Took a shot at mixing the tone competition song

[ShredderForhire]

I added a few things in there
Guitars are Le456 and X30 amp sims
Impulses are all catharsis
I neeed Feedback!
Thanks

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2018127/GTR TONE COMP MESS AROUND.mp3

 

[lolzgreg]

Cool little effect in the beginning, dude.

The mix is pretty good. You definitely overcompressed the drum/bass submix to death though. Those cymbals are eating the mix.

The guitars sound pretty cool, but they are a bit shrill.

Give it another shot!

 

[ShredderForhire]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2018127/GTR TONE COMP MESS AROUND 2.mp3

Any Better?

 

[ShredderForhire]

Anyone else?

 

[lolzgreg]

The guitars are definitely sitting better now. I would ease up a bit more on the compression on those drums.

Bump.

 

[ShredderForhire]

I have a c1 on the master bus thats taking between 2-3 db. Mabye i should try to bus mix it?

 

[rchoi54]

what the heck were those effects you put on the guitars??!! :OO sooo nice.

 

[lolzgreg]

Just sit back and listen to the raw drums vs. the drums you used compression on. Solo the drums only and listen to the cymbal attack. A ride cymbal never sounds that BLAM-ey in real life. Unless you are aiming for that smashed sound, try to figure out how to maximize your loudness without slamming the cymbals. Something like GCLIP and a good limiter could help if you use it carefully. Believe it or not, in this case, a multiband compressor may help you a lot to pump up the low end and low mids while leaving the cymbal attack untouched.

 

[ShredderForhire]

i see what your saying. I left the backing track alone so the compressed cymbal sound is due to the compression on my master bus. Ill have to toy with it some more. thanks for responding!