post-hardcore/screamo mix

[jimwilbourne]

Hey Guys

This is my first publicly displayed mix.
I've been working hard to learn all I can and I'd love to hear what you guys think of my progress so far.

this is a new song by my band When Girls Kiss Girls.

I haven't tracked the vocals yet, but this is almost all the instrument tracking (I have one guitar part that I forgot to record).


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10367077/Mixes/WGKGnewsong3 #4.wav


PLEASE give me any advice about the mix.
I'll post an updated mix with the vocals in it soon!

 

[Perishh]

I think you need to work on that guitar tone man. It sounds sounds like the tone I get out of my peavey blazer 158 practice amp. Is it possible to reamp those guitar tracks? Have you got any amp sims or impulses?

Also I can hear a pop sound when the guitars come in to do that little lead riff, try fading the audio in to get rid of this.

Have you mastered the track? Cause I can hear some clipping. Especially on the left guitar. Kick drum needs more punch too, its very dead sounding. A punchier kick will help liven the entire mix up.

 

[jimwilbourne]

I feel like the Guitar Tone is what I've been Fighting with the most. I'm trying to find a balance between Clarity and Distortion.
I have Amplitube 3. Some of the guitar tone on that song is from Amplitube 3 (Using the Duel Rec setup with lots of tweeks).
the other is with my Peavey 5150.

I think I may have missed a couple of fades in the whole mix.

The track has been mastered only a little in order to enhance the mix for the posting of it on the forum.
I didn't do any limiting. only some compression & EQ settings that I put together quickly without close listening.
I feel like mastering itself is still something I feel like I'm not great at all. haha

Are to suggesting that the kick should have more attack in the high end of the EQ or power/impact in the low end of the EQ? or both?

 

[Perishh]

I think the kick needs more around the 2 - 5k mark for the clicky sound. If that doesn't work I would suggest a new sample altogether.

So i'm guessing since you are using Amplitube 3 you have DI tracks there? Try the LePou amp sim or the TX30. If you need more help with these just PM me, i'll be happy to give you some settings to try working with.

I struggle with mastering for the sole purpose of uploading as well, I always find it takes away the true representation of the mix because I just try and push it too hard. As long as the clipping isn't there on the original guitar tracks it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Robert W]

Can't get your link to work.

 

[jimwilbourne]

it takes a second for the song to come in.
other than that, I'm pretty sure it's working

 

[jimwilbourne]

no one else has any input?
really?
haha

 

[chrisrivalry]

post an mp3 boss, shit's taking forever to load

 

[jimwilbourne]

mmk. it's in mp3 form now.
should load a lot faster. I have like 6 measures of preroll in it because for some reason my DAW likes to clip off the first measure.

it's also edited a little bit since last post. modified the kick, bass and guitar tone.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10367077/Mixes/WGKGnewsong3 #5.mp3

 

[chrisrivalry]

way too much low end, and the cymbals sound very 8 bitish

 

[darthjujuu]

sounds like there's lots of little easy fixes that could go a long way... what are these drums comprised of?? hit me on facebook jim if you wanna get in depth

 

[jimwilbourne]

will do.