Sounds good man! DT fan? Sweet meter changes and guitar playing. I’d recommend boosting the rhythm guitars and drums. Sounds like you’re really into hearing that lead track but I think it should be nestled into the mix a little more.
I wouldn’t say I’m a Dream Theater fan but I surely like what they do.
I’m more into King Crimson right now.
As for the mixing, I do agree with you. But I tweaked that mix so much that at a certain point I just decided to stop messing with it and just take it the way it was at that moment. So the leads are a bit higher then what they should but until I decide I’m going to record every thing from scratch again, with new tones and all, I’m keeping it as it is.
Hi beta.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to it and for your comments!
As for the drums, I’m positive about the levels being set right.
I can not hear the clipping you’re saying. Not on the drums.
However, I do know that the clean guitar for the intro is clipping but decided to leave it that way. Are you sure it is not the clean guitar from the intro that you hear clipping?
I see what you mean beta. It might be due to the compression to mp3. What HG drumkit did you use ? were the drumkit samples already compressed ? Regarding the style, I won’t comment, it’s all a matter of taste
Like the track. The guitars are quite spacious, and I would add a bit more “environment” to the rhythm track to match the guitars - ie. a (little) bit of hall reverb and some more low frequency punch.