advice on mix modern rock like breaking benjamin

[seven40studios]

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/395952/br...ck%20final.mp3


im out of my normal genera's on this project on im pretty much at a standstill now with this mix.....

any advice would be appreciated

[Never1]

Went it came in, everything sounded big and great... then when the vocal hits it dwarves the music. It's too upfront and too thick in the low register.

It's taking away from the power of the music. IMO

[audioscience]

To me, the snare has too much reverb on it. And yea, the Vox too loud.

[smashbrand]

Too much verb on snare or gate it a bit. Tighten that sucker up.

Vox way to out in front of the mix. If you pull them back a bit (and I would add a little air to them with a touch of trailing verb, or almost a doubling effect on the chorus pitched up a 3rd)

Other than that I really enjoy it.

[Never1]

I dunno guys, I'm really digging that verby snare, it sounds huge. I wouldn't change that, personally. just my taste, though.

[adpz]

It's not the amount of verb on the snare that bothers me - the tail of the verb has a weird ringing/modulation to it. Agreed - maybe gate the snare before hitting the verb.

Yes, vocals too loud and with not enough air. You have a left/right thing - a push/pull going on with the guitars in the verse. For me, it's distracting; it's actually what my ear is paying attention to even with the loud vox.

The vocal split on the chorus is also too wide for me. Leaves a big hole at center.

Sounds pretty decent; needs ironing.

[seven40studios]

Originally Posted by Never1

I dunno guys, I'm really digging that verby snare, it sounds huge. I wouldn't change that, personally. just my taste, though.

im reworking this now i love the snare how big it sounds so far im gonna see what i can do and post back here shorltly

my monitoring situation is not the best, i have some 3 year old alesis active mk2's at home and the mids are next to terrible.i recently blew an ns10 and havent replaced it yet...

[smashbrand]

Originally Posted by seven40studios

im reworking this now i love the snare how big it sounds so far im gonna see what i can do and post back here shorltly

my monitoring situation is not the best, i have some 3 year old alesis active mk2's at home and the mids are next to terrible.i recently blew an ns10 and havent replaced it yet...

Yes its the tail. Not the bigness. It has like three trail hits that give it a strange sound IMO. Of course music is subjective and I like my snares like my women. Nice and tight.

[seven40studios]

updated the mix finally http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/395952/br...l%20mix%20.mp3


any advice or suggestions before i send this off

[smashbrand]

Its solid, vox = much better. Sounds nice. That snare verb is still to much for me. But that does not mean other people won't love the sound.

8/10 in my book. Good job.