Please Critique

[porter]

I am particularly interested in comments on the mix, but would appreciate hearing any comment you might have.

If wma's are not acceptable, I can convert them to mp3.

TPS
http://www.communisat.com/music3/tps_122906.wma


Shadow 2
http://www.communisat.com/music3/shad2_123006.wma


Thanks

[spam]

Sounds pretty good, porter from porter,tx.
The drums sound a little a little thin for my taste, and the over-all mix lacked some bottom end to compliment the nicely done keyboards and guitars. Sounded nice and clean though.

[porter]

Thanks Spam for the listen and comments. Any good tips on thickening up the drums?

[spam]

Hey porter, first off I am relatively new to the production side of audio, so hopefully some of the more experienced folks here will chime in.
I noticed in the first tune, at about 1:35 (the drum roll lead in), it sounded like a slap-back type reverb was used, perhaps try something a little more immediate and with a deeper tail to it. Also something to try is to detune the drum mix (kick, toms, snare...but not the cymbals), and mix it with the original. Or it could simply be to boost the lower frequencies on the drum mix itself.

Hope I helped some. Good luck!

[Unclenny]

Hey Porter...

A trick that I picked up for drums:
Set up an aux send (or a new track) and insert a compressor. Squash the comp. hard and set the release as fast as possible with the attack fairly long.
Then send the snare first and shorten the attack until the hits start to squash too much say.....75 ms. and then back it off. Then bring the release back up just a little. You should be able to hear it start to crack and breathe.
I like ti put the kick and the bass through too, seasoninh to taste.
It may help even more to EQ that track with an inordinate amount of high shelf.
When you feel good about it bring the new track up under your original until you achieve the desired results.