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Originally Posted by tubesandteles Hey,
When you say weak sounding, does that mean they should be louder in the mix? |
No, it's the performance. You are not hitting the drums hard, and it sounds funny. Even though your playing a slow song, you can hit the drums hard enough to get them to sound good without doing the Tommy Lee pounding thing. There is a way to snap your wrist that cracks the drums and bring a nice tone out of them. Tempo is up to you, I'm mearly talking about the hit of the drum. Make sense?
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I didn't do any drum edits. I just kept exactly what I played on the track on the drums. Should I go through and pick the best/ most on time parts and make loops.
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Yep, or re-track them.
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What kinds of things could I do to make it more exciting. I'm going for a reflective moody kind of feel. Thanks for your feedback.
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Your acoustic guitar is pretty hollow sounding. If you like that kinda thing, it's ok, but I'd recommend doing something effect wise to make it sound a bit more exciting.
The drums being played "better" will help a lot. Also, when they kick in, everything else goes away for the most part. Might wanna work on that.
The dist guitar needs some life too. It's playing a touch too late IMO. It's dragging the song along. This is a "spacey and moody" song, but you don't want to drag it along and bore the listener. The spacey and moody sound should come a little from your instruments, and a little more from verbs and such in the mix down.