Ascendancy

[Disconnekt]

Hey Andy, awesome mix and master on Trivium's Ascendancy... I saw them several times last year when I was living in Orlando, and you definitely do them justice.

Did you reamp the guitars or use the tracks from Audiohammer? If you did reamp, what did you use?

 

[Andy Sneap]

Yes reamped everything, including bass. Used 5150 and Peavey firebass 700 rig

 

[commandante]

What is Audiohammer?

 

[axeman720]

audio hammer is producer jason suecofs studio.

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

yeah i bought this CD yesterday and the mix is awesome, nice one andy.

 

[commandante]

Thanks for clearing it up.

 

[Matt Smith]

I agree, it does sound killer. I picked it up at lunch today.

Andy, I'd be interested to know how you go about choosing an amp in this type of situation, and which amp you reach for under what circumstances.

Is it based solely on what the mix needs? I.E. "These guitars don't have enough midrange presence. I'll try the 5150." or "The guitars need a thicker bottom end; I'll try the Rectifier."

Or is it based on the style of riffing and the specific guitar parts? "This kind of band would sound good with a Krank-type tone."

Or something else?

I know it's more of an instinctive thing than a scientific process or whatever, but I'm just curious about how you approach it and how you know what to reach for first in a given situation.

Thanks,

 

[Kazrog]

Just bought it on iTunes today... amazing sound!

 

[Andy Sneap]

yeah it kinda depends on whats needed, actually I can't remember if it was a 5150 or a boogie now...how bad is that , it was only a few weeks ago. I told these guys to use emg's before we started and I was ignored, so it was a real struggle with the gtrs, as even if you are reamping, if the pick up is weak, its not going to be great, and there was a real 2k spike in the gtrs I was fighting all through the mix...oh well. I think it came out good though, people seem to be liking it, I'm a bit burnt with it cause I was going back and forth with the label on mixes (too many outside opinions) and would you believe due to a mistake at the plant, they pressed my favourite (not the labels favourite) mixes. Quite rare those sort of mistakes go in your favour.

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Just bought it on iTunes today... amazing sound!

I never saw the point of that. If i want an album i buy it, I want the actual cd!

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

yeah it kinda depends on whats needed, actually I can't remember if it was a 5150 or a boogie now...how bad is that , it was only a few weeks ago. I told these guys to use emg's before we started and I was ignored, so it was a real struggle with the gtrs, as even if you are reamping, if the pick up is weak, its not going to be great, and there was a real 2k spike in the gtrs I was fighting all through the mix...oh well. I think it came out good though, people seem to be liking it, I'm a bit burnt with it cause I was going back and forth with the label on mixes (too many outside opinions) and would you believe due to a mistake at the plant, they pressed my favourite (not the labels favourite) mixes. Quite rare those sort of mistakes go in your favour.

Haha thats awesome!

Is the nevermore finished yet btw?

 

[commandante]

I'm a bit burnt with it cause I was going back and forth with the label on mixes (too many outside opinions) and would you believe due to a mistake at the plant, they pressed my favourite (not the labels favourite) mixes. Quite rare those sort of mistakes go in your favour.

I am glad it was not ROADRUNNER'S mix that went through! Ugh, Roadrunner... Anyways soundwise I love the album, especially the guitar tone. But on the other hand these guys are reinventing the wheel all over again. Except pull harder on the strings of your martyr there is not one song I really like on the album. The first half of the album is like Shadows Fall 2.0 with influence from post-Clayman In Flames hrown in for the second half.

 

[commandante]

Had to post this!

 

[unsilpauly]

sounds really good andy. keep up the great work!

 

[Andy Sneap]

god!! I look totally bolloxed there, note to oneself, must shave more often.
No Nevermore isn't done yet, getting there, up against it as we have a playback party in London tomorrow night and we have 5 songs completely tracked, nothing mixed, so its going to be 5 songs for the press tomorrow. It wasn't my idea!!

 

[Kazrog]

Amazing that these are not EMGs, Andy. These guitars sound incredible!

Hopkins - the thing I like about iTunes is that it's instant gratification. I wanted to get the new Trivium album, and one click later I was listening to it. Nothing beats that for me.

I do, however, wish that they would start providing PDF versions of the packaging. How cool would that be?

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Amazing that these are not EMGs, Andy. These guitars sound incredible!

Hopkins - the thing I like about iTunes is that it's instant gratification. I wanted to get the new Trivium album, and one click later I was listening to it. Nothing beats that for me.

I do, however, wish that they would start providing PDF versions of the packaging. How cool would that be?

Well thats fair enough I guess... what bitrate do they supply them in anyhow?

Anything less than 256 odd and i wouldn't think it'd be worth the money.

 

[Kazrog]

Well thats fair enough I guess... what bitrate do they supply them in anyhow?

Anything less than 256 odd and i wouldn't think it'd be worth the money.

128Kbps AAC format, which uses mp4 compression. The quality is on par with 256kbps mp3 or better, plus smaller file size.

 

[The Andreyp]

i have both - 5150 & mesa. i guess - mesa can give you such high-mid range

 

[P-E]

^ This thread dates from 2005 dude.