iCombs
i can see where you were going, but honestly, this feels like a rough mix done right after the bass player tracked. the drums are there, they just are getting pressed down by the bass......as is most everything.
you've got too much bottom on the bass. overall the vocals sound good, but lack any real connection to the music. they are just kinda hanging out.
all that is easily fixable. i think your overall blend is pretty close, just needs a nip and tuck here and there. here's my bigger problem. i think your mix is WAY too conservative for the sounds that were printed (mainly guitars) and the overall vibe of the band.
that big dry in your face sound you went for is cool, but there needs to be something that explodes off the speakers in a song like this. the song itself is boring. it isn't all that inspired of a performance, and it doesn't really go anywhere. thatn's why i chose it.
every one was praising the sounds that were printed, and rightly so. but great tracking can't save a boring song.......but great mixing can at least help.
scott oliphant
i like how you've placed the band ina physical space. the space you picked is cool, sounds like a practice space or an empty small club.
my question is......what happened to all the bottom end in the tracks? your mix sounds just rounder then a telephone.
WHERE's THE BEEF?????????? (you might be too young for that line......but it still makes me laugh)
Rankus
your vocal effects are nice. i like the subtle changes in them through each section. they are placed into the music and married to it nicely.
kick drum.....where's the beef????????
the one hole in your tracking is the kick. it didn't have much bottom in it. the tone was great, just not very round. i made it happen, if you like what i did, i'll share......i did not use a single sample on this track.
i think all the textural guitar dubs you were to nice too. that end section witht he stopping drums and repeating vocal loses me. i got super bored.
ATOR
man, you almost had me with the intro. i could totally see that as a pre-roll segue on the record. but we never came out of the spacey lo-fi thing. the drums are in the other room, and feel soft. the background vocals are louder then the lead. everything just feels soft.
now, if you turned up the guitars i could be sold on this mix. the song is total album filler....and this isn't all that bad of "connector" song. it just doesn't rock.
what was your vision for the mix and the song? i'm curious how you got to this mix.
SingSing
that guitar melody at the top is cool that loud, but when it stops it a very abrupt change. a touch of trailing off delay would ease the problem. see my comments on ATOR's drums and apply them to your mix.
aside from the drums, everything feels overly mono. that's not a bad thing, but perhaps not a good choice for this tune.
i really like what you've done with the guitar melodies and noodling. i like how loud you mixed them. it's makes them jump out of the mix and grab my attention again.
the vocal feels like it's in a cathedral.....not sure how i feel about that, just commenting.
Maxim
very dry mix. for this style and what i think the band is after, i think that's a good choice. your mix is not nearly compressed enough for the big sludgy rock mix you went for. to me, this feels like you tried to extract a more beautiful side of the song. IMO, there isn't one.
Red Tape
great vocal tone. it's compressed well and EQ'd well.
where's the beef????? the drums are dark, distant (not verb, volume) have no bottom and aren't propelling the mix forward. the drummer in this recording is the only one with any feel. that in mind, your snare sound is good, just needs a some more high end. you want your snare drum to be as bright, but not any brighter, then the lead vocal and vice versa (that's a real gem there.........so don't blow me off......)
i'd guess you as a bass player based on this mix. guitars and drums are fairly back, bass and vocal is up front. if you have a pair of headphones you trust, i'd be curious how the mix would change if you did it in headphones.
Tom C
i like how you are leaning on the bass amp/distortion more then the DI. i don't like how dark the drums are. the vocal effects are an interesting choice, but i think the rest of the music isn't matching it. you need your elements to meet each other "where they are". if you want to go with that vocal effect (which i kinda of like) you should find where each element fits into that. right now, the singer is on saturn, while the band is in route to get there.
the FX on the guitar leads are great, just crank them up. with the vocal like this, you should make those guitar leads just slightly louder then the vocal.....it would give the listener the illusion of the singer trying to sing over that guitar. making the mix feel bigger.
overall, i think it's not hitting hard enough. you should compress the drums quite a bit harder and see if the pumping works with the vocal effects.
thus far, i like your vocal the best, but i don't like your mix.