drop A# - how's this sound?

[SoloDan]

Guitars are Dirthead, EQ'd up the ass. Four rhythm tracks, two lead, and another two lead for the solo. Addictive drums. Bass is DI with a little boost.
First time using more than just four tracks because I figured I needed to add lead tracks to make the rhythm ones thicker.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/850201/The Sunrise Will Burn Our Eyes-01.mp3

 

[SoloDan]

Nothing at all?

 

[Unavailable]

It's only been about an hour dude. Patience.

Anyways, I had a quick listen. Sounds like you squashed it too hard.

 

[colynomial]

Cool track man, I dig the guitar tone.

To my ears the stereo field seems kind of narrow though? Could just be a personal preference thing but it feels like you could pan the guits a little wider... I'm sure other people will have better insight than me though about the rest of the mix...

 

[AeternusEternus]

Definitely squashed, but, what the hell is up with the low end? I feel like I'm hearing an obnoxious bass frequency I've never heard before. It's almost toneless, just pure woofiness.

 

[SoloDan]

The low end is probably my failed attempt at putting in sub drops.

 

[Wolfeman]

Is this quad tracked? It kinda sounds like it and I think it would sound better just a single take on each side....
Or maybe it's just the squashiness making me think that.

 

[Habsburgs]

Catchy song

 

[Metaltastic]

I feel like I'm hearing an obnoxious bass frequency I've never heard before. It's almost toneless, just pure woofiness.

I think it's an extreme sorta woof from a super-loose kick drum; I can tell it follows the pulse of the kick. Actually the sub-drops work pretty well IMO!

 

[lordtech]

ive tried using dirthead last time in my mix. I have a problem when i rendered the mix, my DI tracks with the dirthead vst will sound clean as if it got bypass or sumthin. Only experienced this sort of thing with dirthead. u guys experience any of this as well?

 

[everdrone]

Sounds like you eqed the bassdrum for thumps in da trunk low rider bass boom car system...

Your bassdrum needs a low frequency cut at 40hz or so. You need to separate out the bass and guitar. I make shelves for guitar at 120hz and then skim the top for vocals at 1000hz. for bass 50-375. That will tighten up your mix. Guitar tone is pretty cool, Im working on mine, cheers :beerchug:

 

[alan1990]

I think it's an extreme sorta woof from a super-loose kick drum; I can tell it follows the pulse of the kick. Actually the sub-drops work pretty well IMO!

+1 he is using the addictive drums kick and its realy boomy

 

[elmoe]

+1 he is using the addictive drums kick and its realy boomy

but thats his fault, AD is not boomy at all. The bass tone is very loose too.

 

[Sickan]

You should really experiment more with the sustain and release on the kick, I would recommend it being at least under 70ms (sustain and kick together).

 

[88mph]

Yeah, it's bass. When you're doin' the bass slide, I can hear that low end boomines. Try putting an simple amp vst and some comp on bass. Guitar tone sounds good to my ears (except the palm mute arpeggio parts)

 

[SoloDan]

ive tried using dirthead last time in my mix. I have a problem when i rendered the mix, my DI tracks with the dirthead vst will sound clean as if it got bypass or sumthin. Only experienced this sort of thing with dirthead. u guys experience any of this as well?

When I load up any project file that has dirthead, all the tracks reset back to the green channel ("clean"). I just turn them back on when I load up the project. All I can say is try making sure the dirthead tracks are set the red channel right before you render.

Although I have yet to fully experience this notorious low end woof, I can safely say it's probably the bass. Its a really simple chain that is basically just an EQ and an overdrive. I've never had this issue before, I'm assuming it's because it's all in A#. Damn frequencies. I'll see if I can fix it.

 

[kuno45]

nice song dude

I like the heavy riff

 

[Omtra]

Really like the song. Cant comment on mix yet, cuz i still cant get smth even close to this