guitar prolem in my mix

kikin · 22nd June 2008, 04:56 PM

Im mixing this song from a friend and i find the guitars too muddy. what you guys think.

kikin · 23rd June 2008, 03:07 AM

Noize919 · 23rd June 2008, 03:46 AM

Work on your bass guitar a little bit...maybe roll off a little more on the guitars?

Your bass is to wide in the mix, maybe cut some 500 out and boost the upper mids for that finger sound and then keep the lows for the subsonic bass sounds....

as far as the guitars again, maybe they are lacking some "sparkel" if you know what I mean...cut some lower frequencies like I said before and maybe boost a very very little amount of highs with a pretty tight Q to bring out the brightness.

but yea, i see the bass as the problem here....youd be surprised with what cleaning up the bass tones will do to your guitars in the mix.

sounds good though, keep at it

nevets@milwpc.co · 23rd June 2008, 03:47 AM

I think it's fine the way it is. If you did brighten it up I wouldn't do it too much. The guitar sound has a nice retro feel.

swankdoc · 23rd June 2008, 04:06 AM

I like the tone as well.
imo, wide pan the rhythm parts; I believe you think they're 'muddy' cuz they're competing with the middle of the field.

kikin · 23rd June 2008, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swankdoc

I like the tone as well.
imo, wide pan the rhythm parts; I believe you think they're 'muddy' cuz they're competing with the middle of the field.

Thanks guys i will try the tips posted here. appreciated

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23rd June 2008, 03:46 AM	#3
Noize919 Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 116	Work on your bass guitar a little bit...maybe roll off a little more on the guitars? Your bass is to wide in the mix, maybe cut some 500 out and boost the upper mids for that finger sound and then keep the lows for the subsonic bass sounds.... as far as the guitars again, maybe they are lacking some "sparkel" if you know what I mean...cut some lower frequencies like I said before and maybe boost a very very little amount of highs with a pretty tight Q to bring out the brightness. but yea, i see the bass as the problem here....youd be surprised with what cleaning up the bass tones will do to your guitars in the mix. sounds good though, keep at it

23rd June 2008, 03:47 AM	#4
nevets@milwpc.co Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 18	I think it's fine the way it is. If you did brighten it up I wouldn't do it too much. The guitar sound has a nice retro feel.

23rd June 2008, 04:06 AM	#5
swankdoc Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,196	I like the tone as well. imo, wide pan the rhythm parts; I believe you think they're 'muddy' cuz they're competing with the middle of the field.