I'm a beginner at mixing so bear with me. I've noticed myself, drops in volume on different places which I thought was the bass or guitars canceling out other instruments, but I'm not sure since it didn't get better after changing some frequencies. The problem might be the compression that I'm not good at using at all, but I tried to use it as much as possible to learn, so yeah..
So if it's not too much work, what do you think i could've done better? :)
Hey Bang
*overall Balance is decent. I would bring more of the Lead guitars up front. The rythm guitars seem to be overpowering the rest of the leads.
*Kick is too soft. Bring it more up front
*There are a few low rumbling freq. overall.. I believe is the sum of bass and rythm guitars.. I would suggest High Pass everything you can.. from vocals to guitars.. to clean some of the low end.
Keep it up.. all in all this is sounding pretty good.
Thx Shul for your reply! I'll keep those things in mind for the next mix!
Just a followup question. If i get the lead guitar stronger and possibly the rhythm weaker, wouldn't that make the mix lean towards the right side? Or is it just me overthinking haha?
Or maybe you're referring to the solo when you say lead guitars? Sorry i'm a little confused..
This mix needs more seperation, especially in the low end. E.g. there are parts where I don't really hear the kick - it needs a bit more 2khz or 4-5khz. You also need to check the balance between kick and bass. There is a great video from joey sturgis with some tips here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJkwFSMR8JU
But don't mindlessly hihpass anything - use your ears. Don't cut away the meat of the guitars and make them too thin. Just like Joey said: "You have to be careful. Use your ears, Don't just put the numbers in and expect it to be perfect. You need to make sure that you are not taking away something from the guitars that's intended to be there".
Sometimes a low shelf is better then a highpass filter because you need some lowend in certain passages.
Balance and panning is good.
(30-03-2016, 02:10 PM)Bangbang Wrote: [ -> ]Thx Shul for your reply! I'll keep those things in mind for the next mix!
Just a followup question. If i get the lead guitar stronger and possibly the rhythm weaker, wouldn't that make the mix lean towards the right side? Or is it just me overthinking haha?
Or maybe you're referring to the solo when you say lead guitars? Sorry i'm a little confused..
No, sorry for my comment being confusing.. Listening to your mix again I am now confused. I hear the leads (solo parts) loud now.. actually I hear them a bit louder than I would expect them to be.
Did you fix things and re uploaded the mix and deleted the old one?
Probably I gave you a really bad reference or I was simply mistaking the "rhythm" guitars with the "lead"??? I'm no longer sure.
Listening to your mix now is good to where the solo kicks in. I believe they are too loud. Lol
I don't know man I'm confused now. xD
(04-04-2016, 03:23 PM)Blitzzz Wrote: [ -> ]This mix needs more seperation, especially in the low end. E.g. there are parts where I don't really hear the kick - it needs a bit more 2khz or 4-5khz. You also need to check the balance between kick and bass. There is a great video from joey sturgis with some tips here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJkwFSMR8JU
But don't mindlessly hihpass anything - use your ears. Don't cut away the meat of the guitars and make them too thin. Just like Joey said: "You have to be careful. Use your ears, Don't just put the numbers in and expect it to be perfect. You need to make sure that you are not taking away something from the guitars that's intended to be there".
Sometimes a low shelf is better then a highpass filter because you need some lowend in certain passages.
Balance and panning is good.
Thanks man! Will think about it in the future, and great video!
(05-04-2016, 06:27 AM)Shul Wrote: [ -> ] (30-03-2016, 02:10 PM)Bangbang Wrote: [ -> ]Thx Shul for your reply! I'll keep those things in mind for the next mix!
Just a followup question. If i get the lead guitar stronger and possibly the rhythm weaker, wouldn't that make the mix lean towards the right side? Or is it just me overthinking haha? :)
Or maybe you're referring to the solo when you say lead guitars? Sorry i'm a little confused..
No, sorry for my comment being confusing.. Listening to your mix again I am now confused. I hear the leads (solo parts) loud now.. actually I hear them a bit louder than I would expect them to be.
Did you fix things and re uploaded the mix and deleted the old one?
Probably I gave you a really bad reference or I was simply mistaking the "rhythm" guitars with the "lead"??? I'm no longer sure.
Listening to your mix now is good to where the solo kicks in. I believe they are too loud. Lol
I don't know man I'm confused now. xD
Haha, sometimes the ears are playing tricks on you. I haven't uploaded another version actually, but thanks again mate ;)