the leads on the verse are too high where the leads in the beginning and chorus are too low.

 

[marios.blythe]

i think that its perfect man! i really like it! what's your bass chain? mid or real bass? if real what settings? thank you

 

[kylendm]

Thanks!

The bass is the Zombass 2 DI. I quickly mapped it out so it doesn't even play some parts but our bassist and vocalist are coming over Tuesday to finish tracking.

The bass is send three ways:
Bass Lowend: Only the low end comes through here
Bass Grit: Mild grittiness from a overdrive pedal and only the mids come through
Bass Distortion: Completely distorted tone from the Camelcrusher plugin and again only the mids come through

Then those all get sent out to another bus where I EQ, compress, and limit everything.

 

[marios.blythe]

for the low end,you leave the DI alone without any amp sim etc?

 

[kylendm]

I throw an Ampeg 8x10 impulse on there and EQ. There's some compression on there too. It's pretty much the bass processing tutorial Ermz posted with just a few more things I do.

 

[kylendm]

Can anyone else critique this? There's still something weird about it that I don't like but I can't pick it out.

Be as harsh as you like, I'm just curious. Maybe it's the kick or the bass. Something just isn't really sitting right.

 

[kylendm]

Up

 

[Mike Moriarty]

Sounds pretty good man. The guitars could be a bit louder and the kick could be a little lower in the mix. I would also bring up the snare a little bit.

Frequency-wise youre right on track, The highs could be toned down a tiny bit though.

 

[kylendm]

Really? From where I am, the guitars almost sound too loud. The rest I agree with though.

 

[Mike Moriarty]

I don't know I like the guitars up front but that's a personal preference.