Mixed in Reaper with stock plugins, plus FerricTDS from Variety of Sound, and LA2A, 1176, and DreamVerb from UAD. Monitored through a pair of HR824s by Mackie via Line6 UX2.

I went back and forth about the stereo spread. I really wanted the guitar on the left balanced by the hihat on the right, but the hihat is married to the snare which wanted to be more toward the center. So, I ended up with a mix that tended more toward mono.

Sticking to the live recording of a song feel, I decided not to add any drum replacement samples. I tightened up one kick hit, as well as replacing one kick hit with another. There is parallel compression on the drums.

Bringing out the tom parts was fun. EQing the overheads seemed to deteriorate other parts of the sound, so I took advantage of a DAWs ability to clone a track and trimmed away everything but the tom hits. I adjusted these to blend in with the rest of the drum tracks.

After watching the videos about the tracking of the song I thought I would be using the bass DI, but I had an easier time using just the bass amp track.

I liked the guitar and vocals pretty much as they are. Some compression went on the vocals for effect. 

jackacid