Short mix, need some fresh ears

[2000ContourSVT]

I've been working on this mix for a couple days. There's only a few drum fills, a few lines of vocals, and there is no bass guitar. I'm mainly just tweaking the guitar tone. So I'm curious what this sounds like to you guys and any suggestions for improvement you may have.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/316028/AOT_MSTRv3.mp3

EDIT: Updated Link: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/316028/AOT_MSTRv4.mp3

 

[astrozombie2099]

i like the guitar tone so far..what are you using?

 

[Metaltastic]

Hmm, not a big fan of the guitar tone, very messy distortion (almost solid-state like) without much clarity, and a little muffled as well (and too loud relative to the drums also IMO, though I guess that's intentional to make it easier to judge) - and HOT DAMN do those vox need some tuning!

 

[2000ContourSVT]

i like the guitar tone so far..what are you using?

Thanks man. I'm using a 90's Jackson Rhoads V with an EMG 81 into an Ibanez TS7 which then goes into my Mesa Boogie Rectoverb Combo miced up with an SM57.

Hmm, not a big fan of the guitar tone, very messy distortion (almost solid-state like) without much clarity, and a little muffled as well (and too loud relative to the drums also IMO, though I guess that's intentional to make it easier to judge) - and HOT DAMN do those vox need some tuning!

Yeah everything is pretty raw. Only a slight bit of EQ on the guitars and I've replaced the kick from the Superior 2 drums, and the vocals have a bit of EQ, reverb, and thats about it.

As far as the messy distortion is concerned. I think I've got a tad too much gain. I'm gonna Reamp it again in a few days with a bit less gain and see if that helps get some more clarity. I have to crank the gain quite a bit up when I'm Reamping because for some reason when I Reamp I lose like 1/4 of my gain, and I think I raised it a bit too much and I lost some clarity.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Any other suggestions please post.

 

[2000ContourSVT]

Added a new link below. I dropped the volume on the guitars, and tweaked the EQ on them just a tad as well.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/316028/AOT_MSTRv4.mp3

 

[Ola Englund]

There is potential there and I usually don't recommend to scoop the mids but in this case you got enough mids to cover it.

 

[2000ContourSVT]

I must have some crazy midrange boost in my room or something because I also thought there was too much mids but in that clip I recorded the amp with 0 mids and there is still plenty.

I wonder if my amp is too close to the wall. It's probably only 6 inches away from the wall or so. I think I'll try moving it out farther and see how that sounds.