My first real mixing job! Please help me out before i send it!!!

[Top Ground Studios]

I tried something new with bass, but im not sure if its helping the low end or killing it..

the guitar sounds thin in this version of the clip

how are the levels?

does it sound too squashed? im kinda new at mastering

the vocals suck....can you helpme out with those?

thanks guys!

 

[Demonstealer]

sounds overall not too bad to me. It is a bit guitar heavy and yeah you could easy up on the squashing a bit. I think the vocals can come down in level. The clean vocals and use an autotune or melodyne on it for sure.

 

[D_A_V]

The guitar sound is good (what is it btw?) but it overpowers the drums. And as you said, the vocals in the end are horrible. You should definitley autotune them...

 

[Top Ground Studios]

Oh I forgot to mention he will be coming back to retrack. Usually I use autotune in graphing mode but I couldn't really do anything because he was so off lol but yes he will be coming back to retrack!

 

[Top Ground Studios]

How's the bass level? Could I push it up a little but or does it sound good where it is?

 

[TLTD]

Guitars sound good. This is sort of a joke (or not) but my first thoughts are turn down the vocals, turn up the drums, go from there. Automate the vocal levels before compressing them so they don't get compressed and stick out so bad. I'd probably try all kinds of things with the vocals to saturate them/warm them/put an impulse on them like 1073 EQ or something. They're just not going to get the pristine sound treatment they deserve but you have to do what you have to do. Good luck, hope something comes through brainstorming.

I don't remember hearing bass much. Double it and hi pass/bump 400Hz on one & saturate it with something.

 

[Top Ground Studios]

Guitars sound good. This is sort of a joke (or not) but my first thoughts are turn down the vocals, turn up the drums, go from there. Automate the vocal levels before compressing them so they don't get compressed and stick out so bad. I'd probably try all kinds of things with the vocals to saturate them/warm them/put an impulse on them like 1073 EQ or something. They're just not going to get the pristine sound treatment they deserve but you have to do what you have to do. Good luck, hope something comes through brainstorming.

I don't remember hearing bass much. Double it and hi pass/bump 400Hz on one & saturate it with something.

Wow thanks! Yeah I'm having a hard time with the vocals...I'll get em sounding good soon. But I actually had a lot of bass in there. But I processed it differently than normal. Usually I have it HP at 100 and have some harmonics bumping at around 120....but for this mix I had the bass HP at 50 and I just made some small cuts at 60 and 80hz, and I cranked it up.

 

[Top Ground Studios]

Anyone else have anything to share?

 

[briggz22]

Definitely get the vocalist to re-track those cleans because they are waaaaay out. If he can't do it then I guess you could auto tune them, but maybe suggest to him that he should change the vocal melody to something achievable because it sounds like he's trying to sing out of his range.