I gotta tell you man, that Obi Wan tune is mighty catchy. I'll be singing that all damn day now, thank you very much
It sounds to me like everything is panned dead center in the mix? The voices really stick out, and not in the best way. When the bass and drums kick in, it's not noticable, but when it's just vocals and the clean guitar, it's really noticable. The drums are buried back there, and the bass kind of dissapears in the mix. You can feel the notes, but it's hard to tell it's a bass you know? The overdrive on it is kind of cool, but it's a bit too blurry.
Okay, if this were my recording, here's what I would do. I would avoid the 'phones for mixing. I've yet to encounter a set of headphones that helps make a decent mix of the lower frequencies. Every recording I've ever done with headphones, always focuses on the lead vocals/instruments, and never really catches the rhythm section. I'd suggest getting the best mix you can with the monitors, then taking a cruise in your car while listening to the track. Between the two, you generally get a good mix.
Another question, is your voice overdubbed, or is there a background singer? If the answer is yes, pan the background voice slightly to one direction (I typically go right, but have no real reason for it other than habit.) 1 notch to 1/2 a notch should be enough to increase the chorus effect I'm hearing, and it should thicken the voices up nicely. If it's just a chorus effect, then thicken it up a little bit. It should add a bit more meat, especially in the intro. I'd also second adding some reverb to those vocals. if you're doing a plug-in, I'd recommend a "club" or "studio" preset to start with, then make adjustments from there. Typically, I find that a 25-35% wet/dry mix is enough to cushion the vocals. Beyond that, you're basically an auctioneer.
I read that you put the guitars dead center and hard left and right. While it will make for a huge guitar sound, It'll also mask quite a bit of sound from everybody. What you've basically done is instead of having 3 guitar tracks in the entire sound spectrum, is put 2 guitars dead center (since a hard left and a hard right will equal the center anyways.) Try pulling the two stratocaster tracks to about 60-70% from center and drop the volume on the two. You'll retain a lot of the strat's top end, which will brighten up the thick Les Paul track. Also push the center Les Paul track slightly off center. I usually do it 1-2 notches to the left (again, out of habit, and so I don't crowd my backup vocals) so the guitar is essentially still in the middle, but I've opened up the center frequencies a bit more to allow the vox and bass to stand out a bit more.
My last suggestion, is those drums really need to come to the forefront some more. The best way I've ever found to do this is isolate them. Record your drummer seperate from the rest of the band, otherwise you can never get a good mix. And it's not for lack of trying, I know, but it's hard to hear how the drums fit in the mix when you're standing next to them. And using your peak lights never works (believe me, I've tried and failed many times.) If that's possible, give it a try, and you might be pretty happy with the results.
Again, great tune. And sorry I talked too much
The vocals are clean and sound great, though like I said they're kind of up-front compared to how I would set them. Good stuff overall, though.
