Thanks so much Mago for listening and replying with some suggestions. I can't argue with the booming low frequencies...unfortunately the downside to my monitors is they don't replicate the low frequencies all that great...so I end up overcompensating. So I'll cut those kick low frequencies.
You also said you didn't like the leads....if you wouldn't mind...what in particular?? The tone...how they sit in the mix...or jsut the notes themselves?? Thatd be a big help.
Bringing clarity to the mix is really my biggest struggle currently. Do you...or anyone reading...have any tips on some ways to clear up a mix? Would certain frequency boosts on the master track typically help this?
Again any suggestions are a bi help at this point! Thanks in advance!
naaa, I'm alway pleased when I get to hear some tracks like that, that have potential to stick in my ears for some time
i guess that boomy sound is somewhere between 50-150hz try lowering that.
speaking of monitors, for me its the opposit: i have to get rid of some bass reflections from the wall, so my mixes end up with not enough bass because they always boom in my room...shitty placement
also thinking aboutwhat erkan said about the boomy guitars, you don't need much that much low freq if you place the bass well.
and just in case you want to go that far: i would could some of the fizzy highs of the guitars in the beginning when theres no drums to cover them...
@ leads: the notes are ok, but it sounds like a slapbackdelay both in the solo and in the lead parts. but what i meant in my 1st post was the octaved notes. they just sound a bit dead compared to the kickin rhythm sound.
maybe pan the octaves a bit more and cut out less highs
but as you are speaking to a guitarist, I would arrange that part in a different direction, maybe that would bring some clearity to the octaved stuff
