instrumental mix via the likes of RUSH, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater

Peter Juliano · 14th February 2006

Any feedback on how to improve the mix would be appreciated

http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=2743

Crash · 15th February 2006

Get rid of that snare sound. It kills the tune. You need a more "full body" snare sound. Make ther guitars a bit louder as well. That is where I would start.

Matt Grondin · 15th February 2006

Yeah, that snare sound is hurting pretty bad... sorry to break it to you.

Peter Juliano · 15th February 2006

to get it more full bodied tone as you say?

Crash · 15th February 2006

There are no hard fast rules here. I would just experiment and see what you find. I guess a good starting point would be somewhere down around 100hz, just for arguments sake, with a fairly wide Q. Adjust to taste. Feel free to move the target frequency around as well as Q (Bell shape).

Matt Grondin · 16th February 2006

The snare is very unnatural sounding and to be honest, it's just plain weird. It doesn't sound like a snare's supposed to sound. If there is no EQ on it now, then something weird happened when it was tracked. It has entirely too much top end on it. It doesn't sound fat at all. It also sounds like there's WAAYYYY too much bottom snare and something's phasey... if you have a top and snare bottom mic (it almost sounds like there's only a bottom mic), make sure to flip the polarity (phase) on the bottom mic. I'll give it another listen. Please don't take this personally, either... you'll get it.

14th February 2006	#1
Peter Juliano Gear Head Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 62 Thread Starter	instrumental mix via the likes of RUSH, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater Any feedback on how to improve the mix would be appreciated http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=2743

15th February 2006	#4
Peter Juliano Gear Head Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 62 Thread Starter	Where should I focus my EQ on the snare? to get it more full bodied tone as you say?

16th February 2006	#6
Matt Grondin I like lamp Joined: Jul 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 1,402	The snare is very unnatural sounding and to be honest, it's just plain weird. It doesn't sound like a snare's supposed to sound. If there is no EQ on it now, then something weird happened when it was tracked. It has entirely too much top end on it. It doesn't sound fat at all. It also sounds like there's WAAYYYY too much bottom snare and something's phasey... if you have a top and snare bottom mic (it almost sounds like there's only a bottom mic), make sure to flip the polarity (phase) on the bottom mic. I'll give it another listen. Please don't take this personally, either... you'll get it. __________________ Matt Grondin The Parlor Recording Studio New Orleans, LA http://www.theparlorstudio.com http://www.facebook.com/theparlorstudio matt@theparlorstudio.com Follow our build!: http://tinyurl.com/8yzrt8v

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15th February 2006	#2
Crash Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2003 Location: San Antonio Texas Posts: 1,773	Get rid of that snare sound. It kills the tune. You need a more "full body" snare sound. Make ther guitars a bit louder as well. That is where I would start.