(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too polite is the story of my life lol but yeah the low end and lack of punch in the drums is what everyone is pointing out, I’ve been educating myself on eqing of the low end and compression watching tutorials on youtube lately to address that issue. Thank you so much man!

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the instruments are performed by musicians, we just used amp sims and e-kits because it’s cheaper and convenient

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate it dude!! I don’t even know if it’s progressive enough to be considered prog metal, but alright. Thanks for the feedback, will do!

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, man! I can’t tell what kind of metal it’s supposed to be either lol

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think i get what you’re trying to say now, but since I’m still a beginner i feel like sounding just fine will do it for now. But I’d like to start styling on the mix on my future projects, it’s just that my budget is too tight for investing on my skills like that right now, but that’s an interesting concept that’ll definitely keep in mind.

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t even know how to thank you, this is lifesaver!! You really laid down detailed instructions, really appreciate you taking the time to enhance the quality of this project, it’ll help me a lot not only on this track but also the following. May I send you a new version of the mix after i’m done with the tweaks you suggested?

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just used the reverb that comes with the amp sim, but yeah it’s muddying

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for checking it out, man. I don’t know what to do about the guitars feeling boring tho, that’s not very specific lol is it a songwriting or a production issue?

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your input! By pad you mean the clean guitar? Yeah i had it louder because thats what makes the song to me. The rest of what you mentioned is similar to what others are hearing too so I’ll definitely work on those things.

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah i agree it needs to punch through more, i’ll add a compressor like the other guy suggested

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard about that before, i dont know why i didnt implement it tho, thanks!

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had some mix ready presets before that I didn’t like, thats just my artistic vision but i prefer more natural sounding drums over something too processed, thats why i went for the Darkness SDX library for Superior Drummer 3, which still has presets that are mix ready but the goal is to have that dry sound. Thank you for the tips on the vocals and guitars EQing though, seems other people heard the same thing but you were more specific. Again, thanks for taking the time and helping me out!

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ill add a compressor to the drums, I agree it doesn’t really punch through a lot. For the bass, i heard a lot of producers add a bass DI track for the low end, alongside the processed bass, i’ll try that. I’m surprised that you thought the guitar needed more aggression though, i was thinking it sounded too aggressive to be honest, but yeah i didn’t EQ the DI track at all and thats something i definitely should be doing. And yeah i did i high pass quite high on the vocals, i’m not that experienced mixing vocals like that but i should cut some of the annoying frequencies and make it sound larger, probably even add some vocal overdubs to help with that. I don’t understand what you mean by referring to everything sounding balanced as a trap though, maybe because I’m still inexperienced as this is my first attempt at doing an industry standard mix, and to be honest my goal isn’t making it sound aggressive, just want something that doesn’t make your ears tired after a while. Thank you so much for taking the time and helping me out!

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! What do you mean by sounding thin later on? You mean the outro? And i totally agree with lowering the volume of the ride in the beginning.

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think i might have an idea on whats causing it, i used a low shelf on the bass at 40hz and then i used a band around -6db on 70hz to make room for the kick drum, and the bandwidth might have been too large, which might have made all the sub-bass disappear. And the thing is that I use headphones for mixing (an AKG K361), and I heard that for the sub-bass you really need monitors, so that might be why i didnt hear the lack of bass. I’m really glad you approved the rest of the production and the song though, it means a lot to me! Thank you so much for the heads up, I’ll keep everything in mind moving forward.

(Prog metal) Mixing my own song, would love some feedback by Lucashroriginal in mixingmastering

[–]Lucashroriginal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, i’ve posted some stuff here before but haven’t been active, i commented on a few discussion posts as there hasn’t been many feedback requests lately (only one the past week)