Intro clip. Mix Critique. Any Advice?

[clapton1968]

I am at a loss for adding more punch and low end to my mix's. I know I'm probably overdoing the compression and limiting as well. Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated. I used My Axe-fx and Metalheadz ezx in Reaper.

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[asilayamazing]

your soundcloud says "jokes" below the song....
is this a joke? its compressed to holy hell and it sounds like its pumping through a pvc pipe.

literally though theres a nasty pumping from the compressors....in and out to the same tempo of your clean delay

EDIT: advice turn down the compression or off, and dont use a limiter till the end of mixing.

 

[clapton1968]

Sadly it's not a joke haha. But thanks for the advice.

 

[shnizzle]

what happened at 1:36? sounds like both rhythm guitars are panned right.
the low punch of the kick is totally lost under either the bass or the way too heavy compression. i´d say turn off all the mastering effects and even out the mix till you like it. in mastering you don´t really use compression to get more punch in it but rather to get more control on the loudness and peaks. so don´t overdo it.

 

[clapton1968]

Not sure what happened with the guitars, But thanks for the advice man.

 

[Purelojik]

definetly start with the tracks at around -18 or something low so you got some room to work with. once you have everything balanced and eq'd right then start the compression and limiting. if you feel like things are getting squished then you are running too hot and need to ease off . but the proper Eq of guitars and bass and drums will give your mix a clean feel and when you finally limit everything it will sound better.