Do you think you have a signature sound?

[Let it burn...]

You know, is there anything you do on a track or on the master buss that nobody else is doing but you stick to it and do it on every track? Or is there a compressor/EQ that you always use on a certain track?

-I always add a waves api 2500 to the snare, it's becoming an automation and I'm just too lazy to try out other stuff.
-I always use waves rverb small room preset on the snare and the overall drum
-I raise the volume of my overheads until it nearly starts clipping

-Most of the time, I re-amp the bass guitar through my proco vintage rat into Revalver II with the "Ampeg 8x10 and Eden 4x10" plugins.
-I leave lead guitars untouched most of the time, just some cutting at 4.5/5 khz and 250hz

 

[everybody's x]

is "suck" a signature?
then yes I do

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I make everything sound crap

EDIT: everybody's x beat me to it.

 

[Fifth_Horseman]

I don't know how to mix, therefore I leave everything untouched except for panning.
So everything I do sounds raw until I send it off to someone experienced to be mixed and mastered.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Yeah and I wish I could change (my mixes sound the same).

More plugs might do the trick but I is br0ked.

The only saving grace is the fact that different istruments and vocals are used each time.

 

[kev]

nope, the sound of me taking a slash is probably more appealing lol

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Apparently from what I've been told way too many times (I don't understand why) I have a distinct signature in my mixes but nobody has been able to point out what it is yet...

 

[jesterroot4]

yah i have one and yes its shit!

my secrets are...
DFHS sound like shit most the time, i need more practice with it.
guitars through wagner sharp or amplitube 2. with sir (suks)

i'll post examples soon

 

[punkrockacademyfightsong]

i guess my signatue sound is kinda like this:

-snare too fuckin dry (no tone, just body and attack)
-guitars too middy and not enough gain for most (guitarplayers) taste
-i always roommic the guitars too, if i mix someone else's stuff i simulate it, i need it!
-fuckin loud!

 

[Chryst Krispies]

I have a few samples that I use almost all the time. It's getting to be just automatic. Gotta get that outta my system I reckon.

 

[TheDude]

I compress everything too much.

 

[KeithRT99]

i think everyone has a signature sound, regardless of them trying to have one or not. The more i mix and listen to things i mix, the more i notice when things sound the similar.

 

[Seizure.]

What you listen too also affects your mixes most of the time

 

[broken81]

Yes i do and unfortunately it sucks!

 

[bamesjond]

-I always use waves rverb small room preset on the snare and the overall drum

Yeah me 2...

I think everyones mixes sounds different, good, bad or worse... My mixes, I have never been satisfied with any of my mixes, that's why I always mix my own projects...

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Personally, I try to find the sound of the band and work with that.

 

[Seizure.]

Yep, but even then i nottice this:

Kick and snare allways got a similar sound alot of stuff i do, i also use the same verb en compression most of the time, but hey.. it works..
Bass sound seems to be a thing i do differently then others or something..
And i useally put my overheads fucking loud haha.. i want to hear that shit!

 

[Erik Monsonis]

I have my own signature sound I'm proud of
I've been told many times about that.

It may be that I like to abuse of the mid frequencies on guitars and bass, and the symphonic stuff.
Also songwriting wise I've been told about my "signature" sound.

I think having a unique sound is great and make us special.

 

[KeithRT99]

Personally, I try to find the sound of the band and work with that.

You can make a band sound the way they do, but still end up with a mix that has that "Oz touch". It's not necessarily a concious decision to make a mix with your stamp on it.

I don't mean this negatively, but all of your mixes have a "signature" sound to them, even if you aren't intentionally mixing them that way. If i did a blind test with mixes from people on this forum, i could probably tell who mixed them. Little things in everyones mixes tend to give away who mixed it.

i think oz, cjwall, LSD-studio, Blackneonbob, and others have very distinct mixing styles. It might have something to do with what equipment/plug ins, etc. everyone uses to mix, but i think even if everyone used the same gear all the mixes would still sound like who mixed them.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Tue, and Nordstrom both have a wicked sig sound just noticing I am.
Hah excuse my Yoda speak.

Tue's projects have a very signature cutting guitar sound that I fricken love. And I love how all of Nordstrom's drum sounds are so ....Nordstrom hah.