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Old 06-29-2010, 11:33 AM
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Mixed a song for my band - suggestions?

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I recently mixed a demo for my band, we recorded it a few months ago but i recently got my act together to lay down new bass tracks and do the final mix. But i'm not 100% happy about how it sounds, so i need some advice on how to fix that.

I'm not happy with the rythm guitar, but that's because of porr choice of guitar (ibanez superstrat-style guitar with really fat strings + bad amp settings), and the vocals aren't great (we were low on time and only had time for 1 take).

http://www.easy-share.com/1911156947...gers mix 2.mp3

EDIT: The mix has waay to much bass when i recently listened through my stereo - made the mistake of just using my headset.
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Old 06-29-2010, 05:35 PM
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If you want to keep it garage-y sounding I wouldn't do a whole lot to it. The drums are a little dark and a little too far back. The rhythm guitar is okay I think, except that it was close mic'd and doesn't have any room ambiance around it, while the other instruments and the vocal sound pretty roomy. Not a huge problem since lots of good recordings are like that, but if you're going for more a lo-fi garage sound, I'd probably want to hear more room around the guitar. Kind of hard to recreate that after-the-fact though.

If you want a more produced sound, compression is going to be the key. Compressing the vocals will make a huge difference. I'd compress everything else too, and then put the whole mix through a limiter.

The bass level sounds about right to me, maybe a little bit too low actually -- but I'm listening on some little cube computer monitors with no low end.

Bass lines were pretty cool but the bass sounded a little out of tune with the rest of the track. Maybe just me imagining it though.

And I'd shorten the song by about two minutes. That's a catchy groove but it was starting to lose my attention about halfway through.

Oh yeah, and you might want to play with panning to keep things separate. I thought the vocal and the rhythm guitar were fighting each other for space a little bit. You might consider creating a virtual second guitar track with a chorus or delay, then panning the two tracks L and R. Then the guitars will be spread across the stereo image and the vocal will be centered and they won't be competing.

Anyway, that's my 0.02.
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Old 06-30-2010, 04:37 AM
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Redid a good part of the mix last night, but i'm gonna finish it now during the day, when i can use my stereo and get some proper sound, instead of just my not-so-good headset. Will report back with a new mix in a few hours.
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Old 07-01-2010, 09:04 AM
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Finally got the mix done, and changed some thing. More compression on the vocals are one thing, and I also changed the drum mix a bit.

Opinions on this attempt?

http://www.easy-share.com/1911178942...gers mix 3.mp3
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