TECH DEATH MIX FOR YOU TO TRY

shaggysi0 said:
Here's my attempt. Awesome song btw :kickass:

SD2.0 for drums, bass was pretty much untouched, Guitar Rig 4 for guitars, a touch more delay on the lead, and 2 tracks of vocal, one dry, and one processed with Guitar Rig 4 with a vocal patch I use for when I record my shitty vocals :erk:

http://www.shaggysi.com/tunes/TDMix.mp3
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first thing that struck me was the guitars sounding very fizzy. It sounds as thuogh they could do with more input gain so you can control the distortion more easily and get a nice smooth chunk rather than a weak fuzz. Vocals sound good on top of all this, and i like the snare. Some important drum hits are missing, i know this is probably my own fault from the crazy midi file i provided. I originally mapped this for XLN ADD so it got a bit messed up in transit. I think you could have done more with the bass. it sounds dry.
 
Ultimate_Tsundere said:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20990613/UMF.mp3

here is my attempt.

maybe the vocals still need to be a lil' bit louder, and I got some ride poking through in random parts of the song.

maybe there is some other problems with the balance. the song needs some more polishing and more accurate referencing.

anyway, the main idea is here, i hope :)
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i agree about the vocals. louder would be good. It sounds very squashed on the high end. The guitars sound very fat and i like that, but theres a bit of brightness lacking which makes the whole mix seem a bit muffled. Drums and bass are massive. I really like what you did with them. You could possibly tighten up the bass a little though.
 
Hey man, been doing a little bit more work on my mix, trying to make the vocals a bit more present in the mix, lowered the snare a little, thickened up the guitars slightly.



PS. for anyone that is interested, if you solo the vocals in your session and listen at around 2.06 there is a long scream and at the end of it someone in the background says "You beat your record there" or something like that. :D
 
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this is my new "problem" - the highs, hehe. I'm in extreme need for studio monitors instead of my computer speakers, hehe. i will give it a try once again. thank god, I've achieved fat guitars:err: i'll try to bring the guitars down, to let the vocals cut through the mix and also set he compressor values not so extreme (used a preset with extremes settings< had not enough time to tweak it appropriately, sorry).

THANX FOR THE FEEDBACK! :wave:
 
nevchrist said:
first thing that struck me was the guitars sounding very fizzy. It sounds as thuogh they could do with more input gain so you can control the distortion more easily and get a nice smooth chunk rather than a weak fuzz. Vocals sound good on top of all this, and i like the snare. Some important drum hits are missing, i know this is probably my own fault from the crazy midi file i provided. I originally mapped this for XLN ADD so it got a bit messed up in transit. I think you could have done more with the bass. it sounds dry.
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Thanks man! Stoked for the opportunity to have a go at this one. Glad you liked the vocals and the snare :) many thanks for the constructive crit. Definitely stuff I will bear in mind in future. Bass was very dry. The DI sounded so kick ass I just didn't want to dirty it up.
 
worC said:
Whoa, lots of awesome mixes in here! Here is my first attempt ever at mixing tech death metal AND someone else's music on top of that. And guess what: this song is FUN to mix. Did this one pretty quickly while eating so some things may be off, nomming + mixing = no good. Hope I didn't screw too much. :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/885646/Ultimate Metal/UMF-mixtest.mp3
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YOU! :D effing sick mix man, that snare = loverly. Is that superior?
 
YES, ME! :D Haha. Nah man that snare is simply the drums.wav bounce provided in the archive from the first post. I though the drums sounded cool so I didn't bother changing them. :)
 
keshav said:
Hey nevchrist, I know metalfanat1c already responded to my mix but it'd be sweet if you could have a listen too and let me know what you think :)
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sorry i took so long. I agree with metalfanat1c about the guitars, definitely lacking meat and there is a distinct "honkyness" to them. A little too djent and not enough creamy smoothness for my taste. I'd say keep the raw tone but back it up with some balls.

I thought the drums were nice and big. i love ringy snares so hooray for that, you could do with gating the toms though, perhaps tweak the EQ on each of them to get the maximum amount of thump. the low toms especially. I think the high toms are pretty damn good anyway. metalfanat1c was having trouble hearing the bass, i agree that it could be a touch more prominent but i really liked it when you can hear it on its own. it sounds really fat and metal.

vox i thought were ok but could be made to sit more comfortably in the mix. im not sure how. maybe its to do with the 1k heaviness metalfanat1c was on about.

i really like that snare. tell me more about the mix, how you did everything etc..
 
OliverShillito said:
Hey man, been doing a little bit more work on my mix, trying to make the vocals a bit more present in the mix, lowered the snare a little, thickened up the guitars slightly.



PS. for anyone that is interested, if you solo the vocals in your session and listen at around 2.06 there is a long scream and at the end of it someone in the background says "You beat your record there" or something like that. :D
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That is sounding loads better. I have to say im not a fan of those drums though. I dunno how easy it would be for you cos i know i provided a pretty messed up midi track but any way you could make the drums sound more human would improve the mix a great deal. I like the room verb on the guitars. sounds pro
 
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mickrich said:
Had another go at this today.
Been a quiet week:bah:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/Nevchrist new mix.mp3
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Very fat guitars. I like them. The drums are just the right amount of tightness and power. I think they work really well. I thought that the vocals were a bit quiet and so is the solo. The bass is great though, really chunky and prominent but i would say that you should brighten the guitars just a bit to bring them out more. perhaps bring the cymbals out more too to give the whole mix a bit more air
 
oroinvictus said:
Seeing as how this track's gotten some more attention recently, I did a remix m'self. I quite enjoy this track. :)
Any critique would be appreciated!

http://bit.ly/j10y7P
http://bit.ly/l2JMsr - instrumental version
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The drums are dominating this mix, and they could do with humanising too. I enjoyed the little changes here and there with the cymbal patterns etc...

Guitars really need bringing forward and you need to excite them a bit - they sound a little flat.
 
worC said:
Whoa, lots of awesome mixes in here! Here is my first attempt ever at mixing tech death metal AND someone else's music on top of that. And guess what: this song is FUN to mix. Did this one pretty quickly while eating so some things may be off, nomming + mixing = no good. Hope I didn't screw too much. :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/885646/Ultimate Metal/UMF-mixtest.mp3
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One of the best Ive heard today. You mixed everything really nicely with the drum track - something i had a hard time doing. Id like to hear you put the vox in now!
 
Lon said:
Sooo, first post, and first mix of this, i know it stil has some errors to it but i think my ears are fatigued for today


http://connoisseurofsound.com/practice2master2.mp3
http://soundcloud.com/lon-4/practice2master2 (if above link is broken)
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not bad. first thing that struck me was the kick, which needs a lot more tweaking. It sounds too loose at the moment. The guitars carry nicely, they have a nice sound to them along side the bass but on their own in the section after the solo they could do with more gain
 
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