Metal Mix Off!

[Deimos]

Did some adjustments. 2 versions

[ByronPinto]

Hi All :

DaveE .. great work. well balanced and controlled mix.( I do have some preferences .. i.e more bass and less brighter guitars .. But these are totally my preferences and personal taste.. This is probably reflected in my mix ).

Awesome work !!..

Here's my take on the song ..

My Notes ( with regards to my mix ) .

1. Replaced the kick drum .. but left the snare as is .. ( im getting lazier these days . A great snare sample / drum recording could have taken this over the top.

2. tested on laptop and mains ( with a sub) and am happy with the result.

3. Im probably close to winning the loudness war . But still managed to get in a bass heavy mix and some dynamics ( bass - very little compression and guitars - no compression . vox - very minute compression)

4. Didn't do any automation ( lazy ).. The overheads do need some riding since the cymbals can get irritating at times. But didn't have the time to do this.

5. Did not spend as much time as i would have liked to ..

6. I wish the overheads or room ( one of the 2) was in stereo. rather having them both smack down the middle in mono..


http://soundcloud.com/byron-pinto/burn-the-rest

[ByronPinto]

By the way for those interested ..

I put the same file on soundcloud as well.. When i play the soundcloud version it play some db softer ..

So in a mixoff .. If you put your file on soundcloud.. And some one else puts their mix directly as a mp3 on this site. You are more at a disadvantage with regards to loudness . And God knows everyone loves the loudest and brightest mix .

[ByronPinto]

synergyroom :

Awesome !! .. Really Really great mix ... For me its one of the best ...

[mitch_the_bitch]

Here another version.... cheers

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19571174/bur...TCA_mix_v2.mp3

[MrTinkle]

Well, after listening to me first attempt I can safely say monitor speakers are a GOD send. It sounded well crap!!! haha! So, he's a re-attempt...

Not happy with the guitar tone on the recordings, can't get it how I'd like it to be. Kick and snare have been replaced. Not gone mad with processing only uses a little eq and compression left it quite natural, that's about it really. No automation, no edits (well lazy) anyway...

[thegoose09]

this is my first mix off so im open to lots of criticism!

i have not finished, this is a rough version without automation
a lot of things need some work, or a lot of work rather
please let me know what you think!

the drums are natural from the recording, no triggers

[Faymus Media]

Check post below for updated version, just realized there was 2 things I forgot to do. I am a perfectionist! Lol

Post #72

[ByronPinto]

Originally Posted by Faymus Media

I just finished making major adjustments. This is a mix that I am very happy with.

Let me know if you like this mix. Its commercially ready now.

On my headphones .. I can't hear the bass. Also the guitars seem to not have any sense of movement or dynamics.

IMO.. without the bass properly represented things seems thin especially so in a metal mix.

[Faymus Media]

Originally Posted by ByronPinto

On my headphones .. I can't hear the bass. Also the guitars seem to not have any sense of movement or dynamics.

IMO.. without the bass properly represented things seems thin especially so in a metal mix.

Must be your headphones.

[MrTinkle]

Originally Posted by Faymus Media

i made 2 last changes that slipped my mind. Then I made sure that the bass was sitting perfect, and it is. This is commercially ready.

Can hardly hear the snare my man, also too much high end overall on the master buss it's a little shrill but you're getting there! Improvement on the last one :D

[Faymus Media]

Originally Posted by MrTinkle

Can hardly hear the snare my man, also too much high end overall on the master buss it's a little shrill but you're getting there! Improvement on the last one :D

This song rocks so much i cant stop mixing it LOL

Anyway, i raised the snare, fixed some more things i got really picky with. Tonight i am going to do a little more tweaking on the "toms" but other than that i believe finally after a few attempts that this is the winner.

[drewwebsteraudio]

Why didn't I see this a month ago!?

Oh well, I'm mixing it anyway!

[drewwebsteraudio]

Alright, here is my first draft.

Small tweaks from here.

[priyaskd]

Originally Posted by Bilic

Hey, sorry we actually didnt even record d.i tracks, just miked the cabs.



I gotta say so far a lot of these mixes are great! Thanks for everyone who has gave it a shot. My favorites so far are DaveE's Mix and RIF' Amazing job guys!

great guitar tone! which microphone you use for guitars?
Congrats!!!

[Bilic]

Originally Posted by priyaskd

great guitar tone! which microphone you use for guitars?
Congrats!!!

Thanks man! We used a sennheiser 421 and a sm57. The tones came from a Tiny terror head and 2x12 orange cab.

[MortenDK]

Ok I finally did a mix of this today!
No mastering

Hope you like it

[FatherTime]

Went the "organic" route.
Really liked the song.