Tips on my recording

[SeverOurSkies]

Hey guys! I've been looking around this forum awhile and have desperately been trying to improve my band's recordings. We're currently working on our song "Speak No Evil" and I was wondering if you could take a listen to the instrumental recording I have right now and give me any advice or improvements that can be made.

I'm using a pod x3 for the guitars, direct in to my mbox pro for bass, and drums were programmed using SD2.0. This was all done with Pro Tools 10.

 

[JakeAC5253]

The mix has some hollowness to it, it sounds devoid of a certain frequency range in the midrange. Either you have something on the master buss that is getting rid of a certain frequency, or you are scooping all instruments of the same frequency. The performance seems strong enough for a demo though. Not bad on the whole, but the mix needs more mids.

 

[schwinginbatman]

Yeah, it does sound hollow in the mids. It sounds very much like a demo. This the main issue with it.

 

[SeverOurSkies]

The mix has some hollowness to it, it sounds devoid of a certain frequency range in the midrange. Either you have something on the master buss that is getting rid of a certain frequency, or you are scooping all instruments of the same frequency. The performance seems strong enough for a demo though. Not bad on the whole, but the mix needs more mids.

Do you think the problem could lie in my tone on the Pod X3? I didn't scoop any mids on the EQ'ing.

 

[JakeAC5253]

Do you think the problem could lie in my tone on the Pod X3? I didn't scoop any mids on the EQ'ing.

Sounds to me like more than just the guitar tone, more mix related. Drums or master buss probably.

 

[SeverOurSkies]

Sounds to me like more than just the guitar tone, more mix related. Drums or master buss probably.

Hmmm, I'll try some tweaking on it and see if I can make it any better. Thanks so much for the advice. I'm pretty new to recording, so as you can see I have tonsss of room for improvement.