Throw down HC mix

[ForefrontStudio]

I haven't been on here in a while, and I just wanted to get a little feedback on one of my recent recordings. fire away!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2752403/Ismene The Price Rough mastered-03.mp3

 

[norrinradd]

Guitars sound a bit sort of squashed.

 

[ForefrontStudio]

anyone else?

 

[RonSCHC]

i'd bring up the guitars a little they get kinda buried and little boost for the lower mids. but other than that this sounds rather enjoyable!

 

[ForefrontStudio]

Thanks for the input guys. This song is finished, and in the hands of the band, but I will keep these in mind for the next project. It is becoming more and more clear to me that guitars are the weakest part of my recordings. I just need to figure out if it's a tone dialing issue, or a mixing/post eq issue. Maybe I am dialing in "good tone" for a guitar on it's own and not for a mix. I'm not sure how a guitar tone should sound on its own for a mix though to be 100% honest... I guess that's the noob in me surfacing yet again.

if anyone cares to listen, here is a more recent song with what I find to be slightly improved guitar tone:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2752403/Shin Digity Master-01.mp3

...maybe it's time to suck it up and order an axe fx and ditch pod farm...

 

[gabriel g.]

guitars sound terrible IMO. No meat, no ballz.....super hifi...

sorry...

 

[oroinvictus]

The 2nd iteration of the guitars worked better. Bring their levels down a tiny bit, and drop some of the mids from them to give room for the drums to cut through.

 

[DeclanWhite]

the guitars are better in the second one

 

[christopher ridley]

The left guitar is wicked loud in that second clip. Should prolly come down with it to match the right one.

 

[GlassJaw_]

If the first song is finished why does the file name say rough?

 

[rchoi54]

how did you record your guitars? they sound soo bad.

if you are using IRs...make sure there isn't any attack on the impulse and you may even just want to use another IR.
if you mic'd it... turn up the mids, turn down the treble.