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[LTDuser]

so this is my first song mixed for my band Avonlee. I don't have vocals as of yet but have mixed down for the most part this song. I am way new to recording so any suggestions along with how to fix it would be awesome!

[sosahoi]

hello,
great song!, the drumset its a little muddy for my taste, a lot of EQ is missing try first turning up the mids a little bit on that track and then play around with all the freq to find your perfect match. the guitars sounds a little fuzzy for the kind of music, but maybe is the sound that you want, if not try lowering a little bit the eq between the 4000hz and 6300hz, and there are several clicks on the right channel guitar, finally for the bass i can barely hear it in the song, but may be is because my headphones.

good song! keep posting.

[Brandon Weaver]

Intro guitar tone sounds thin and played a little loose. I would be hesitant to keep it - trying to get a better sound at the amp. If that track is what you're stuck with, some kind of tape emulation or tube emulation could help. It needs some harmonic distortion.

I agree with sosahoi that the drums are muddy. Depending on how the drums were tracked, I would try cutting a lot of low-mids and high pass filtering most channels but the kick. I think the kit could come more forward in the mix as well. It's somewhat a taste thing, but compared to most songs in this genre, they are pretty far back. Maybe bringing the electrics down would be a better route. Then the bass will come through more as well (bass is also on the tubby side - cut some low mids, maybe add a little distortion type plugin, lightly. You may also want to do some editing to tighten the bass up with the rest of the band) If you listen to commercially released songs, it's mainly about the vocal, then the drums (this is changing a little with indie, but true for the most part).

Speaking of that, you may be chasing your tail by trying to mix without the vocal. There are a few things you can do, but so many mix decisions are dependent on the vocal. I would recommend getting the final vocal before you start making any important mix decisions.

And the clips, as sosahoi wrote, on the right panned guitar definitely need to go.

Look forward to hearing the song with the vocal.

[LTDuser]

thank you both for the awesome suggestions. I kinda new i would have to clean it up ALOT and after i read your ideas i should've even waited to put it on here. Next time will be with vocals though
btw i am pretty bad at cleaning up drums but i think i recorded them pretty bad as well. i'm not sure if can de-mudify them. (george bush word) but some suggestions to get them cleaner would be cool.