My Humble Hammer Try

[AndyGallas]

Hello everybody!

I'm super excited to have found this platform and I think it's super awesome that you submit your multitracks für some nice mix training!

I really liked the whole song, and I'm pretty sure, I'll give the other ones a shot too!
The only instrument that in my opinion needed some sound adjustment besides basic EQ was the Kick, but that's totally up for debate!
In the end, I took "Megadeth - Dystopia" as a reference, but after comparing the two songs for a while, I started to doubt the mixing style of that track. The amount of compression and limiting on all was really too much for my taste. I was however also comparing Dystopia to my mix via EQ matching in Ozone and was surprised to see the amount of high mids and highs in that mix. Might also be the compression, but I don't really know. Maybe somebody of you can elaborate!

Also I think, I might have a masking problem... can somebody confirm that? I think, I could improve on transparency.

Anyways, please shred my mix to pieces and tell me everything that you don't like! Now that I'm listening to it, I think the bass might have a little too much presence. Thats probably the bass player in me, who I first and foremost am

At a first listen I find your mix sounds a bit dull and two dimensional. However, there is nothing hurting or disturbing my ears. I also found it very difficult to create depth for the snare without sounding too fake (I mean also in my mix) as a lot of the rooms and halls just gets masked away. Might also have to do that it is not a real drum set and one has to create all the depth and crosstalk (say on the OVH) artificially. The bass guitar is a bit prominent although I really like the tone of the bass. The distorted vocals in the pre chorus is a bit low to me. Vibe is already there.

I think you can improve your mix with more clarity (eq), more depth and subtle space with a bunch different reverbs and delays. Mixing part by part and bringing out the most from every part as it is an own single mix. Carefully with compressing on the mix-buss, I think the best in this case to get more clarity is no compressing at all, not knowing if you use compressing in the mix-buss.

Hope it helps...

Cheers,
Andy