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[KarlSutton]

So I am working on this project for my friend, his kids have a band that I recorded & mixed. I'm not too familiar with this style of music & am trying to get the sound they are after.

I'd love any & all comments & suggestions on the mix.

Thanks!

http://cafesutton.com/lazar_lazar/without_you4_1_08.mp3

[sdemott]

Nice drums!

I only listened on my laptop - so I'm not hearing the extreme ends, but the first thing that came to mind (after 'nice drums') was that the guitars are a bit mid-heavy for my tastes. I find that somewhere right around 750-800Hz is the boxy/nasally/cheap sound on guitars. In my experience a good scoop there seems to help the guitars from building too much muck in those mids.

I'll give another listen when I get to the studio because I really didn't get much bass or kick drum (not surprisingly) on these speakers.

[rcannonp]

After listening through my HK Soundsticks, it seems that the bass, guitars, and bass drum are all fighting for a spot in the low mids. I would like to hear a little more presence in the vocals as well.

[KarlSutton]

thanks for the comments guys - I will look into. admittedly guitar tones are not not my specialty (being a keyboard player)

I put a 57 on one of the speakers & my TLM103 back in the room a bit.

so when you say competing for the low mids, do you think I should dial some of that out of 2 out of the 3 of them?

thanks

[rcannonp]

I would start by following sdemott's advice of scooping the guitars(hell, scoop everything), and I also like to high pass guitars usually around the 250-300Hz range with a 6-12db slope. Then, I would try high passing the bass(and maybe the drums too) around 60Hz, and maybe pull the bass drum down in the mix a little.

I have no professional qualifications as a mix engineer, this is just stuff that seems to help me get things sounding better.