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Typically I will first take the bass di and run it through a Sansamp, or a B7K/MXR depending on what I want. This usually depends on what genre I'm working in. Is the genre with heavy, distorted guitars (that make up the majority of the sound heard, think most modern metal) where the bass needs...

Seriously, any ESP/LTD, Schecter, Ibanez, Jackson, PRS SE, DBZ (Diamond Guitars), G & L, Fender, Washburn, Caparison (C2, not the higher end models), are all great. Specifically guitars such as ESP/LTD Deluxe (can be found easily used for less than $600 easily), Schecter Made in Korea models...

CLIPS PLEASE!!!

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The mix is just so smooth, there's nothing that sticks out in any way so it's really nice to listen too. The vocals are killer too, and I pretty much like most of the album musically. Too bad I heard oli can't sing the new stuff live.

Keep it man. Gear makes musicians go crazy, every musician loves gear and when they see a fancy center piece it attracts them more. Even if one guy has amazing gear but crap mixes (there's a studio in my area that is exactly this) and other people who have little gear but produce amazing...

Honestly, it's really disappointing to hear the band didn't listen to you, though unsurprising too. Yeah, I'm honestly itching to hear the band too. I'd imagine a bunch of people who are passionate enough to post on an internet forum about metal production would be pretty suitable candidates...

I think you handled it correctly. I've dealt with plenty of bad arrangements/songs/bands, and I can tell you, as long as the production is there what can you do (though this gets tricky when the song sucks, because more often than not your production suffers too!)? Perhaps try to be more stern...

I'm fairly certain the album tones are Kemper. I remember watching an interview with Heafy and he stated that their live profiles were the same profiles that were used on their album, with a few tweaks to fit a live setting. He also stated that basically they wanted to have the album sound live...

Honestly, I hate soundcloud because I can never tell if it's soundcloud or the actual mix that has the issues. As it sounds I find the drum arrangement kind of odd at parts like around 1:20. I like the overall mix though, the drums sound pretty familiar sample wise, but I mean if you are going...

Having bad technique though leads to a bad tone IMO. Getting shit takes where the player is bending the strings out of tune, sloppy lead playing with half ass bends/ear piercing vibrato, player can't fret chords properly, bass player refusing to mute strings that aren't being played, all of...

Sounds great, definitely one of my more favorite bands lately. Still sounds like ATR to me (older).

I think this comes down to the ever famous line of "use your ears, not your eyes".

Going to have to agree with this. I haven't tried AKG k240's or SRH440, but after buying my AKG k702's and a proper interface that can drive them at reasonable levels, there's just no comparison between the 702's and my closed back ATH-M50's. The semi-open 702's are much more natural...

Most of the DAW's do the same thing these days, there really isn't a best one. Some good options that I've tried: Cubase (midi editor is fantastic), Studio One (really good overall workflow I find, it really has come far from its beginnings), Sonar (my friend swears by it, but has subscription...