It looks like it's a pretty popular track for mixing.
I've had a lot of fun trying to get a certain level of clarity in the mix then thrashing the master to saturation.
It's not my usual genre for mixing, so there may by style mistakes, but I think the result is passable.
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Hey there Lammy, a few notes from me, way too much bass, the guitars typically lay around 200 Hz to 2 kHz before you get the overtones, and the put the bass a little down in the mix, it shouldn't be that audible, just a little, you need to be able to feel it, not so much hear it, if you are mixing with a good pair of studio monitors. Also the is a lot of equalizing to be done (if it were up to me, you might like it). Some slight reverb on the drums and guitars (a plate or ambient reverb will do just fine) will give a "bigger" sound, aswell as some reverb on the lead vocal (plate or hall is good stuff here, find a setting you like). Other than that, you can hear almost everything clear enough, the cymbals might need a little lift to be honest.
(03-10-2015, 02:25 AM)Marcjess96 Wrote: [ -> ]Hey there Lammy, a few notes from me, way too much bass, the guitars typically lay around 200 Hz to 2 kHz before you get the overtones, and the put the bass a little down in the mix, it shouldn't be that audible, just a little, you need to be able to feel it, not so much hear it, if you are mixing with a good pair of studio monitors. Also the is a lot of equalizing to be done (if it were up to me, you might like it). Some slight reverb on the drums and guitars (a plate or ambient reverb will do just fine) will give a "bigger" sound, aswell as some reverb on the lead vocal (plate or hall is good stuff here, find a setting you like). Other than that, you can hear almost everything clear enough, the cymbals might need a little lift to be honest.
Thanks very much! I was sure I missed key style features!
Especially on the bass, yes.
I'have a review of the mix and will sure learn more.
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(03-10-2015, 02:25 AM)Marcjess96 Wrote: [ -> ]put the bass a little down in the mix, it shouldn't be that audible, just a little, you need to be able to feel it, not so much hear it, if you are mixing with a good pair of studio monitors.
Try telling that to Iron Maiden... That's one of their trademarks, getting a lot of pick sound out of the bass. It's all about preference.
Still, it could be a touch lower. It shouldn't crowd out the other instruments and DEFINITELY shouldn't be on top of the vocalist. Most of that is probably the bus compression you mentioned. Have to be careful with that and may have to follow it with an equalizer if you're really gonna smash it in order to dip out things you don't want or don't want to overemphasize, such as the 200-250Hz band and so on. Also be aware that bus compression can bring up things like reverb much more dramatically then you want them so you have to listen closely as you use that.
I can tell this isn't a style of music you listen to.