Recent content by Ragvard

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    neck exercises for those headbangers out there?

    http://examine.com/stacks/muscle-recovery.html Maybe those for recovery... but: the only thing that will help is more headbanging. As headbanging is a very specific movement, static stretches won't do shit for muscle soreness, however you might add some dynamic stretching sessions like...
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    What's wrong with this guitar tone?

    Come on man those sound killer! The only thing missing is hp/lp and you are ready to go. For the mids thing: just try to turn them up on the amp, engl has a kind of scooped sound, even on highest mid setting (at least on my fireball, mids cranked all the way up). After that maybe the low mids...
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    Slappy Kick Drum - Nocturnal

    Just in case anyone is interested: source was kick 10 hp at 50 hz (maybe just a slight boost at 50 hz with very narrow Q) really aggressive and wide scoop at 500 hz i think 4 or 5 db boost at around 7-10 khz this way i have the "slap" i was looking for. The problem before was, that everytime i...
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    Slappy Kick Drum - Nocturnal

    Thanks for pointing that out KillFrenzy. As i mentioned above, my first try was steven slates kick 5, which sounds great, but obviously doesn't quite match the sound i am looking for. Every attempt to make it sound more like the Nocturnal kick ended up in a mess. Now with kick 10 i can get...
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    Slappy Kick Drum - Nocturnal

    Thank you harls, kick 10 was a great starting point indeed!
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    Slappy Kick Drum - Nocturnal

    Thanks Paule, automation sounds good, I will try that, maybe a multiband comp will do it too. Don't get me wrong: I am not looking for the actual sample he used, I am more interested in how this particular sound can be achieved. I might not even be using this kind of kick sound, but I just...
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    Slappy Kick Drum - Nocturnal

    Hey guys, I am new to this forum, and I wonder if you could help me out with the following "problem". I am currently mixing for my band at home and focusing on drums. As we have no possibility to record those ourselfes, I am using ssd4 for drums. Now my question is kind of specific: I...