Posted on Mar 21, 2013 09:52 pm
keevhren
Member Since: Aug 05, 2004
I'm still finishing up tracking a friends band but have started to work on some mixing to get a head start on it. I did an initial mix a few days ago (you can hear it on my soundcloud below) but have since done a few revisions, with mix 4 below being the latest.
The snare is something I've been battling since the start of tracking. The drummer's snare simply didn't sound great and I tried every trick in the book to get it to sound better but it inevitably just sounded like him hitting a wet book or something awful. I did drop in a Steven Slate drum sample for the snare to bring up under the recorded track to try to give it more of a snare snap/sound to it but at the same time I'm weary of fully replacing it as I still want it to sound authentic. New mix:
https://soundcloud.com/nocontrolstudios/12-mix-4
I also lined up the lead/harmony vocal in a few spots where it was slightly off and think it sounds tighter from it. Other changes... brought the vocals down a db or two overall to make them sit a bit better, did some automation for the tom volumes on a few hits to make them stand out better in the mix, and then brought the bass gtr up a db and a half to make it a bit more present but not too overbearing hopefully.
1. Does the snare sound too fake now? If so, any suggestions to making it sit/blend better?
2. Is bass too loud? I might bring it back down a tad overall but just automate it up in a few sections.
3. Thoughts on the delayed effect to close the song? I was just messing with some settings and thought it would be a cool bridge between this and the next song on the record.
Thanks in advance for the advice/help!
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