Another Superior 2.0 test

[Slate]

Ok here's a quick mix I did. Since everyone was going for the dry cracky snare I decided to get sassy and go for a deep and fatter snare with a nice chunk of room sound. If I have time later I can do a mix with a new dry cracky snare. Snares used are SlateCustomSnare (coming in 2.5) and Snare15. I should have asked for toms but since I didn't have them I didn't worry about them... Kick I stacked my two metal kicks, KICK5 and KICK15. I went a bit easier on the bass guitar lows since the bass was heavily limited... I also knocked out a tiny bit of 80Hz on the bass to let the kick come through. Guitars I just hipassed. I dig the kick sound, sounds metal to me.

first the guitar up mix:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix2.mp3

now the drum up mix:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix1.mp3

ok here is the cracky drier one... uses snares ToneDef and GreenSnare... kicks are same.. Kick 15 and 5:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix3.mp3

same snares, with a chestier kick made of ToneDef and Dream Kicks:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix5.mp3

 

[Djabthrash]

Ok here's a quick mix I did. Since everyone was going for the dry cracky snare I decided to get sassy and go for a deep and fatter snare with a nice chunk of room sound. If I have time later I can do a mix with a new dry cracky snare. Snares used are SlateCustomSnare (coming in 2.5) and Snare15. I should have asked for toms but since I didn't have them I didn't worry about them... Kick I stacked my two metal kicks, KICK5 and KICK15. I went a bit easier on the bass guitar lows since the bass was heavily limited... I also knocked out a tiny bit of 80Hz on the bass to let the kick come through. Guitars I just hipassed. I dig the kick sound, sounds metal to me.

first the guitar up mix:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix2.mp3

now the drum up mix:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix1.mp3

Sounds great. Can't wait to hear the dry cracky snare one though.

 

[TomAwesome]

Great track, and it keeps sounding better as the thread progresses!

 

[Slate]

ok here is the cracky drier one... uses snares ToneDef and GreenSnare... kicks are same.. Kick 15 and 5:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix3.mp3

and here is the deeper roomier snare consisting of SlateSnare, Snare15 with a nice heap of room:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix2.mp3

 

[Djabthrash]

ok here is the cracky drier one... uses snares ToneDef and GreenSnare... kicks are same.. Kick 15 and 5:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix3.mp3

and here is the deeper roomier snare consisting of SlateSnare, Snare15 with a nice heap of room:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix2.mp3

Totally in love with the cracky snare but the fatter snare works well also.

 

[Ermz]

Here's a version with Slate's 16Z1 kick and 12AZ1 Snare, with 15AZ4 ambience.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/d868e602-7256-40f9-b6eb-870fdb11480e/splatsong-mooniemix6

 

[Slate]

if you like that cracky snare version, check it again.. I fixed it. I was accidentally triggering the original "ref kick/snare" so it was clouding up the center a bit.. now its just my samples for kick and snare (this is a drum heavy mix):

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix3.mp3

and the deep fat one, a bit more guitar heavy of a mix:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo2/mix2.mp3

same snares, with a chestier kick made of ToneDef and Dream Kicks:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix5.mp3


Ermin snare12A also worked really well, nice job, very fat sounding.

 

[Djabthrash]

if you like that cracky snare version, check it again.. I fixed it. I was accidentally triggering the original "ref kick/snare" so it was clouding up the center a bit.. now its just my samples for kick and snare (this is a drum heavy mix):

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/mix3.mp3

'ight... sounds more Deftonish now

 

[TomAwesome]

I'm loving the sound of demo3/mix2!

 

[Splat88]

Thanks for all the work for those that contributed.

After listening, the kick I really like the best of all is the one Slate did on demo 3 mix 3. Slate, is that Kick 5 mixed with kick 15?

I like the original snare a lot better than anything I heard though. Its not an issue of quality; the Slate snares actually sound better alone, but the original snare just works better in the mix.

Thanks again you guys.

 

[Ermz]

Lots of 2-3kHz 'click' in that one.

I gotta say I think the Slate snares work better in this mix than the original, but of course snares come in so many different shapes, sizes, spectrums P) that it's a highly subjective thing. The original sounds like more of a 'djent' snare to me, and I'd expect to hear it in 'chugga-stop-chugga' kind of stuff.

I'm glad you settled on a kick sound you like though. Thanks again for giving us a chance to play around with the stems.

If you don't mind me asking, how did you process the bass? I always have trouble processing bass guitar properly and that one was a great starting point. Even if you could just share some rough compression settings, that'd be great..

 

[rvs0002]

Thanks for all the work for those that contributed.

After listening, the kick I really like the best of all is the one Slate did on demo 3 mix 3. Slate, is that Kick 5 mixed with kick 15?

I like the original snare a lot better than anything I heard though. Its not an issue of quality; the Slate snares actually sound better alone, but the original snare just works better in the mix.

Thanks again you guys.

Everyone did a nice job, but IMHO I don't think anything has beat your mix 5. I wouldn't stray too far from that as it is really a nice job of everything having it's place, and the kit blends very well with the rest of the instruments.

 

[Slate]

I was doing some tests for my forum guys with this tune and figured I'd post it... this is Snare12a (eqd with less highs and more mids) with ToneDef and Chili Kick:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/donk1.mp3

and same kicks with Snare11, also eq'd the same way:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo3/donk2.mp3