Quick mix mimicking Joey Sturgis mix

[D20]

Hey everyone I just sat down recently to try to throw together a mix similar to Joeys from the emmure album speaker of the dead. I am not sure how close I got but I will let you guys be the judges. Any comments or criticism is welcomed

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3oymalz8d8spwkm/New Joeylike Mix.mp3


Newer Mix 10-5-2013: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1046513/New Joeylike Mix-01.mp3

New Axe Fx version here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1046513/New Joeylike Mix Axe Fx.mp3

 

[marios.blythe]

guitars are digital..but bass are pretty good! what you used?

 

[Daybreak]

Guitars are too digital and too high in the mix. What did you use for guitars?

 

[D20]

guitars are digital..but bass are pretty good! what you used?

I used my schecter c1 with dimarzios for guitars into a podxt. I heard that's what he used so I just went for it. Bass was my 87 Spector ns2a with Haz preamp direct. I did put studio devil bass amp pro on it after the direct was recorded. Bit of eq and comp too.

Any tips to make it less digital? Probably just don't use a podxt huh? Pretty sure that's what he used though I think...

 

[marios.blythe]

One little tip:dont try to cory settings or using presets cause every song have its own needs..use what u think that is better use your ears not eyes or mind ;-)

 

[D20]

One little tip:dont try to cory settings or using presets cause every song have its own needs..use what u think that is better use your ears not eyes or mind ;-)

I gotcha. Wasn't really trying to copy him so much. Just trying to see if I could mimic a mix of that style like emmure. Just kinda for fun. Thx for the input. I appreciate and openly accept any criticism.

 

[Stacey Staxx]

when recording give your guitars more headroom, then stage them into your mix.
As for to digital if you pad the edges to round them down using ( Gated J Verb or Simular ) most guys wouldnt know the difference.
Good luck with the mix man.

cheers
Stacey

 

[Teddyboy]

I haven't listened to your clip yet, but in general, I've found that the ugly frequencies that cause the "digital-ness" (or make it sound more prominent) are usually lying in the 2.5k-4k area. Try some notches there to see if things get better for you

 

[D20]

New mix of the track here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1046513/New Joeylike Mix-01.mp3

I eq'd the guitars a bit more and panned them a little differently as well. Tried to cut some of the 2-4k region some as i heard fit. Compressed the drums just a tad more as well.


Added an Axe Fx version too using the Recto Orange here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1046513/New Joeylike Mix Axe Fx.mp3