This is a pretty tricky mix, in the Read Me file the tempo isn't included but it does seem to be locked to a grid. Also the snare rolls seem to have a strange robotic pattern to them even before I re sampled them. The overheads have a couple of weird edits in them (the sustain of the cymbals sounds like it's being stretched and had a crossfade on the edit in an attempt to make it less noticeable, could also be some form of Elastic Audio as well). That being said, it's not impossible to get a decent sounding mix out of and having the DI bass and guitars opens up some possiblities in getting tones.
So far I've gotten a balance and overall tone going, some automation on the snare rolls, low end of the kick during the double kick sections, and some vocal riding. It's in a place where I can revise some eq moves, work with levels, and possibly back off a bit of compression on the mixbuss. Overall, I'm aming for something along the lines of Motormouth by Periphery with the guitars, bass, and drums, personally I'm not a big fan of the vocals (more of a Randy Blyth, Jens Kidman, and Spencer Sotelo kind of guy), but they do fit the track atleast.
Cheers,
Doug
Update: I went back and made some tweaks to the mix, the guitars now have a darker, more high gain tone to them and are automated to help them sit better with the vocals, I realized that when I printed my samples that they were in mono so they didn't have the width and space I was looking for but did give the snare some beef, so I exxagerated my deicated snare verb more to more closely match the Periphery track. I lowered the high pass on the Bass Fx track so that it fi better with the DI Bass.
Update 2: I scrapped my first mix and used new samples for the drums (this time with stereo room mics and overheads) and revamped guitar and bass tones. This time I think I'e managed to get closer to my reference track.
So far I've gotten a balance and overall tone going, some automation on the snare rolls, low end of the kick during the double kick sections, and some vocal riding. It's in a place where I can revise some eq moves, work with levels, and possibly back off a bit of compression on the mixbuss. Overall, I'm aming for something along the lines of Motormouth by Periphery with the guitars, bass, and drums, personally I'm not a big fan of the vocals (more of a Randy Blyth, Jens Kidman, and Spencer Sotelo kind of guy), but they do fit the track atleast.
Cheers,
Doug
Update: I went back and made some tweaks to the mix, the guitars now have a darker, more high gain tone to them and are automated to help them sit better with the vocals, I realized that when I printed my samples that they were in mono so they didn't have the width and space I was looking for but did give the snare some beef, so I exxagerated my deicated snare verb more to more closely match the Periphery track. I lowered the high pass on the Bass Fx track so that it fi better with the DI Bass.
Update 2: I scrapped my first mix and used new samples for the drums (this time with stereo room mics and overheads) and revamped guitar and bass tones. This time I think I'e managed to get closer to my reference track.
Mixing is way more art and soul than science. We don’t really know what we’re doing. We do it because we love music! It’s the love of music first. Eddie Kramer
Gear list: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Mbox Mini w/Pro Tools Express, Reaper, Various plugins, AKG K240 MKii, Audio Technica ATH M50x, Yorkville YSM 6
Gear list: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Mbox Mini w/Pro Tools Express, Reaper, Various plugins, AKG K240 MKii, Audio Technica ATH M50x, Yorkville YSM 6