Link to track in question, on Soundcloud for now:
https://soundcloud.com/theftofcarbon/shelluva-man
As far as the song itself goes, I'm actually very happy with how it turned out. Whether other people will also like it remains to be seen but I really enjoyed making it. Basically, I have absolutely no clue when it comes to mixing/mastering. In fact until this week when I specifically looked it up I didn't really know what the difference between the two even was. Here's a breakdown of the songs construction including panning, panning currently being the only step towards mixing I have taken.
*Music Box VST, two channels, each panned slightly away from each other one left and one right, only used in the intro.
*Triangle sample created by exporting a tone from Famitracker and cropping a single wave form, currently panned dead center.
*VST called 389111bytes, used for several different sounds:
-----Minor arp effect, panned 12 to the right
-----Lead pulse tone with some pulse modulation, panned 19 to the right
-----2 more arp effects, but only 2 note harmonies, used in section of song starting at 3:07. Identical except for the second note flatted on one in order to properly reconstruct the harmony from earlier in the song. In same channel as other arp effect, therefore panned 12 to the right.
-----A pulse tone, used for the really fast solo part. Automated the pulse width. Also panned 12 to the right.
*Kick made in Famitracker, panned 24 left.
*Closed hat made in Famitracker, 21 right.
*Crash made in Famitracker, 20 right.
*Snare made in Famitracker, 6 right.
*Rough sounding sample I just found somewhere and fell in love with, used for the bass. Sounds like a distorted bass guitar to me. 8 right.
*Square sample made in Famitracker using duty cycle 0, cropped to one wave cycle, added volume envelope, used in harmony starting at 1:30. 5 left.
*Another Famitracker square, duty cycle 3, 10 right.
Any input or advice is appreciated. I really don't even know where to begin with mixing as far as adding EQ and whatnot go. Or maybe it doesn't need anything else. I'd like another set of ears to tell me one way or the other. Or if something is too loud and I didn't notice, or if you think I could be panning something differently to better effect.