Need Mix Advice Please

[iraobryan]

I posted the instruments before, but have since finished tracking the song. I can't put my finger on what I don't like about this mix...but I just am not comfortable with it yet. Any advice?

Newest version, guitars unedited:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3413585/Coldest Hour Rough Master.mp3

 

[iraobryan]

Oops...seems some vox are way loud...

 

[caneris]

i think it sounds great! your right though a few of the vocals are way too loud. also the intro could use a gate on the guitars. i think at the start of the bridge part where it cuts out to just the guitars, you should maybe try just one guitar and bring in the second when the drums enter. thats just a preference thing though.

Overall i really like it. guitars sounds huge and the song is great. Good work

 

[iraobryan]

Thank you for the feedback! I will definitely automate those vocal parts later today, and will play around with the single guitar idea...I hadn't thought of that. I forget to select render time selection when I rendered the song, so that's where all the noise came from at the beginning Any other suggestions guys?

 

[iraobryan]

I'm resurrecting this thread to get mix advice. I will probably post another thread to get some mastering help (my mastering sucks). I think this may be the final mix, tell me what you think.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3413585/Coldest Hour Rough Master.mp3

 

[everdrone]

my humble insight - I would do more subtractive eq - seems fuzzy and not that crystal clear sort of clarity to the guitars, and make the snare more rice-crispy and less bassy

 

[jackbraglia]

guitars sound sloppy, maybe edit them tighter

 

[iraobryan]

I made some adjustments to the snare, and eq for the guitars. I'm not going for an crystal clear sound, but it does need some tweaking. On the guitar slop...do you mean mainly in the choppy verse sections, or do you hear other areas that need edited? I'll post with changes this evening. Thank you for the feedback!

 

[Vicioushead]

I agree with jackbraglia. The playing needs to be tighter, especially in that intro part.

 

[iraobryan]

Those guitars are 2 players, both double tracked. I'm going to have to go through each time that riff is played and see which tracks match up best. The guitars aren't edited at all, but that will probably only fix the choppy parts i'm guessing?

 

[Spite]

The bass needs to be tamed a bit. It's all over the place most of the time.
Compress the heck out of it and make a cut around where your kick peaks in the lowend.
Guitars seem a bit too thin for my taste, as in too much gain not enough low-mids, but thats just me probably.

 

[iraobryan]

I did compress the bass some more last night after I posted this version. Hopefully it's a bit better now. I appreciate all this feedback.

 

[jackbraglia]

now that i listen a 2nd time, the playing seems alright. i just think editing them tighter, or using a fast gate would help a lot, also if you turn the gain down a bit, it should sound tighter

 

[iraobryan]

I tweaked the snare, guitar eq, and bass compression a bit and posted the new link above in the original post. I am editing the guitars now and will post as soon as they are done. I will have to reamp again if the guitars are over gained.