new tune up -- looking for feedback

[AmirH]

Recorded this simple little jig last weekend. I'm looking for some constructive criticism on the overall production quality. I used a duncan woody in my seagull and also mic'd the 12th fret with a LDC. There are only a couple parts done with electric guitar, and for that I used an 80's mij strat with an ssl-1 in the neck spot. Bass is just a squire J-bass through studiodevil virtual bass amp pro.

Cheers. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11156482

[TheLivingDead]

Re: new tune up -- looking for feedback

Nice, man! Very calming.

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: new tune up -- looking for feedback

Boy i really liked that! The drums could use compression I think and the bass too, bring them both up or the guitars down also if you haven't put a low cut filter on all the guitars at 120Hz.

[AmirH]

Re: new tune up -- looking for feedback

Thanks guys! innerdreams -- that is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for! Everytime I use a filter to cut the lows on guitars it sounds "thin" or somehow less alive in comparison, but maybe that's why my mixes don't translate as well as I'd like on different speakers. I just realized that this mix doesn't sound good on my laptop speakers -- you can barely hear the bass, the guitars sound more restained yet still somehow too loud in the mix, the ehru sound cuts through WAY more than on my better speakers and is a little overpowering, and all the cool overtones on that strat bit with the huge reverb effect are inaudible. On cheap computer speakers, the bass actually makes the speaker fart out, and sometimes it sounds like the entire mix is clipping. But on my asp8s it sounds very rich and warm, and not much worse on my hs5's, which are supposed to be my "crappy" reference speakers. Your post has me thinking that I should probably always use compression and cut lows, and that maybe simple steps like that will help my mixes translate better. Sorry for the rant -- I haven't talked shop in way too long

I'll try your advice and post an updated mix. Cheers

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: new tune up -- looking for feedback

Just for the sake of talking, haha, I usually do this for low cuts.

Kick 40Hz
Bass 50Hz
Guitars 120 Hz
Snare 140Hz
Cymbals and Toms 140Hz
keyboards/pads 390Hz
Male vocals 120 to 140 Hz
Female vocals up to 250Hz
You can apply a cut on the kick drum at 320Hz about -4 bds to open up the mix too.

Good luck!