Djent Eleanor Rigby Cover (Mix)

[Crescent2k6]

Hey guys, I've been a bit of a lurker here for a while and just finished my first Djent mix. Any tips/comments/advice? This is my first time mixing the genre despite being a huge Periphery/AAL fan and playing 7 string forever. Let me know what you think.

All mixed out of Pro Tools into an SSL4000G and recorded back into Pro Tools in stereo. Afterwards used a linear phase EQ and L2 to do some "Mastering" (I hate that term when it's being done in a bedroom like mine). I added far too much low end in the mix and ended up putting around a -8db low shelf on the 2 mix below 200hz to correct it.

EDIT: You probably want to know more about what I used...

Drums: Superior Drummer Metal Foundry Kit, onboard SSL Compressors and EQ.

Bass: Kontakt 5 MIDI, duplicated with RBass on one for "sub bass" and a second one EQ'ed to just mids distorted to hell, summed in Pro Tools before the console then onboard EQ and compression.

Guitars: Ernie Ball JP7 BFR Dargie Delight in Drop A -> MBox -> Guitar Rig 5. Again, console EQ and compressors (although almost no compression)

Horns/Piano/BG Vox: Onboard everything, Lexicon 480L Fat Plate preset for reverb

Lead Vox: LA-2A -> GML 8200 back to the console. Reverb send -> Lexicon PCM42 delay -> Bricasti M7 Rich Plate preset

Mixed mostly on Barefoot MicroMains but switched to the NS10's at times. A/B'ed with Make Total Destroy by Periphery both during the mix and "mastering" process.

Thanks in advance!

 

[C3Aye]

Can't say anything bad about the mix man, just quite odd hearing Eleanor Rigby is this context. So for your guitar tone is it only guitar rig 5?

 

[Crescent2k6]

Thank you! And yeah it began as being for a school project to take a well known song and turn it into a new style. Being the metalhead I suggested djent and the singer and I went for it. And in this song yes it's only guitar rig 5.

 

[C3Aye]

Ah right that's cool. Have you ever tried using impulses to simulate cabs before?

 

[Crescent2k6]

I had tried using Red Wire impulses once upon a time a while ago but I could never get them to work (I honestly don't remember why, I think they wouldn't load into the Waves impulse reverb). I may try again however I recently set up and miced up an Orange Tiny Terror and the difference between that and guitar rig is pretty impressive, so I don't think I'll be going back to guitar rig any time soon.

 

[C3Aye]

Impulses are definitely the way to go if you don't have the means to mic up a cab/speaker, but you do so you have a few more options.

 

[lewstherin006]

This was a very cool project. Maybe next time try to run the drums to a 2nd bus so that way they sound thicker. check out Ola Englund's drum guide if you wanna see what im talking about.

 

[Crescent2k6]

That's actually a great idea, for some reason parallel compressing the drums didn't even cross my mind. Next mix for sure. Thanks man!