I followed your advice and went even more in the keyboard orchestra realm and also regarding the tips of arranging less orchestra, so that everyone gets more space https://instaud.io/3br3 However mixing is still hard, there are some things I struggle in particular with and wanted to ask if you guys have some tips specify for those problems areas.
1. The first part is kinda mushed up a bit, I dabbled a bit with shoegazish guitars and had to cut a lot of stuff to make things kinda work, but it seems be loosing kinda the punch. I'm thinking of just bringing metal guitars up a bit, however...
2. The metal guitar tracks also seem to be kinda lacking punch and In-your-face-ness, I know that there is a compromise to be a made and they will defiantly have to leave some space for the synths and all that jazz. I've been thinking of getting them back some of the area around 300 hz, but usally stuff then just gets messy, are there any other approaches that work? I have stayed away from compression completely yet.
3. The leads at around 0:39 just make me cringe a bit soundwise, they sound so harsh, but I'm cutting a lot at around 1k, 3k and 5k already, is there something that I'm missing? I tried lowpassing, but then they just are a more muffle.
4. Not sure if the snare is punchy enough, I feel like it doesn't really contribute to the bounce of the track as for now, is it simply a matter of making it louder? I tried that, but then it just kinda sounds out of place.
All of these problems are a bit subjective, so if you disagree with me, telling me that would also be helpful, since I wanna get my ear more "neutral" by gaining more perspective.
EDIT: Maybe the mix is just also a bit too reverbed over all, but I reduce it, it kinda looses that space feeling, so maybe just using some verb and some delay? Not sure, maybe I just also have to tweek with the reverb more.
1. The first part is kinda mushed up a bit, I dabbled a bit with shoegazish guitars and had to cut a lot of stuff to make things kinda work, but it seems be loosing kinda the punch. I'm thinking of just bringing metal guitars up a bit, however...
2. The metal guitar tracks also seem to be kinda lacking punch and In-your-face-ness, I know that there is a compromise to be a made and they will defiantly have to leave some space for the synths and all that jazz. I've been thinking of getting them back some of the area around 300 hz, but usally stuff then just gets messy, are there any other approaches that work? I have stayed away from compression completely yet.
3. The leads at around 0:39 just make me cringe a bit soundwise, they sound so harsh, but I'm cutting a lot at around 1k, 3k and 5k already, is there something that I'm missing? I tried lowpassing, but then they just are a more muffle.
4. Not sure if the snare is punchy enough, I feel like it doesn't really contribute to the bounce of the track as for now, is it simply a matter of making it louder? I tried that, but then it just kinda sounds out of place.
All of these problems are a bit subjective, so if you disagree with me, telling me that would also be helpful, since I wanna get my ear more "neutral" by gaining more perspective.
EDIT: Maybe the mix is just also a bit too reverbed over all, but I reduce it, it kinda looses that space feeling, so maybe just using some verb and some delay? Not sure, maybe I just also have to tweek with the reverb more.
