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I replaced the drums, and added some effects to the vocals. etc..., the original drums sounded too weak for my taste, for this song.


Happy listenings! Big Grin

https://youtu.be/I3BmBI2zGZ4
I think your drums sound awesome but I feel like they steal the show. The guitars are a bit too dull for my taste, I would prefer them to be a little more prominent in the mix. The main vocals sound pretty awesome with good creative use of effects. More of a taste thing but I prefer these vocals to sit a little further back in this mix. The secondary effect vocals (that follow the main vocals) sound distorted and a little harsh to my ears. I think the bass sounds on point not much to say about that other than I wish I worked on my bass a little more to sound like yours.

Overall I think this is a good mix. Good work on making sure you can hear everything and good use of effects!
Thank you very much, kind sir.
Awesome drums! The kick and overheads may be a little loud and the guitars a little low, but that's all I'd change on your mix. Give the mix a solid WALL of guitars and they'll get your mix to blow everyone away.
Everything else is really nice balanced and EQ'd, the whole mix sounds a little mid-scooped but that's fine for your sort of metal mix approach. Sounds fine on my reference monitor speakers.
Love the delay on the vocals in every verse and that bridge is mind-blowing!

Keep it up. One of the best mixes I've heard here so far.
YAY! Big Grin Big Grin

(02-02-2016, 02:24 AM)Cliff Wrote: [ -> ]The main vocals sound pretty awesome with good creative use of effects.

Those sections really call for the delay, doesn't it? I did something almost identical in mine, but put the delay on the high backing vocal line. I like the treatment of the backing vox in the choruses here.

The overall effect on the finale section right before the last crescendo chorus was an interesting touch. Did you do that in mastering, or mixdown?
I did it in the mixing process. I spliced that section apart, muted everything else but drums, lead vocal, and bass, and added some EQ, automated high cut and low cut filters, added a phaser plugin and a auto-filter plugin with a preset that does a pretty cool left/right pan effect to the vocals and overhead drum track.