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*a rather heavy rock track* these are the five words that will get me to listen to a song
Hey guys, here is a mix of a rather heavy rock track. Vocals will be recorded by tomorrow but I put some work in this mix already. The song was recorded fully mic'd in a live take. Guitars and bass are okay for my taste but the kick and snare could still use some punch. Any tipps appreciated. http://soundcloud.com/we-are-rodha/bliss-v5d/s-g3A 2V :wave:
Well the guitar is right up the middle or a little to the right? and the snare appears to be on the left headphone a bit, maybe as a result of the positioning of the guitar to the right. I mean, it might be my headphones. Is this what you're going for? The guitar and bass merge really nicely as sounds, but it is weird to me to have all that come up the middle. I like the crack of the snare and the way it makes its way to the edge of the headphones. I like my snares in the middle, for which it's possible the overheads need a different panning, or it may be the other sounds taking away the snare from my right ear.
Re the kick, often it's a question of putting little holes in the eqs of the bass and kick so they aren't treading on each other's sound too much, the bass definitely dominates out of the two on this one. A little 4k boost or so might bring out some more click, and cutting the bass wherever the kick is coming through on a frequency analyser. The snare could perhaps use a touch more body in the mid-range if you want it firmer, but it sits very nicely sound-wise for me, perhaps it's just not being hit too hard.
Overall it's a cool song though, moody and mysterious with cool tone, I really like it!
Hey man, thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out. The snare is slightly to the left. I wanted it that way to achieve at least a little bit of spread since the guitar and bass is mainly centered. The right-sidedness of the guitar is a result of slightly different EQing the one live take track. So it might be psycho-acoustically. I reworked the kick and snare eversince I posted the link. I ended up finding a trick for the snare to sound how I wanted it and also improved on the kick. I sent the EQ to an aux channel, down pitched it and put a fully wet reverb on it. Blended in, it added that down-tuned, almost woordrim sound I aimed for.
Here's the link to the current, almost final version of it, this time even with vocals http://soundcloud.com/we-are-rodha/bliss-voc-v2/s-
http://soundcloud.com/we-are-rodha/bliss-voc-v2/s-i had the impression with the first version that the guitars overall too loud, but didn't post anything. now with the vocals i feel this even stronger. unless you want the vox in the back... and can't predict how it will come out when its mastered, if the vox will be after the compression much more in the front as they are now. i think the "clean" guitar is even more "louder". i would turn overall the guitar(s) a bit down, the clean part a bit more. it will still be very heavy, especially if you turn the volume up while listening, but it will not bury everything behind the guitars when the guitars are lowered it could also become necessary to lower the bass as well... just my thoughts, from another noob
Hey man, thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out. The snare is slightly to the left. I wanted it that way to achieve at least a little bit of spread since the guitar and bass is mainly centered. The right-sidedness of the guitar is a result of slightly different EQing the one live take track. So it might be psycho-acoustically. I reworked the kick and snare eversince I posted the link. I ended up finding a trick for the snare to sound how I wanted it and also improved on the kick. I sent the EQ to an aux channel, down pitched it and put a fully wet reverb on it. Blended in, it added that down-tuned, almost woordrim sound I aimed for. Here's the link to the current, almost final version of it, this time even with vocals WMCak Thanks again!
noooo worries. It sounds really good, a very mono sparse feel, which works with the music, the new mix is great. Perhaps, as t_e_l_e says, the guitar could come down a touch, which might even allow the snare to come up a little, but that's all personal preference, main thing it sounds really good, like a man howling in a gale in the dead of night. I think. An Isis vibe with a twisted rock edge 3/4s through especially. Do you have a facebook page as a band? my turn, whole band demo of Death Ape Disco's title track (the *pop song*), with a free download no less, and I'm interested to know how people find it, as a song, a mix, everything http://soundcloud.com/death-ape-disco/death-ape-di
Hey man, thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out. The snare is slightly to the left. I wanted it that way to achieve at least a little bit of spread since the guitar and bass is mainly centered. The right-sidedness of the guitar is a result of slightly different EQing the one live take track. So it might be psycho-acoustically. I reworked the kick and snare eversince I posted the link. I ended up finding a trick for the snare to sound how I wanted it and also improved on the kick. I sent the EQ to an aux channel, down pitched it and put a fully wet reverb on it. Blended in, it added that down-tuned, almost woordrim sound I aimed for. Here's the link to the current, almost final version of it, this time even with vocals WMCak Thanks again!
http://soundcloud.com/mysoapbox/waiting-first-mix
I haven't really bothered trying to 'master' it, but I did put a limiter on the whole thing to catch the higher peaks and bring up the level. I doubt it's as loud as most commercial mixes though.
This is the first track I've every mixed and also my first time singing/writing lyrics.
Any suggestions on improving the mix?
Elliott Jeffries wrote:
gubu wrote:I've got one, and don't know where to go with it, besides getting better takes.
Sometimes I love the sound of this mix, and sometimes I hate it!
https://soundcloud.com/gubu/revelation-in-a
Anyone got any thoughts?
Just layer the voice so it fills up the song more. Right now it sits with the instruments, try duplicating the voice to left and right tracks, tweaking them a little with different proccessing. Have another layer of your voice that's in the background like a string section. Don't go overboard with the processing, just a dab of reverb, delay, chorus and etc to give it some color. Good song!
Thanks Elliot,
I'd actually forgotten I'd posted that here!
I will have to try that out. There is some parallel processing on the vocal, but it's all in mono.
Thanks for the kind words on the song
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