Song of my own band (Hardcore)

[AHChris]

Hai Guise!!

This is the first mix I´m posting here, so be gentle

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4195368/Live your Dream.mp3


Greetings Chris

 

[Nauru]

What's your guitar chain?

 

[AHChris]

In this case it´s Ibanez RG-2550 --> TSS --> Lextac --> Sneap Edge Impulse. I use mostly real amps but I had to try this one^^

 

[AHChris]

No comment? Really? Is it so bad?

 

[Mago]

the snare sounds really boxy, guitars have too much mids.
toms are also really boxy. the kick is ok, but could be louder.
vox are also ok imo
cheers!

 

[AHChris]

Thanks for your opinion Mago!

I´ll try to cut the boxy frequencys out of toms and snare... Could you be more specific with the guitar mids? I actually like the guitars pretty much but I will definitely try your suggestions out! Too much low or too much high mids? Too honky or to boomy for your taste?

Greetings Chris

 

[Mago]

hey, i'd say youve cut too much bass out the guitars, and i think the high mids dont make the sound smooth.
but i dont know what kind of sound you aim for, I couldnt do something with that one, but if its your taste its ok.
and i think the snare is more hearable from the overheads than from the snare mix, can it be?
cheers!

 

[AHChris]

Hey!

The Snare and Toms are a bit dominant in the OHs... You´re right. Maybe I should highpass them a bit more.


Greetings

 

[Djabthrash]

I think Mago nailed it (boxy snare/toms coming mainly from overheads) for the drums, but for the guitars i wouldn't try to have them necessarily sound smoother, i like agressive high mids for guitars for hardcore... but Mago he's right you've cut too much bass/low mids from them though, and i'd use a tad more bass (the instrument) also.

 

[AHChris]

OK thanks for your reply!
Good to know what I´ve done wrong. The Snare/Tom - OH problem should be easy to solve... I just have to set the HPF a bit higher i think.

The guitar problem on the other hand... There is a reason why I removed so much low mids/bass from the guitars. It´s muddy as hell! I could reamp it again, but I think the problem seems to be the guitar. I really recorded with the wrong guitar on this one. I have better guitar options now so my next recording will be better! I´ll soon post a song of a local trash metal band (those guys are A W E S O M E). Let´s see what you think of that mix.

Greetz