I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

[SpaceShipOne]

I've messed and messed and messed and I believe this is the best tone I can get(untouched post) with the mic's I have. I'm using the mxl 990 and an Audix I5. Audix sounds great but lacks presence I crave and roar. The MXL adds it, but also has that grainy top and mid that is obviously from a cheap condenser mic. What do you think? More specifically when the guitar comes in on chords is the main best tone.
This is a new song I'm working on.


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=408886&songID=6087848

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

The song sounds good man, but just be careful about putting too much emphasis on the guitars throughout the whole song. I usually like to hear the guitars sitting in seperate frequencies in a song, and to me it kinda sounds like the guitars are stepping on each other's frequencies once you get past 1:03. I'd try using one mic for the rhythm sound and then go with either a different mic, different settings on the amp, or a radically different mic position for the lead sound. That's just my two cents though . . .

 

[Jackson Distortion]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

Absolutley loved it! Sounds like an i5. What's your pickup?

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

Absolutley loved it! Sounds like an i5. What's your pickup?

Stock Agile! Thing absolutely rocks my 5150!

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

I thought it sounded pretty good.

Are you the guy with the velvet covered guitar and the signed Christian band? Did you get a new profile?

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

Definitely not the best tone you can get with those mics, sorry dude.

It's way muffled and dead on the top end - there's no presence up top on the entire mix.

Other than that, the meat of your tone is solid and doesn't need much work... but the top end is one of the hardest parts for me to get right, so take that FWIW.

 

[rashayritto]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

the song was pretty good, recording was notably lacking. If you've completely exhausted you options with mic placement, you should try some post recording editing to see if you can bring those tones to life!

which agile model do you have man? it sounds awesome

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

Definitely not the best tone you can get with those mics, sorry dude.

It's way muffled and dead on the top end - there's no presence up top on the entire mix.

Other than that, the meat of your tone is solid and doesn't need much work... but the top end is one of the hardest parts for me to get right, so take that FWIW.

I believe then, that I need edumacation! Books? Persons to talk to? I must be missing something.

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Re: I believe I've reached the best tone I can get with my mics, your thoughts?

Do you reference your stuff to CD's you like while mixing/recording? If not... best start doing that.