TDM Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Hey guys, I've been getting into recording for a few months now, and I've recorded a few riffs of my own and some band stuff. [url="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=821300&songID=7172302"]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songI...;songID=7172302[/url] [url="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=609675&songID=7055222"]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songI...;songID=7055222[/url] [url="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=609675&songID=7055215"]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songI...;songID=7055215[/url] The first one, "The Gober Method", is a little bit of song written by the singer/guitarist of the band i'm in (I play rhythm guitar). The other two are just riffs I came up with, ignoring the fact that my playing is sloppy, what do you guys think of the mix/tone? A few people have said there isn't enough bass, but I seem to be able to hear the bass just fine. Maybe it's because I'm really a bassist and all I ever do it listen out for bass lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) That first track is knockout! However..... it's all guitar. The bass is much too far back in the mix and the drums sounds really toytown, especially the bass drum. Did the guitarist mix this? Edited December 23, 2008 by stevie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombboy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I agree with the drums sounding to mechanical but IMO the bass sits just perfect with the guitars, given the style of music. To my ears, a bass player mixed this. They know about 'the mix' as opposed to 'the riff'. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 The Guitar is too prominent in the mix.... great guitar sound though.... Drums well not sure what your using but I'd go back and re-do them as they sound too false to my ears... Always hard with this style of music to make them sound natural anyway..... what are you using for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDM Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) I'm using Ezdrummer with the DFH expansion and replaced the bass/snare with some other samples. The kit is all sampled, I don't have enough mics to mic up a whole kit properly. But I've noticed that I'm having the most problem with drum and bass sounds right now. If I turn the bass up more in the mix It seems to stick out alot and I just can't seem to find the right tone for this sort of music. I've tried copying other player's tones, but with little success. I did all the mixing/recording myself, and I'm primarily a bassist, but I don't really know too much about mixing/recording in the first place. Edited December 23, 2008 by thedonutman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Do you use headphones for monitoring the mixdown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButler Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Guitar is too prominent, it might be as simple as merely turning it down! The bass drum needs to be tighter, at parts (namely the start) it sounds reminiscent of a deflated basketball, but then again at other parts when it is buried in the mix under a lot of tones, it doesn't sound THAT bad. All in all, not a bad attempt at all The bass guitar tone is quite good actually, if you improve the bass drum sound then i'm sure both will compliment each other well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDM Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='362454' date='Dec 24 2008, 12:03 AM']Do you use headphones for monitoring the mixdown?[/quote] No, I have a set of monitors, but I did use a pair of cheap headphones for monitoring whilst recording. Why do you ask? Does it sound like it's panned too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 This is what I think is the problem - FWIW. It sounds like you have a steep filter on the overall mix that is cutting everything below 100Hz. I pushed 20Hz and 75Hz up 12dB on my soundcard's graphic equalizer and it sounded a lot better, although I needed to pull 135Hz down to get rid of the boominess. My eq is a bit limited in choice of frequencies - I'm sure you have more. Adding more level below 100Hz also helps the bass drum no end. The tonality of your bass as it stands is not very different to that of the guitar. So the only time you can really hear the bass is when the guitar stops. I can see why just boosting the level of the bass wouldn't work. You need to separate the two instruments by giving them their own distinct frequency band. You might also like to try cutting some of the bottom end from the guitar to see how that sounds. It could be that your monitoring equipment is not telling you what is happening below 100Hz, but that's where the problem seems to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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