GuitarPLayer61990

You're talking about the chinese oktavas, right?

GT55 kicks ass

It's a pretty good metal mix, one thing is that the drums could use more balls definitely, I love the guitar tones, and the vocals are too quiet (along with the bass guitar).

Not to be a jerk, but this has been bothering me a little bit. The whole idea is you critique the person BEFORE your post- tell them what their song could use, and then post your own. All i've seen is 2 pages of continuous posts, with no one offering any advice to anyone else.

The drums are way too far back, there's a lot of reverb. It sounds like the kick is all midrange too, you might want to scoop some stuff out. Theres a lot of reverb in general, you could definitely cut back on that.

First off, all I can say is wayyyyyy too much reverb over all. The vocals are really loud and huge sounding with the reverb, and the guitar is kinda drowned in the reverb.

Originally posted by marcuscurtis If you can't hear the bass track above the guitar or piano track. Then whoever recorded the song screwed it up. Playing a million chords over a bass line is annoying to my too. But that does not mean that I should limit my chords to just three notes if you can not hear the bass line. I am a bass player as well. The bass and the guitar rhythm sections have got to work off each other and fit together. It should be a team effort in the suport of the song not a compitition. Marcus Yes, but it's not a matter of volume. Live or recorded, it's about making room for bass. If the piano player is comping chords that stomp all over the bass, not volume wise but harmonically, there's not much room for a bassist to walk lines or do anything. That's my point.

Originally posted by IsildursBane Really? I guess my jazz teachers were wrong. They were always telling me to leave out notes. -Dan. I couldn't agree more. As a bass player, the most annoying thing is when either a pianist or a guitarist is comping a million chords, but with all extensions and everything, getting in the way of my walking, leaving no room for me to do anything. The bass player should be pushing the band, so why have someone try and cover them up? That applies to everything, not just bass, but yes, less is more a lot of times.

I totally agree with you. As for the singer- about, eh, 2-3 weeks before he sang, he actually had surgery on his nose. He had a pretty nasally voice, and part of it was because his septum wasn't inline. They had to move that, and clear a whole buttload of tissue and other nasty things out of his nose. His voice got a lot better, but it was still draining from what I've been told. I'm gonna have to mess around with some eq to see if I can pull some yucky high end out.

Hey man, you've got some real nice stuff Some suggestions- The drums are pretty quiet, turn those up and give the kick a low end boost like 60-80hz. The guitars I'd pan a little more to the right for a wider image. And make the vocals a little louder, the guitars seem louder than the vox. Those should make it sound quite a bit better, give it a shot and post a remix!

It's a pretty cool song, but in general, the whole thing came off as kind of brittle and harsh; there was no real "warmth" I guess, I know that terms becoming such a cliche, but it holds true for this. That, and it was a wee bit noisy, but nice try man and keep it up. Do you think you could critique my mix? It's the post right above yours.

As for replying to someone else who asked for something to be critiqued, this is for The*Ataris Man, this doesn't sound bad at all- The thing that sticks out the most to me are the guitars, it seems like they're swallowing everything. The vocals sound like the were placed to fit in between the guitars, not the guitars to be placed around them. The drums are a little quiet and a little weak- the bass guitar swallows the low end on the mix, but the song is cool and I'll have to give you props for it. As for a quick what I would fix- Turn the guitars down, and maybe take some high end out, turn the vocals up, and for god sake, turn that mofoing kick up try giving it a bigger boost at 60hz if you haven't already. What's your setup? Great potential to be an awesome mix!

Hey all, I'm Danny (I'm 16) and I just finished my latest mix two days ago. Here we go- Drums were- Pearl Export set, Paiste Ride and Hi Hat (both jazz cymbals), and a Sabian AA crash. The snare was a brand I can't remember, but a jazz snare too. And btw, the intro was done with hot rods and mallets (For cymbal rolls and toms, after he switches to hot rods), and then in the tom breakdown he goes to sticks. It was recorded as follows [iNTO FIREPOD]- Kick- AKGD112 Snare-Shure SM57 Hi and Floor Tom- SM57 OH L&R- Oktava MC-012 Bass- Fender Mexican DI into Firepod Acoustics- Taylor (Model?)- SPB1, double tracked Keys- Yamaha P120, stereo outs into DI into firepod Vocals- SPB1 The kick, snare, acoustics, keys, and vocals were ran into the Mackie VLZ Pro pres. Not a bad sound. It took me about four or five hours to mix this yesterday. I started with acoustics, then vocals, bass, overheads, keys, kick, snare, toms, etc. I had to rape the acoustic eq so I could get the toms and vocals to fit in perfectly. There's a small tiny bit of clashing (I think) but I am very, very happy with how this turned out. But with that said, this is probably my best mix ever. it can be found at Parkhaven Productions it's called "one year" And as we all know, myspace has crappy streaming, so if anyone would be willing to host the file for me, send me a PM, or instant message at guitarplayer1627 (the latter is preferable) Thanks! Danny

Also, where does the bulk of the best recordable tone come from a cello? I'm an upright bass player, and I know that from there it's around the F Holes, or bridge area (to get that deep sound) but I don't know if it differs on cello.

cello as an overdub to a acoustic pop rock tune. Drums, bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, and some small electric parts, pretty much the standard band. Thanks for the help!