08-05-2016, 11:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2016, 11:46 PM by Dilly Waffles.)
Hey guys,
So this is my first post here and first mix. I've downloaded a few files from here before and focused only on certain instruments or parts of a song, but this is my first full song mix.
With regards to drums, I added a Midi kick at 50hz to go along with the regular kick. I still feel like it's lacking punch in the mix though. Apart from that there's not a whole pile else added. A bit of reverb on the snare, eq across the board and gating the mics with bad spill; nothing crazy.
Bass just has a bit of compression, that's all I really added to it.
Guitars have some eq, reverb and panning. I don't like panning hard left and right because it sometimes feels like the sound of the instrument is coming from behind and just doesn't sit right in the mix, as I felt was the case here.
Vocals have heavy compression and a bit of reverb throughout. I split the prechorus in two; using heavy verb and a chorus effect on the first part and distortion and high and low pass filters on the second.
Then for the chorus I added a few layers that are hard panned and slightly pitchy so it got beefed up a touch. Also a small bit of distortion on two panned layers to emphasise the harshness of the vocals.
I had fun with the breakdown and thought I could make it quite big. The opening riffs on the guitars I have at a lower volume so there's impact when it all comes in. The really harsh vocals then have a serious amount of compression on them. I added fuzz, delay and a lot of reverb to try and make them sound huge, but I'm mixing on earphones and I'm not sure how the amount of distortion between the heavy guitars and vocals will sound on other systems.
All these points are just my thoughts behind my actions. None of them are set in stone or any expert opinion. I'm only a beginner scribbling away and would love to hear anyone's opinions. I enjoy being wrong if it means I can learn and grow.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this if you've made it this far!
So this is my first post here and first mix. I've downloaded a few files from here before and focused only on certain instruments or parts of a song, but this is my first full song mix.
With regards to drums, I added a Midi kick at 50hz to go along with the regular kick. I still feel like it's lacking punch in the mix though. Apart from that there's not a whole pile else added. A bit of reverb on the snare, eq across the board and gating the mics with bad spill; nothing crazy.
Bass just has a bit of compression, that's all I really added to it.
Guitars have some eq, reverb and panning. I don't like panning hard left and right because it sometimes feels like the sound of the instrument is coming from behind and just doesn't sit right in the mix, as I felt was the case here.
Vocals have heavy compression and a bit of reverb throughout. I split the prechorus in two; using heavy verb and a chorus effect on the first part and distortion and high and low pass filters on the second.
Then for the chorus I added a few layers that are hard panned and slightly pitchy so it got beefed up a touch. Also a small bit of distortion on two panned layers to emphasise the harshness of the vocals.
I had fun with the breakdown and thought I could make it quite big. The opening riffs on the guitars I have at a lower volume so there's impact when it all comes in. The really harsh vocals then have a serious amount of compression on them. I added fuzz, delay and a lot of reverb to try and make them sound huge, but I'm mixing on earphones and I'm not sure how the amount of distortion between the heavy guitars and vocals will sound on other systems.
All these points are just my thoughts behind my actions. None of them are set in stone or any expert opinion. I'm only a beginner scribbling away and would love to hear anyone's opinions. I enjoy being wrong if it means I can learn and grow.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this if you've made it this far!