new rock/emo mix! need advice, final mix tomorrow!

[Elof]

This song is by the swedish band me+june (www.meandjune.com) and it´s called Bleach. It will be the title song for the english horror movie Bleach (www.bleachthemovie.com).
It is recorded through an amek/tac bullet console and a pair of motu HD192´s into logic. It´s´mixed ITB with emagic, fishfillets, mda and psp plugins.

LINK: http://www.meandjune.com/misc/test.htm

Pros and hobbyists, what are your opinions on this mix?
What should I change to make it sound better?

(ps. if the verses feels a bit "empty" it´s because it´s missing a swell guitar, it will be tracked tomorrow)

sorry for my bad english!

[rainsinvelvet]

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ERic

[Elof]

Originally Posted by rainsinvelvet

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ERic

Sorry, strange, it has worked for everyone else. What browser do you have?
I know it doesn´t work too good with firefox...

[rainsinvelvet]

Originally Posted by Elof

Sorry, strange, it has worked for everyone else. What browser do you have?
I know it doesn´t work too good with firefox...

Well, ..there you go.


ERic

[djui5]

works fine for me, firefox on a mac. Did you fix something?


Might wanna pan the overheads in a little, they're way too wide for the song. Pan something else out there.

The lead guitar on the right sounds really harsh, something in the upper mids.

Might wanna turn up the rythm guitar on the left during the verse. And turn up the HH. When you pan the OH's in a bit, turn them down a touch.

[Jay Kahrs]

It sounds really good!

I wouldn't change much really...pull the overheads down a bit (2-3dB?) and then print a couple three versions to pick from later.

I'd probably do a guitar & snare up, and one with the background whispery vocal in the bridge (before the break) up a few dB because that kind of thing will be totally lost in the "real world" i.e., road noise in the car sorta stuff.

I didn't think the verse's sounded empty either, if anything I was diggin' on the space. Makes it sound a bit different then all the other bands out there.

[ShamansDream]

Sounds good. I am hearing a few artifacts on the right side, but those could be enhanced by the MP3 conversion.
You might monitor the plugin chain to make sure you're not clipping anywhere.

[rainsinvelvet]

weird. When I click on the link I get the "missing plug in's" page , but firefox can't seem to find what plug in I need to run it. Running firefox 1.5.0.1 (latest I believe) on a PC.

ERic

[Elof]

I pretty much did what you all said, without having read this before the mix session . I panned the toms and cymbals in, turned down the cymbals, turned up the radio voice on the left (not so much though). turned up the verse guitar and the backing guitar in the chorus a little, and added a swell guitar (just i few chords in the verses). In the master I did a small cut in the upper mids, it helped the whole song a little.

If anyones interested in the final version, tell me and I´ll post a link here, or.... Watch the movie when it has been unleashed

Thanks for the comments, great forum!

[djui5]

Originally Posted by rainsinvelvet

weird. When I click on the link I get the "missing plug in's" page , but firefox can't seem to find what plug in I need to run it. Running firefox 1.5.0.1 (latest I believe) on a PC.

ERic

it plays in quicktime, if you have that, in the browser window.

[amost]

Sounds great. Bravo!

[Elof]

The final mix is now under the same link: http://www.meandjune.com/misc/test.htm