My new mix PodFarm / Steven slate

[RichMinerva]

Hi guys iv not posted on here in a while solely because iv been bogged down with university work.

i recently did this mix i know its not very good however id really like some advice and critique if possible

oh and btw.. the bass is complete ass crackers, its a pitch shifted guitar with ampeg's svx plug in.

im too poor to go out and buy a bass ^_^

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3320336/minervamaybe.wav

 

[zackpennington]

There's a noise in the pick technique that's really prominent on the right guitar sound.

Also the cutout in the beginning sounds fake/awkward.

But it's brootal and sounds pretty good!

 

[RichMinerva]

Thanks for the input Zack

is there anything else you would suggest?

i can just retrack the right on side

stupid plectrum haha

 

[JayB]

On my shit laptop speakers , but sounds pretty good besides that the guitars need some definite editing

 

[JayB]

Also , why does the guitar get louder and then quieter out of nowhere? Are you using some weird compression?

 

[RichMinerva]

unfortunately it was tracked very quickly when tbh i was rather overtired haha

ill get to some editing soon.

any ideas youd have for it yourselves?

 

[arv_foh]

I think the mix overall lacks presence/top end, and why is it brickwalled at -2.2dBFS? open it up to at least -0.7

I find that adding a high shelf at around 8k with about +6db makes the mix more pleasing to my ears

 

[Shaun Werle]

a little muddy but overall i think it's pretty good!

Good job

 

[RichMinerva]

I think the mix overall lacks presence/top end, and why is it brickwalled at -2.2dBFS? open it up to at least -0.7

I find that adding a high shelf at around 8k with about +6db makes the mix more pleasing to my ears

Thanks for the advice

ill give that a shot tonight and repost an update and let you see how it sounds

 

[Seth Munson]

yea brighten things up a bit

and turn those bassdrops the fuck down. haha

 

[RichMinerva]

This is my most recent attempt. i took your guys advice and i honestly think it sounds better

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3320336/newmixdown.mp3

let me know what you think

 

[Shaun Werle]

This is my most recent attempt. i took your guys advice and i honestly think it sounds better

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3320336/newmixdown.mp3

let me know what you think

So much better, what did you do to brighten it up?

The second mix is really a big step in the right direction

 

[JayB]

Yeah man ! I have to agree wayy better .

 

[Nauru]

The guitars are kind of overgained, they would get some clarity with less distortion.
Overall it is kind of muddy, but other than that it sounds sweet!

 

[RichMinerva]

Hey guys

all i did was take arv_foh's advice,

ill give it a shot turning the gain down some more on my new mix. im using the cali treadplate model with gain only on 30%

any other advice? i actually re-done this track with a real bass since this post so ill have another pop tonight,

can anyone point me in the right direction when it comes to mastering? if i push my "classic master limiter" too much it crushes it like hell :/

 

[Shaun Werle]

Hey guys

all i did was take arv_foh's advice,

ill give it a shot turning the gain down some more on my new mix. im using the cali treadplate model with gain only on 30%

any other advice? i actually re-done this track with a real bass since this post so ill have another pop tonight,

can anyone point me in the right direction when it comes to mastering? if i push my "classic master limiter" too much it crushes it like hell :/

I used to use limiters on masters, I hate it.

Sometimes i set a ceiling. But just usually use a clipper plug in, compressor, eq, sometimes other stuff newb here too, but i am just messing around with settings and stuff, and also a lot of dudes on here have helped me out, just do a little searching