Need help with this mix, first time doing this.

JonaDTD · April 22nd, 2012, 03:56 PM

http://soundcloud.com/jonadtd/false-friends

hey guys, this is my first real attempt at mixing a track so please help me out here. I know it sounds muddy but I really dont know how or why.

Could you guys crit this for me and give me some pointers?

I'll be forever in your debt, sweet!

ahjteam · April 23rd, 2012, 09:03 AM

It sounds muddy because the playing is slightly sloppy (and did you use old strings, like older than a day?) and the guitars have slightly too much low mids in general on the guitars. Also now that I've listened to it a bit more, is it just me or is there bass guitar in the mix? Only guitars and drums? If this is true, that is why the mix sounds muddy.

oz_golf · April 23rd, 2012, 11:16 AM

yeah same with ahjteam

guitar sound too muddy. too much on low end.

oroinvictus · April 23rd, 2012, 01:43 PM

When this started playing, I thought it was supposed to be a cover of this song: http://youtu.be/dhncwAYxfZA

Too much low-end on the guitars, no audible bass, too much drum compression.

JonaDTD · May 4th, 2012, 01:07 PM

Totally going to scrap and redo, the strings were about a day and a half old, think the guitar had too much gain and that made it too prominent and muddy along with the fact that they were too loud?

Totally going to redo that shit. Thanks lads x

April 22nd, 2012, 03:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
JonaDTD Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 34	Need help with this mix, first time doing this. http://soundcloud.com/jonadtd/false-friends hey guys, this is my first real attempt at mixing a track so please help me out here. I know it sounds muddy but I really dont know how or why. Could you guys crit this for me and give me some pointers? I'll be forever in your debt, sweet!

April 23rd, 2012, 09:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
ahjteam Anssi Tenhunen Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virrat/Helsinki, Finland Posts: 9,399	It sounds muddy because the playing is slightly sloppy (and did you use old strings, like older than a day?) and the guitars have slightly too much low mids in general on the guitars. Also now that I've listened to it a bit more, is it just me or is there bass guitar in the mix? Only guitars and drums? If this is true, that is why the mix sounds muddy. __________________ Check out my youtube channel for audio production tutorials http://www.youtube.com/ahjteam http://soundcloud.com/ahjteam/sets/debut-album

April 23rd, 2012, 01:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
oroinvictus dangert billy Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: eugene, oregon Posts: 2,023	When this started playing, I thought it was supposed to be a cover of this song: http://youtu.be/dhncwAYxfZA Too much low-end on the guitars, no audible bass, too much drum compression. __________________ -Cory

April 23rd, 2012, 11:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
oz_golf Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 123	yeah same with ahjteam guitar sound too muddy. too much on low end.

May 4th, 2012, 01:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
JonaDTD Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 34	Totally going to scrap and redo, the strings were about a day and a half old, think the guitar had too much gain and that made it too prominent and muddy along with the fact that they were too loud? Totally going to redo that shit. Thanks lads x