Need some fresh ears with this.
Not finished yet, but am I on the right track?
Anything jumping out?
Mostly insecure about the guitars & snare.
Bash away!
Nice! Love the dudeās voice! Mix sounds nicely balanced frequency-wise - good spread between high and low end.
Not really - It sounds very good to meā¦ I like the nice fat low endā¦
Being picky, the front-to-back depth of the mix could be a little better. To me it sounds like the guitars and vocals are all up front, and the drums are sort of ābehindā everything else in two distinct ālayersā. Iād prefer to hear things gradually recede ābehindā the vocals to give a greater sense of dimension.
The lead guitar sounds like it could use more ambience and perhaps less ābuzziness and sizzleā in the top end - itās a little over-gained for my taste. I think some judicious eq and some delay and ambience might seat it more comfortably in the mix. If itās an amp sim, I would suggest dialling back the gain.
It sounds like the snare has a LOT of room sound on it - it sounds great, but itās too āfull onā all the time for me. Donāt show all your cards at onceā¦ Iād suggest dialling back the room sound for the verses, then cranking it up for the choruses to enhance the excitement.
Nice work - I really enjoyed the track! 
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Youāve got a big wide open clean, dynamic sounding mix, and then thereās this uninvited guest in the name of the āsnare drumā, that smacks you right in the face from bar #1, and when the track finally opens up into a big beautiful rock number, takes a back seat and just feels weak. Itās hard to comment further without knowing your approach, but the snare feels overcooked (eq?), and as a consequence, lacks clarity and presence in the sections that matter most.
Feels like a much more rounded approach to the snare tone would be more appropriate for this number, but hey, thatās only my shitty opinion.
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like the dark sounding nice song !!!
Really cool rock song, vocals are great, gtrs hyper nice.
Some ideas i had :
more sub for the kick, a db more of the bass gtr, and i must admit i dislike the snare sound.
If you cannot change it, duplicate the top snare track, one for the low energy need between 180/200 hz, low pass filter at 600, slow attack compression, medium release, 6/7 db of attenuation. The second track with an attenuation between 700, medium attack, short release.
Less 1k on the verb, and more dry snare in the mix.
Tell me if it helpsā¦, ideas/opinions only there !
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@ColdRoomStudio @terryhesticles
Is that an improvement? On the snare mostly.
Unfortunately I have very little experience with real drums mixing. I usually use Superior Drummer for all my stuff.
@Moa22
I did this revision before your post but Iāll try your ideas on the next song of that band.
Thx a lot my friend!
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Sounds really good but I agree with the snare ,for me it sounds a bit weak.
It sort of sounds like it has too much attack from a comp .
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Definitely an improvementā¦The snare sits much more comfortably in the mix now. Getting picky, itās a little lacking in punch and weight. Iād prefer less snare bottom sound. Perhaps try slowing down the attack of the snare compressor would allow a little more transient to come through. Pushing the 150-200hz area on the snare would give a little more weight too.
Good going so far!
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Yep, that snare sounds a lot more tame for this style of track and seems to sit in the mix more harmoniously , nice fix.
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