Rough mix

[planet red]

This is totally rough mix with no automation or anything. I burned it before I left the studio tonight. Im planning on adding a little more body to the snare and make it less bright, and the cymbals are too loud right now.

I mainly do really heavy stuff and am having a hard time on this. I want it beefy without too much bottom. The vocals are hard cause he's got a good amount of thickness in his voice that messes with the mix. I think the guitars need a little more low mids as well.

The limiter I put on this is crushing it a little too much. Just wanted to hear it with tons of volume. My ME does a good job of not destroying the mix and getting it pretty loud...

Give me suggestions.. I know the beginning is way cheesy... not my fault..

[dim light]

I think it sounds really nice - the lead vocals have some boxy feel - think you could close in on some evil freq to help it cut through better. I think the bass could cut through better - but just a tiny bit - I like the low end on the bass.

Maybe you should use another reverb on the lead - I think the one you are using now muddies up the lead. And you have almost too much space around the vocals. Maybe fatten up some of the other stuff to get more impact.

Cool stuff - reminds me of the hellacopters.

[planet red]

Yeah, this mix is killing me. I cant get the boxiness out of the vocals without thinning them out too much.

Right now I only have Dverb for reverb and cant get that sounding good on the vox either.

I'm mixing this for some friends late at night. I have my studio rented out during the day, so cant patch in any outboard and dont have any good plug ins.

Thanks for the suggestions.. I totally agree. Tonight will be another long night... Anyone else?

[Beardhead]

It's a bit too stereo for me. I find the cymbals in the chorus a bit distracting going from one side to another. The voice however seems trapped in the middle. But probably, that's personal taste.
A lot of energy going on, that's cool!

[Byrne]

...DVerb sucks, anyway. I'm a fan of your stuff, you obviously know what you're doing, so scrap the DVerb and mic a room. The rest of it sounds pretty good, especially for a rough.