more rough mixes for you guys...

[bert]

you're input is invaluable, please critique!
http://www.chuckbeat.com/linesofsight/songdemo.html

some of you might have already heard "Darkened Heart Vessels" but substantial changes have been made, especially at the end. "Shopping Spree" is new.
thanks,
-bert

[helstab]

I really like the songs.

Darkened Heart Vessels:bass is really boooming...Maybe to much of a good thing?

shopping spree:I really like the guitars.

Oh and the mp3 quality sounds noticably bad. I think it might be my speakers here at work though. Sorry if everything sounds crystal on your end. Everything sounds like it was recorded very well, but I think the mixing could use alittle work. Help the parts fit together a little better?

But what do I know? seriously? Listen to one of my 3 recordings before you think twice about what I have to say


Wish I had some real speakers so I could really listen to them.
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-Matthew Macchio$tab

[bert]

Thanks Helstab, the guy who posted these converted them to mp3's so I don't know how these links actually sound. And they are in the rough mix stage, but I consider these 2 to be closer to done than the other 2 songs we tracked.
Just out of curiosity, what did you listen to these on?
And yeah, whenever I mix I always have the bass too low or high, I gotta adjust that.
I can't wait for the guys to get them mastered. It'll sound schweet then.

[helstab]

Oh I'm listening on some junky Altec Lansing compuer speakers.

did you mix and record the songs?
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[bert]

[dubphaser]

Bert - These are really great. The mixes were very well done. "Darkened Heart Vessels" didn't sound too "bottomy" to me. I'm listening on Alesis Point Sevens. I'd enjoy hearing some details about how these were done.
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@jose_franco_

[eeldip]

yea, love the guitars... they sound like non-chunky peanut butter.

where did you record this? the drums have a little bit of "small room syndrome". or what i call: san francisco home recording syndrome.

music like this pretty often has the "big room" drum sound... so it has a slight offness. not a bad offness, something you could exploit... but i think there is a slight, sort of lack of relationship between the guitars and the drums... like the guitars are so smooth and big... and the drums sound a little uncomfortable with them...

are you following me? could just be my shitting monitoring environment. i love making comments about people's mixes with my $9 headphones plugged into the "line" out of the shitty PII i have at work.

[bert]

I recorded this stuff at the warehouse where I work. I'm a big fan of the room for alot of drum sounds I get when I play in here, but the drummer for this stuff had a different sounding kit and just a different sound altogether. I guess I guinea-pigged the drums on this recording to see if I could get a big cavernous drumsound, but in the end it ends up sounding sorta small.
It might have worked had I had the guy play MY drumkit, which yields instant Bonham sound.
Anyway, yeah I placed the o-heads a little too high and I can't get the room out even if I wanted to. I could bring up the close mics but I'd have to squash them because of his sporadic inconsistant hard hitting.
The warehouse is about 3,600 square feet, usually always works out really well for a drumsound I like.
But yeah the guitar sound is kick ass. It's my buddies ghetto set-up:
an old beat up regular Ibanez guitar straight through a Peavy "chorus" somethign somethign amp.
=instant shredder sound.

[bert]

[eeldip]

wow, ibanez and peavey! sweet. how the hell... oh well.

[bert]

[dubphaser]

So this was pretty much mixed in PTLE? Any out board gear while mixing? What kind of mic pre's did you use? I just am really digging on the sounds!
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[bert]

[Red Rockets Glare]

good songs, snare needs more crack bro.

[bert]