Please help - mix critique...

[hwr]

Hello all,

I was just wondering if anybody would mind listening to a mix or two by my band and maybe give some advice.

I record and mix everything right now (we're pretty broke right now so can't afford to pay someone to mix). I'm certainly no engineer but I get things sounding as best I can at this stage, picked lots of tips up from here, etc... I'm learning more all the time but obviously I want to improve.

If there are things that jump out as sounding particularly wrong or dodgy then I'd more than welcome the criticism.

some of our songs are here...
http://www.heatwaveradio.co.uk/first...oughmixes.html

At the moment I'm using Cubase SX3, an Edirol FA101, various (cheap) mics, BFD triggered with a Roland TD6 for drums. Nothing too fancy...

The sound is kind of a hard rock n roll groove.

Many thanks in advance if anyone manages to check it out and offer up some opinions/criticism on the mix.

Cheers,
hwr

[larrykane]

cut transmission;
There is a pop a few seconds into the intro, and I think it takes a bit long to get going. That said it's not a bad mix, certainly musical and there is some neat stuff going on. Lead vocal could be a tad louder, and the harmony vocals after the middle or so get a bit out of sync. Overall I like it!!!!

[George Necola]

yeah.. musicaly it's great.. you overcompress the whole thing. it's pumping (not in a good way). try to use more compression on individual track and not on the masterbus (if you used any.. ).

I like the music man!!!