I'm finishing a track which i like and value a lot (mostly 'cause the memories: the original idea is more tha 20 years old), and i'd like to mix/master it at the best i can (i'll use only mix for both the terms).
But i'm not so educated, so skilled (no golden ear, sorry) and not so equipped (my best gear to check my mix is my car, where i compare what i do with some song i like of the same genre) and i could use some tip .
This is a ...rock instrumental track, so i'm aiming at a general sound between Toto (for crispness) and Steve Vai (for the ... "weight" of the guitars) of the 90's (Steve Vai's "Passion and Warfare" is my Holy Grail).
The fun fact is that i'm a keyboard player, so everything in this track is made by virtual instruments, guitars and amps emulators/modelers, sampled drums.
Anyway, I want to aim high and get the best i can do, just for the joy of it
This is the link to this track. It's unfinished (i still have to clear some sections, fine tuning some modulations, de-patternize some drum parts, etc) but the sounds and the instruments will not change, so why not trying to make it sounding good in the meanwwhile?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7mnp1tvgexgxi ... 4.mp3?dl=0
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/7mnp1tvgexgxioa/Heartbreaker%204.mp3?dl=0
My main problem (but i'm sure you'll find many more) is the "booming/boxing" feel given by the sinth bass, the pads, and the lower notes of the distorted guitars. I've struggled a lot with the FLStudio EQ2 trying to reserve to each of them a space in the low frequencies, but as the tracks become clear, it looses ... weight, that "massive" feeling...this is the best i've got (i recon it is still in the "boomy" side). The master track is dry (i have tried something with Ferric TDS but it makes the highest frequencies -mostly the cymbals- sounding like there's a phaser/flanger on it... like some old cassette tape).
Well, thanks to any suggestion, help, and feedback you'll want to share with me. If you like to suggest some VST effects, pls try to stay in the free/cheap zone