Oh yeah, the vocals are totally halfassed-raw on this version, really only on there for reference. I fixed 'em up but good last night. The posted mix, there's just compression and the obvious effect tracks (megaphone, Buffer Override).

The snare... is what it is, and nothing short of severe EQ (I tried this, decided against it) or sample replacement will make it anything else. That's just how that snare sounds. It's physically very large and tuned to sound like that. He wants the thing to sound like an old drum machine.

THIS IS BETTER.

A lot better.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13184331/01%20Graphite.mp3

Yes, that is a lot better.

Hotness.

Sidechaining is my friend. Also, I did re-EQ the snare a bit.

Yes, I thought you might have... trimmed some of the fat, so to speak. It sounds 'neater' to me...

There's some shit going on with that snare around 200hz that's totally unnecessary. Because it's a snare drum. And 200hz. That shit got dumped. There's a dirtyass bass guitar and a big ol' analog synth happening down there. Snare drum? That thing can piss the fuck off.

Indeed, snares are not teh bass instrument. It is kind of cool when they sport some low mid kick though. I managed to pull that off with my Vesication drum recordings... too bad my overheads sound claustrophobic (why was I so lazy that I didn't move the drums from the corner of the room where I practice?)...

The room: it matters.

The low mid snare thing works nicely assuming it fits in the mix that way. There's a buncha low midshit going on here, and that coupled with the deep snare... does not work so well. For some of the stuff we recorded, it works out nicely though. I'll be getting to that soon.

I did a tiny bit of EQing when I halfassmastered the thing, too, to get rid of some low mid murk. Like -2db @ 200hz across the whole mix, really simple.

BTW, this mix was deemed releasable.

yes very releasable sir. going to iTune it????

Soon.