What do you think? What can I improve?

[nestergaard]

I have just finished working on my latest song.
But as you all know one get totally deaf after a while.
So, how does it sounds? Both musically and mix/master wise.
Good or anus

http://soundcloud.com/nestergaard/all-that-remains-mix-2-master

 

[viralz]

Cymbals and hi-hat would be my first critic, really distracting. But over all really good man!

 

[Ascendant]

Yeah you need to EQ your overheads and the hat is panned way too far to the left. I'm guessing there's supposed to be a ride in there as well in places (where I can't hear any cymbals/hat), need to automate that up or raise the volume on the ride in sd2.

 

[nynejoe]

Cool tune! Vocals seem to have some extra air to them, you can hear the breathyness, other than that awesome mix.

 

[nestergaard]

Thx guys!
I have done a second mix now. You were right Ascendant, there was a missing ride
In this mix I have lowered the OH with 3dB and moved the hat towards the middle.
I have also done some EQ to the vocal. I have lowered a couple of dB at 250Hz and at 2000Hz.
Here is the soundcloud link:

http://soundcloud.com/nestergaard/all-that-remains-mix-3-master

 

[Ascendant]

Drums sound more balanced and glued now, although the left cymbal still has a nasty peak somewhere around 5khz, nothing major but it's poking through somewhat unpleasantly. You could bring up the vocals a bit more and reduce the amount of reverb, as it's not very subtle.

 

[nestergaard]

I have now cut at around 5kHz about 1,5db.
And I have added 1db in gain to the vox and lowerd the reverb. Now it is almost clean from reverb.

http://soundcloud.com/nestergaard/all-that-remains-mix-4-master

 

[nestergaard]

I have done a new mix.
I have put some gain to the vox, about 1db.
And lowered the auk git at the end.
And also lowered about 1db at the master around 700hz

Better? Worse?

http://soundcloud.com/nestergaard/all-that-remains-mix-5-master