My Best Mix Yet! :DD

[rchoi54]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest6.mp3

Some of you may have heard some past versions of this mix.
I really like it.

The snare has lots of verb, intentional. Without the 'large hall' sound it didnt fit the mix well.
I used my favorite kick, Brian's Kick.

Guitars were TSE ran through my Crate Jensens impulses.

Lastly, excuse the sloppiness that kicks in in the last few seconds of the breakdown near the end of the song.

The mix: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest6.mp3
Here are some past versions for you to compare to if desired:
(order from most recent to least)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest5.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest4.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest3.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest2.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest1.mp3


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[professorlamp]

the drumkit sound reminds me of animals as leaders
its pretty darned good, there's something about the guitar tone i dont like though

 

[FloridaRolf]

how do -8db rms? ¯\(°_o)/¯

this makes my ears bleed

 

[rchoi54]

the drumkit sound reminds me of animals as leaders
its pretty darned good, there's something about the guitar tone i dont like though

it's probably the 5 kHz boost, it's starting to get to me too haha, lemme fix it real quick

 

[rchoi54]

yep, fixed

 

[Hawkevil]

Hmmm, the song sounds good but there is WAYYY too much gain on the guitars.

The tone has no attack which is strange because when I use the TSE it has tones of it. Going easy on the gain and bringing some Mids back would sort this.

The sub drop is so loud it actually sounds quite comical whidch I'm sure you didn't want to go for

Don't let this put you down in anyway because it is not intended to. Its just an idea of what I would personally do.

 

[thedonutman]

You've got some pumping going on by the sounds of it. I think you could do with some more bass too.

 

[cloy26]

wayyyyy over gained. Drop the gain down a lot on the guitars.

It seems really loud and chaotic. idk.

 

[rchoi54]

hmmm. i turned on the high-lo gain and put the actual gain knob down to 1.5
i also have TSS in the chain so maybe that's the problem??

 

[updog]

what settings are you using in the TS? Remember that it usually isn't supposed to have that much gain. I have my drive at about 9 o'clock, and tone and level at about noon usually.

 

[Hawkevil]

Yea you must have the gain very high on the TSS if you are getting that much gain still.

That and/or you have the input turned right up on the TSE.

I hardly ever have drive turned on at all with the tube screamer, the tone on about 12 o'clock and level on full.

 

[rchoi54]

..weird... my drive is actually at 0.55, tone is at noon, level is at 10.

EDIT: turns out I lied when i said my TSE gain was 1.5, it was actually at 5.

Now it's at 3, and TSS is set to drive at 0.50 with tone and level at noon.
when i had the TSE Gain at 1.5, it was too "clean" so i boosted it to 3.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3371179/newhxctest5.mp3

 

[XnaySaturo]

Loud and chaotic is pretty much what I was thinking too. Snare sounds good, but the kick could use more oomph instead of just click.

Just heard the new clip, and it's pretty much the same.

 

[rchoi54]

i'm having a hard time getting the meat of the kick without having the mix 'pump' :/ should i get a sidechain compressor going?

and is it just me or do the guitars sound 'weak' now?

 

[XnaySaturo]

They don't sound weak at all, they're still overpowering. Maybe use a different kick sample then?

 

[rchoi54]

I hear the kick coming through pretty well now.

 

[cloy26]

The drums are way too booming. Like the toms sound awful. The high hats sound like the have a huge high shelf. They are too loud in the mix.

Put everything down on zero. Bring up the drums to a nice level. Like something with 8 to 10 dbs of head room. Then bring your bass in and make your drums and bass sit nicely with each other. So you can hear the bass complimenting the kick drum and vice versa. Then bring in your rhythm guitars. Make them work well with everything. You will get a much more controlled rounded sound instead of some massive sonic mess where everything is trying to out do everything else. Your instruments are supposed to drop into place and groove together, not fight to be on top.

ps. You won't be the dick that tells you to tune your guitar every ten seconds? Idk if you have noticed, but that's kind of what you're supposed to do. They are paying you to make it sound the best you can, within reason. I don't understand that logic whatsoever. and you shouldn't refer to your methods as ghetto on your myspace.

 

[rchoi54]

mehh new mix up.

 

[Ganks]

This kick drum sounds like shit. :/

It sounds like a "space kick".
It sticks out.

Try to make it gel with the mix more.

Your snare is getting annihilated by your limiter. I'm assuming you're using a limiter, because your snare has no attack.

And you've got a shit ton of pumping going on. What's this RMS at?

Chill on the compression on the master bus. Use a Multi-Band for the low end, and that should be it. Fix everything else in the mix.

It sounds like you're relying on your master bus to fix your mix.


I mean, this is definitely better than some stuff, but it sounds amateurish.

Hope this helps!


EDIT: Honestly, the kick that you used for the pop-punk stuff on your page would be better for metal that what you're using now. Do you have SSD?

(By the way, I'm not trying to be a dick, but you won't get better without honest criticism.)