Need help with mix!(Podfarm/Slate)

[sk8a123]

well, i've been struggling with this mix. I used Pod farm for the guitars, and slate and some of joeys samples for the drums. any feedback at all can help significantly. thanks!

http://soundcloud.com/sk8a123/erase-the-memories

 

[CalumJC]

Sounds as though the guitars lack air. Try boosting the presence maybe? if you have a LP on it then maybe ease up on that.

Would like to hear about your guitar and bass chains though, as they gel together nicely.

 

[sk8a123]

Sounds as though the guitars lack air. Try boosting the presence maybe? if you have a LP on it then maybe ease up on that.

Would like to hear about your guitar and bass chains though, as they gel together nicely.

Thanks, that could be because i have a pretty big high pass on there.

Guitars are really nothing special. Just running the Cali Diamond Plate and a Screamer pedal.

As for bass, i have 3 bass tones. One is just the DI, the second one has the TSE 808, and the last bass an overdrive pedal

 

[selke61]

Everything sounds squashed and super compressed, mainly the drums. The kick has a little too much click in it. The guitars sounds muffly, I'd just HP it to 100 hz if you haven't already and let the bass fill that in. Good mix though. Lots of potential.

 

[sk8a123]

I took your guys advice and changed it up. what do you think about this mix?

 

[sk8a123]

http://soundcloud.com/sk8a123/erase-the-memories-2

 

[timislegend]

can't say really too much for the mix but the song is definitely entertaining!

 

[sk8a123]

can't say really too much for the mix but the song is definitely entertaining!

Thanks! glad you enjoyed! feel free to give us a "like" at


www.facebook.com/erasethememories

 

[Vinny]

Woah :0. Wayyyy too much compression.

 

[oroinvictus]

All that compression is making the mix pump hard, back off on it a bit.

 

[sk8a123]

Woah :0. Wayyyy too much compression.

All that compression is making the mix pump hard, back off on it a bit.

Thank you guys so much for the help! I took your guys advice and backed off of the compression. what do you guys think now?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11779682/ETM/etm new mix down 7.mp3

 

[Vinny]

Still too much dude. Lot better though.
Drums are too loud also.

Must be your mastering that is squashing it down so much. Definitely need to work on giving each instrument it's own space (highpassing/lowpassing pretty healthily and EQ cuts). It will allow for more volume with less limiting/compression needed on your master bus. Also try compressing the individual tracks, not all tracks at once.

 

[sk8a123]

Still too much dude. Lot better though.
Drums are too loud also.

Must be your mastering that is squashing it down so much. Definitely need to work on giving each instrument it's own space (highpassing/lowpassing pretty healthily and EQ cuts). It will allow for more volume with less limiting/compression needed on your master bus. Also try compressing the individual tracks, not all tracks at once.

Thannk you so much for your feedback! I will definitely fix that volume. I will do some major EQ cuts on the next mix i post.