Mix Resuce! All opinions wanted!!!

DownAndOutOfIt · 2nd February 2012

Hey guys,

Im pretty new to both mixing and mastering (more so to mastering anyway) and I was handed a pretty dodgy mix by a friend who needed it mastered straight away, I told him that was never gonna get a good master from a bad mix but he has run out of time I was just wondering if you could take a look and point out any really bad issues as Im sure I missed a few, this has been mastered with a Maserati Mastering plugin!!! But I feel its not really clear enough in certain places!

I know its a strange style of music but there happy with the composition so thats up to them its just any mastering and mixing issues im concerned about!

Would really appreciate anyone who could take a look!

Sliced Ham, Centre Stage by The Excuses on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Sorry about the way the link comes up I cant seem to find another way to change it!!!! Didnt mean to advertise this guys band!

Fabmaster · 2nd February 2012

The mastering is very good.
Tony would be proud.
The band needs to learn how to play. (together)

ianvargo · 3rd February 2012

I agree, the band is really loose, not in a way that flatters the song. I like some of the tones, and overall clarity of the mix. But yeah, tighten up gentlemen.

couch11 · 4th February 2012

As far as your mastering job, you did fine. I am concerned about the end. Is it supposed to cut off like that? Does it go straight into another song?

Markdefunk · 8th February 2012

The bass on this song is nice but the drums are doing it no justice. Try get a real kit in there or use something like BFD or Studio drummer. Also there's too much reverb on the vocals in the chorus.
Apart from the fact that it's very loose it is a nice little song and definitely worth fixing.
For someone with little experience you've done a good job on the mastering. I think you'll need to go back to the mixing stage first though and try to improve it from there

gwell1 · 9th February 2012

I am having trouble focusing on the mix. Did you pan your bass guitar and vocals? Sounds like the bass is on the left and vocals on the right. I think it could use a little more punch. Think your on the right track!

brianellefson · 9th February 2012

Ah man, I'm the bad guy here I guess ...

I thought the bass took up too much of the spectrum. Obviously IMHO. Yeah, it just sounds like the guitars and vocals have a slice of the EQ and the bass is taking up the rest.

Outside of that, there's nothing else I could critique about it (apart from the obvious little performance issues - but you can't control that).

It's a good mix, my preferences aside.

couch11 · 9th February 2012

Just so everyone realizes, the OP did not mix this song. He did an emergency mastering session on an already mixed song. So mix critique isn't really going to help

DownAndOutOfIt · 10th February 2012

Hey guys thanks for the replies,

I think from the advice here and from what I can hear im goin to ask for the stems for the instruments from the guy and mix it myself.

Its weird in my headphones the bass actually seems a little in the background and i thought it neede a little more bass for punch.

The Bass and vocals are panned centre apart from the backin vocals in the chorus but im gonna redo them using the HASS software I just got as i've seen them used to pan really nicely.

@markdefunk, i just saw a friend use studio drummer and bought it straight away, the original drums were done on Guru but im gonna redo them on StudioDrummer with the band as the current drums really let the song down, unfortunately there is no chance of a real kit!

When the remix is done ill put it up and see what u think!

2nd February 2012	#1
DownAndOutOfIt Gear interested Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 5 Thread Starter	Mix Resuce! All opinions wanted!!! Hey guys, Im pretty new to both mixing and mastering (more so to mastering anyway) and I was handed a pretty dodgy mix by a friend who needed it mastered straight away, I told him that was never gonna get a good master from a bad mix but he has run out of time I was just wondering if you could take a look and point out any really bad issues as Im sure I missed a few, this has been mastered with a Maserati Mastering plugin!!! But I feel its not really clear enough in certain places! I know its a strange style of music but there happy with the composition so thats up to them its just any mastering and mixing issues im concerned about! Would really appreciate anyone who could take a look! Sliced Ham, Centre Stage by The Excuses on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free Sorry about the way the link comes up I cant seem to find another way to change it!!!! Didnt mean to advertise this guys band! Last edited by DownAndOutOfIt; 2nd February 2012 at 05:50 PM.. Reason: mistake

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2nd February 2012	#2
Fabmaster Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2010 Location: Portland Posts: 205	The mastering is very good. Tony would be proud. The band needs to learn how to play. (together)

3rd February 2012	#3
ianvargo Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 284	I agree, the band is really loose, not in a way that flatters the song. I like some of the tones, and overall clarity of the mix. But yeah, tighten up gentlemen.

4th February 2012	#4
couch11 Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 743	As far as your mastering job, you did fine. I am concerned about the end. Is it supposed to cut off like that? Does it go straight into another song?

8th February 2012	#5
Markdefunk Gear interested Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2	The bass on this song is nice but the drums are doing it no justice. Try get a real kit in there or use something like BFD or Studio drummer. Also there's too much reverb on the vocals in the chorus. Apart from the fact that it's very loose it is a nice little song and definitely worth fixing. For someone with little experience you've done a good job on the mastering. I think you'll need to go back to the mixing stage first though and try to improve it from there

9th February 2012	#6
gwell1 Gear nut Joined: May 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 77	I am having trouble focusing on the mix. Did you pan your bass guitar and vocals? Sounds like the bass is on the left and vocals on the right. I think it could use a little more punch. Think your on the right track!

9th February 2012	#7
brianellefson Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 246 6 Reviews written	Ah man, I'm the bad guy here I guess ... I thought the bass took up too much of the spectrum. Obviously IMHO. Yeah, it just sounds like the guitars and vocals have a slice of the EQ and the bass is taking up the rest. Outside of that, there's nothing else I could critique about it (apart from the obvious little performance issues - but you can't control that). It's a good mix, my preferences aside.

10th February 2012	#9
DownAndOutOfIt Gear interested Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 5 Thread Starter	Hey guys thanks for the replies, I think from the advice here and from what I can hear im goin to ask for the stems for the instruments from the guy and mix it myself. Its weird in my headphones the bass actually seems a little in the background and i thought it neede a little more bass for punch. The Bass and vocals are panned centre apart from the backin vocals in the chorus but im gonna redo them using the HASS software I just got as i've seen them used to pan really nicely. @markdefunk, i just saw a friend use studio drummer and bought it straight away, the original drums were done on Guru but im gonna redo them on StudioDrummer with the band as the current drums really let the song down, unfortunately there is no chance of a real kit! When the remix is done ill put it up and see what u think!