My first mix (power/thrash)

[DaWolf]

Hi guys,
I`m new and here`s the story:
My name is Michael and I play drums in a power/thrash metal trio. We recently decided to record our demo/promo material ourselves and got us some (rather cheap) gear. I was the fool to accept the challenge...
So in search for info on the web this forum became an awesome resource for knowledge and I want to thank every member

So this is what I can show for now :
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=945166&content=music

Song is called Wallpaper the Hell, vocals are not ready yet. I like to hear opinions please. I think it`s not bad , but maybe I`m just getting used to it.

Finally some info about the gear used :

Drums: 20 year old Yamaha Power V (cheap Fame mics and SM57clone)
Kick is 50% mine and 50% sample
Snare is replaced with a "clean" sample of my own (Sonorlite birch)

Bass : Direct out of Ampeg SVT2 - Voxengo Boogex with an impulse of the
8x10 box and my bass drum mic

Guitars : 4 tracks ,2 are mic`d - Sansamp PSA1-Reusenzehn Guitar slave- Marshall 1960A - sm57clone) . The other 2 tracks are out of the
Sansamp and reamped with impulsed from the mic`d combo above.

Check it out and tell me what could be better, thanks.

 

[Iamsparrow]

The snare sounds like a tin can and the guitar could go up. Good Start Though

 

[DaWolf]

Thanks for your input !
I updated the link with a newer version. I added some mids to the guitars to give them more definition . The older version had some punch to it that I liked but it just sounded to muddy and pressed I guess.
I also took out some ring out of the snare at 490hz , hope you like it better.

 

[Calippo Tecks]

I think you should try to get some more punch out of that snare and bring it down a little, it's a bit overwhelming to me.
The rest sounds quite good to me so far.

 

[DaWolf]

New version is up (link in the op), with vocals this time.
New input is always welcome because I had to do it with my crappy speakers at home , cause the PC in the rehearsal room doesn`t cut it.
It sounds still kinda rough , I`ll probably work on it some more - but maybe there is no more headroom with the way it was recorded.

Anyway, I learned so much during doing that song , and I think as a test it passed very well. The next song(s) are going to be much better I think.
Again thanks a lot to the community for sharing.

 

[DaWolf]

It`s been a while but I revisited the mix and did a final version.
Changes include:
less attack and more low end on the kick
more snap to the snare
improvements on toms
guitars have some changes as well

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1018681/wallpaperneumastered.mp3

I`ve already updated the soundclick link as well (it`s the older/2nd song)