The WIP Thread

[Masoo2]

@Walrus_Of_Doom: Great sounding mix man, the layers create a nice atmospheric feel to the overall track.

@Saieph: Sounds pretty nice man! Though, as you said yourself, the bass does need some work. Using an actual bass will probably fix most of the issues there.

Made these two mixes of the Echo In The Room stems by Elitist, could you guys tell me which of the two you prefer? First is more bass heavy than the second on the guitars, but that is the only change.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/masoo242/elitist-echo-in-the-room-mix-1?in=masoo242/sets/echo-in-the-room-elitist-mixes[/SC]

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/masoo242/elitist-echo-in-the-room-mix-2?in=masoo242/sets/echo-in-the-room-elitist-mixes[/SC]

Also, do the rhythms need to come down a few db in certain areas?

EDIT: The snare is also slightly "weaker" (if that makes any sense) because the drums were a single track and not MIDI/separate tracks. Any idea how I could somehow lower the volume of the snare without cutting out the majority of its snap through EQ? (which is what I did)

 

[theo]

Been a long time since I popped in here. I'll check some of the newer submissions soon.

Finally wrote something new! Never mind the mix, I haven't spent any time on that yet, these are really just scratch tracks so I don't forget the parts, would love some feedback on the songwriting. Bear in mind that this will have vocals in the near future.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/theo-goslett/hirojoshi-24-10-15-mp3[/SC]

 

[TheUnknownOne]

Seems like there is a lot of interesting stuff going on there, i'll take the time to take a listen tomorrow !

Still working on my band EP, and i would like your overall feeling about the balance of this mix : do you think it is too bright/to harsh? I am always struggling with an annoying frequency around 2800hz, and if end up finding things either too harsh or too dull, but it might be my setup's fault.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227725052/Daylight mix (more meat).mp3

 

[Shammas]

@Masoo- I prefer that first one, it's definitely meatier to my ears with the added bass.
@Theo- Sounds pretty cool, but I'd personally add more reverb to the drums and add more low end to the kick. The clickiness is there, but I don't feel the thump. Also maybe bring the snare up just a hair.
@TheUnknownOne- I have to give the same advice I gave to Theo in terms of the kick drum. Other than that it sounds cool!

I haven't posted in a while but I've been demoing stuff for my next album and this is a quick excerpt. Let me know what you think of the mix!
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/no-shave-november-mixtest[/SC]

 

[theo]

Cheers Shammas, That's entirely stock EZ drummer and audio direct from my axe fx 2. only other thing in the project is a limiter on my master bus. Was only posting for song writing critique at this stage

 

[Shammas]

Cheers Shammas, That's entirely stock EZ drummer and audio direct from my axe fx 2. only other thing in the project is a limiter on my master bus. Was only posting for song writing critique at this stage

Oh my bad, I didn't even read that part. My mind was all scattered after a long work session.

 

[oc616]

Hey all,

I'm a massive fan of Josh's style in both Tony Danza and Glass Cloud, with other artists like Ion Dissonance and Frontierer also doing this style I'm trying to aim for in my newer songs. I'm trying to get the mix there, but I'm having trouble with getting some things to sit/sound right, specifically the snare and leads (although if you feel anything else is way out please feel free to point it out).

I stuck a medley of random riff ideas I couldn't make songs around below, can anyone who's tried this sort of stuff before give me some tips on steering either of the problem areas I mentioned (and others you find) in the right direction?

Cheers.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/craigargyleofficial/double-drop-d-medley[/SC]

 

[TheUnknownOne]

@Masoo- I prefer that first one, it's definitely meatier to my ears with the added bass.
@Theo- Sounds pretty cool, but I'd personally add more reverb to the drums and add more low end to the kick. The clickiness is there, but I don't feel the thump. Also maybe bring the snare up just a hair.
@TheUnknownOne- I have to give the same advice I gave to Theo in terms of the kick drum. Other than that it sounds cool!

I haven't posted in a while but I've been demoing stuff for my next album and this is a quick excerpt. Let me know what you think of the mix!
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/no-shave-november-mixtest[/SC]

You're right indeed, I am still struggling with the kick on songs with fast paced beats then breakdowns. The kick has a little 3dB boost near 69hzI, tried to use an analog saturation too, but it ended a bit boomy in my opinion. Do you think automating the kick EQ by boosting a bit more for slower parts could be the answer to my problem?

Otherwise I loved your mix once again, really nice djent tone on those guitars. Seems like you have a nice grit on the bass too, what did you use to achieve that?

 

[AndruwX]

Please, critique!
Also, can someone link me a video or tutorial for how to mix drums? They always sound pretty dead, at least for me

https://soundcloud.com/andresggarcia/lance-and-sword-no-vocals

 

[Shammas]

You're right indeed, I am still struggling with the kick on songs with fast paced beats then breakdowns. The kick has a little 3dB boost near 69hzI, tried to use an analog saturation too, but it ended a bit boomy in my opinion. Do you think automating the kick EQ by boosting a bit more for slower parts could be the answer to my problem?

