old school nu metal with female vox. real drums, bass, gtrs & vox Need your advice!

CrazyClown

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i've mixed two old songs of my band

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2653490/Shag_v_N-master0112.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2653490/Desert.mp3

my aim was old school sound from 90-ns, without drum replacement and other modern tricks.
now most thing i dislike is snare, what advice can you give to me?

Updated:
some more automation on drums and little tweaks, less smashed at mastering

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2653490/Desert0412.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2653490/Ladder0412.mp3

and here unmamstered version, if somebody want to try master it, it will be interesting :cool:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2653490/ladder-mix0412.wav
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2653490/desert-mix0412.wav
 
Sounds like it could be good. If you are using a clipper on your 2 bus, you def need to back it off a ton. Sounds like its ran through a fuzz box. It has major potential to be mega punchy and I think your master's kinda over done. Put some dynamic back in, the verse to chorus would be super sweet if it was mastered a little less aggressive and each chorus brought a new level of dynamics. Guitar tone is incredible for this song.
 
thanx guys :cool:
to Rob logic: do you mean by 2 bus - master bus? i hate to master my mixes, i'll try to make it less hot
 
To me it sounds like you need to highpass the snares reverb.. because right now it seems to thick/heavy.
 
Янки все правильно говорят, главная проблема микса - рабочий. Нельзя говорить наверняка, но я бы прибрал "smack" в районе 200Гц - где-то там должен быть пик, который делает снэр шлепающим. И если немного уменьшить его громкость, он будет не таким назойливым.
В принципе, концепция звука 90-х получилась=). А вот там, где начинается автоматизация барабанов, как мне кажется, надо пройтись эквалайзером по дорожкам и убрать конфликты частот. Тогда все зазвучит вкуснее и прозрачнее, и можно будет даже сделать более "горячий" мастеринг=)
В целом хорошая работа, друг=)