Please bash my first recording

[danheather]

Hi all,
This is my first recording. It's a cover of a lame Christian pop song I did to try and figure out my new recording software. I did all the instrumentation myself. The guitars were done on a Breedlove Pro to two tracks. One Mic'd and the other direct. All the rest was done via a synth/midi controller. The drums were done with BFD. The vocals are mine as well and I recorded them with a Blue 8-ball ($100 condenser mic) in my living room. Please bash away so I can get better at this! Thanks,
Dan

[lolzgreg]

Praise the Lord Jesus Christ!

Piano is too loud, turn it down

Drums are too low and get drowned out when more instruments come in.

I suggest putting an eq on all of your tracks aside from bass guitar and drums and putting a high pass eq at around 180hz.

Vocals need some sort of plate verb to give them a bit more space and presence. Put a compressor on em and fool around with the controls till they work.

-Greg

[danheather]

Thanks! I'll give the HPF and EQ a shot.

[danheather]

I placed a high pass EQ filter on all tracks except bass and drums at 180hz. This really cleared up some of the muddiness. I'll post a revised version shortly. Vocals are something I haven't figured out yet. My vocals tend to sound flat and thin when recorded. I'll try playing around with plate verb. Thanks again for the feedback.

[EnSkorSang]

I think the snare sounds a bit random...at first its like a cat is slapping it with its tail, then it sunddenly gets loud for about 3 hits then goes back down....you need to smack it more.
Is that a modelled piano? Id put some reverb on it and push it back, it sounds like its in front of the vocals. I think your vocals sound quite good, nice and tuneful but they need to be pushed to the front - If it were me I'd probably put a boost somwhere between 1-3 khz depending on ur voice and cut it in the acoustic and piano, about 2-3 db in each.

[gradgt]

i think the level of the vocals would be okay if the piano were quieter.

the vocals sound really good! I can't tell it's a budget mic at all. I agree with putting some more reverb on it though.

Also I would try putting some reverb on the drums and see if you like it.

However you could get away with just turning the piano down a little. All in all, I'd say you did a pretty excellent job.

[musoatten]

nice song, laid back the way i generally like them. Whats the instrument coming from the right side in the first verse, sounds like a synth pad. You might try it an octave lower as to me it feels like instruments are a bit too seperated and just need something to bring them together on a similair level. I don't think it's a balance problem as i think you've done a good job on it. Can't help thinking strings would be nice in the chorus, not too prominent, but just there.

[Necromancer]

I agree about the piano, sounds a little cheesy.
The vocals on the chorus are very well tracked and inspiring, as intended I assume.
Drums need a lot of work though, always the hardest part.
Very good start.