Otherwise I loved your mix once again, really nice djent tone on those guitars. Seems like you have a nice grit on the bass too, what did you use to achieve that?

I'm bad at this stuff but I would make sure it's compressed nicely and even put a compressor on the master bus to allow the mix to duck for the kick.

And thanks! I used my Pod for all guitar and bass tones. My strings were a few months old, maybe that helped?

 

[TheUnknownOne]

@Shammas - Who knows ?!

Gotta try different compression settings on the kick, anyway it stills needs a bit of work as a whole, I find my pre-master (just throwed a limiter before uploading) a bit harsh and unnatural


@AndruwX - The guitars seemed like a good starting point to me, I believe with a more present and dirtier bass they would sound nice. The drums are indeed a bit washed out by the guitars, I'm still not a pro at mixing drums, but if you use something like Superior Drummer, i recommend you Jonnhy Fortiori's drum treatment tutorial (lot of nice stuff about routing and using correctly bleed in SD2.0, also parallel comp and sidechaining oh's with snare is explained if I remember). The systematic drum mixing guide is also a must read if you start ! Also if you want to use any kind of compression/limiter on your master bus, it is really interesting to try settings on your drum under it, to see how the snare can quickly become crushed by master bus comp/limiter and learn how to fix it. It will help you see how drums should sit in a uncompressed mix. You could also reference to something like Nolly's drum sounds on Soundcloud

 

[AndruwX]

Thank you TheUnknowOne, I will look for those resources!

 

[TheUnknownOne]

Thank you TheUnknowOne, I will look for those resources!

That's nothing, I personnally struggled a lot of time when I started using SD2.0

 

[TheUnknownOne]

Working hard here during my spare time, I still have some things to fix on this before putting vocals, but I would have like your opinion about this. Between those two attempts, which one feels the most balanced to your ears (regarding drum/guitars levels and brightness/bass balance) ?

(by the way please don't pay attention for the crappy intro/ending, I am gonna do things differently when the vocals will sit in )

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227725052/Breather mix 1.mp3

Or

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227725052/Breather mix b.mp3

 

[Saieph]

Working hard here during my spare time, I still have some things to fix on this before putting vocals, but I would have like your opinion about this. Between those two attempts, which one feels the most balanced to your ears (regarding drum/guitars levels and brightness/bass balance) ?

(by the way please don't pay attention for the crappy intro/ending, I am gonna do things differently when the vocals will sit in )

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227725052/Breather mix 1.mp3

Or

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227725052/Breather mix b.mp3

I liked the 2nd mix better. Maybe the 2nd mix if the guitars come up just a tad more.

 

[TheUnknownOne]

I liked the 2nd mix better. Maybe the 2nd mix if the guitars come up just a tad more.

Thanks for the input buddy !

 

[DamienE7]

I haven't posted in a while but I've been demoing stuff for my next album and this is a quick excerpt. Let me know what you think of the mix!
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/no-shave-november-mixtest[/SC][/QUOTE]

Man, that sounds awesome!!! What are you using for drums and any tips on what you do to get them sounding so good?

Recently I have been working on miking my cab instead of recording direct through my pod. Its taking some time to tweak things and get it sounding right. I recorded this earlier today and its the closest I have got to where I want to be so far, still a long way to go. Any advice is more than welcome.

 

[DamienE7]

I haven't posted in a while but I've been demoing stuff for my next album and this is a quick excerpt. Let me know what you think of the mix!
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/no-shave-november-mixtest[/SC][/QUOTE]

Man, that sounds awesome!!! What are you using for drums and any tips on what you do to get them sounding so good?

Recently I have been working on miking my cab instead of recording direct through my pod. Its taking some time to tweak things and get it sounding right. I recorded this earlier today and its the closest I have got to where I want to be so far, still a long way to go. Any advice is more than welcome.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/shalashaska-4/death-and-taxes[/SC]

 

[rohan daniel]

its been long i posted here a
new mix and song that i worked
on for my band and tried using
less on board gear and more of vsts

any type of a feedback is a good feedback.

jackson dinky8 stock pickups
line6 podhd500
toontrack
loads of waves vsts.

OLDlinknotworking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1u0MRVMC8
and as always i hope you enjoy
newlink down below

 

[rohan daniel]

its been long i posted here a
new mix and song that i worked
on for my band and tried using
less on board gear and more of vsts

any type of a feedback is a good feedback.

jackson dinky8 stock pickups
line6 podhd500
toontrack
loads of waves vsts.

(NEWlink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMdEEP_H48
and as always i hope you enjoy