Need Feedback to finalize our EP Mix! (6505 / Sansamp / real drums)

HvO · March 2nd, 2012, 04:27 AM

Hi, I need your help and some fresh ears ;-)

Production Info

Drums:
- real drums (ddrum - acoustic set)
- kick: replaced with slate kick
- snare: 50% own trigger snare sample

Guitars:
- quad tracked
- 6505 > Mesa Recto 4x12 > 1xSM57 > Motu 896 MK3
- guitar: Epiphone les paul custom
- pickups: Seymour Duncan SAHB-3B BLK Blackout

Bass:
- bass guitar: warwick thumb 4 string
- 50% DI Signal / 50% Sansamp 8 (+ 1 dirt track reamped through a 6505)

UPDATE:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5645638/reco...et_t4_v152.mp3

I am grateful for any opinion!

Ivan Christ · March 2nd, 2012, 08:08 AM

Sounds great to me. I messed with some eq on it and I think it just needs some more presence on the whole mix. I wouldn't mess with it much more than that. That's just me though.

Headof75 · March 2nd, 2012, 08:45 AM

Can't say I'd be adding presence to that. The guitars are already bright enough for me. Nice balance though. When do the vocals start?

WalhallaM · March 2nd, 2012, 10:28 AM

Fu...ing heavy

HvO · March 2nd, 2012, 10:35 AM

thanks for your replies! i will test the presence thing on the whole mix - could work.

the vocals on that track starts right after the end of the snippet. maybe i will upload tomorrow another track with vocals!

And I am unconfident with the bass area... is it clean enough, fat enough or whatever?!? (info; my reference is "The Obsidian Conspiracy" )

HvO · March 19th, 2012, 05:26 AM

final!? what do you think?

NEW MIX (UPDATE):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5645638/reco...et_t4_v152.mp3

fsgdjv · March 19th, 2012, 08:14 AM

I think it sounds fucking awesome.

Only thing I think could get a little better would be to have some clarity on the vocals, they sound kind of far away right now. But that might be the point aswell, but I would prefer some more high mids on it. Just a matter of taste and it already sounds fucking killer.

neonlight · March 20th, 2012, 07:48 AM

I agree with the clarity on the vocals. Push it a bit, they sound quite buried.
I like the snare sound! the bass drum could need some more punch in the lows for my taste.

oroinvictus · March 20th, 2012, 02:00 PM

Vocals definitely sound buried, they need more punch and grit. I agree with neonlight's bass drum comment, the kick tends to get really washed out. Guitars could also use a little 500-800hz ish warmth.

ForceTheTriggerSucks · March 20th, 2012, 10:41 PM

Huge guitar sound! Unfortunately they are obscuring the vocals a bit.

Backe · March 21st, 2012, 02:54 AM

snare is sort of above everything sometimes, and the vocals sound a bit out of place. other than that, tits!

March 2nd, 2012, 04:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
HvO Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 145	Need Feedback to finalize our EP Mix! (6505 / Sansamp / real drums) Hi, I need your help and some fresh ears ;-) Production Info Drums: - real drums (ddrum - acoustic set) - kick: replaced with slate kick - snare: 50% own trigger snare sample Guitars: - quad tracked - 6505 > Mesa Recto 4x12 > 1xSM57 > Motu 896 MK3 - guitar: Epiphone les paul custom - pickups: Seymour Duncan SAHB-3B BLK Blackout Bass: - bass guitar: warwick thumb 4 string - 50% DI Signal / 50% Sansamp 8 (+ 1 dirt track reamped through a 6505) UPDATE: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5645638/reco...et_t4_v152.mp3 I am grateful for any opinion! Last edited by HvO : March 19th, 2012 at 05:25 AM.

March 2nd, 2012, 08:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Headof75 Somewhere in Brum Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 227	Can't say I'd be adding presence to that. The guitars are already bright enough for me. Nice balance though. When do the vocals start? __________________ Oceans rise to swallow the land

March 20th, 2012, 02:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
oroinvictus dangert billy Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: eugene, oregon Posts: 2,023	Vocals definitely sound buried, they need more punch and grit. I agree with neonlight's bass drum comment, the kick tends to get really washed out. Guitars could also use a little 500-800hz ish warmth. __________________ -Cory

March 20th, 2012, 10:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
ForceTheTriggerSucks Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 273	Huge guitar sound! Unfortunately they are obscuring the vocals a bit. __________________ Malady....Malady! EH!!!! - Sir David Chapelle

March 2nd, 2012, 08:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ivan Christ Can't Remember Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 10	Sounds great to me. I messed with some eq on it and I think it just needs some more presence on the whole mix. I wouldn't mess with it much more than that. That's just me though.

March 2nd, 2012, 10:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
WalhallaM Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sarajevo,BiH Posts: 140	Fu...ing heavy

March 2nd, 2012, 10:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
HvO Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 145	thanks for your replies! i will test the presence thing on the whole mix - could work. the vocals on that track starts right after the end of the snippet. maybe i will upload tomorrow another track with vocals! And I am unconfident with the bass area... is it clean enough, fat enough or whatever?!? (info; my reference is "The Obsidian Conspiracy" )

March 19th, 2012, 05:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
HvO Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 145	final!? what do you think? NEW MIX (UPDATE): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5645638/reco...et_t4_v152.mp3

March 19th, 2012, 08:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
fsgdjv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 251	I think it sounds fucking awesome. Only thing I think could get a little better would be to have some clarity on the vocals, they sound kind of far away right now. But that might be the point aswell, but I would prefer some more high mids on it. Just a matter of taste and it already sounds fucking killer.

March 20th, 2012, 07:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
neonlight Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 56	I agree with the clarity on the vocals. Push it a bit, they sound quite buried. I like the snare sound! the bass drum could need some more punch in the lows for my taste.