First attempt at southern type metal (MOTS)

[Laneismusic]

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6418015/facebook%20bitch.mp3

NOT southern. sorry bout that haha
Drums: Superior Drummer 2.0 (metal foundry)
Guitar 1: Panned left 35% Podfarm>channel EQ>limiter>high pass? (I think)
Guitar 2: Panned right 35% Podfarm>channel EQ>limiter>high pass? (i think)
Bass: Center (Podfarm>Compressor(a lot)>limiter>Channel EQ
Vox: Center (Preamp>limiter>EQ)

Stereo out: EQ>limiter>OZONE (some preset that really made it big, tube saturation maybe?) forgot the name..

Anyways I really like this, but i've only done a few mixes so critique me however you want. I don't really know how to "edit" guitars fully. But what i did was make my drum track, then record one guitar and cut, cut, cut, cut, move, cut, and move even more until everything was perfect, at least to me. Then I would continue recording the next guitar following the same steps afterwards. Last was bass.

Both of the guitars have the same amp models and what not on Podfarm. I was really uneasy about changing the tones for each one because I was afraid I will lose the big tone, and go back to having a flat "high" gain tone. But once again, tell me what you think.

 

[DanLights]

Again, where is the southern? Don't really get it.

Guitars sound waaayy too "amp sim" ish in a not good way to my ears, probably too scooped for my taste also, and too much bass boom in the last part (coming from the guitars, I think)

 

[SentencedToBurn]

yea sounds way to harsh.

and this sounds like typical deathcore. not southern at all.

 

[Emdprodukt]

why do you pan guitars by 35? Hard pan left and right for the win.

edit: guitars sound fizzy and digital.

Read this: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/427135-impulse-faq.html

Download this to start: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2932654/Impulse.rar

Then buy: http://recabi.net/site/ and this http://www.redwirez.com/

First step to get a better guitar sound. And never ever put a questionmark behind "high pass". You want to put high and low pass to the guitars. ALWAYS.

 

[Laneismusic]

What do ya'll recomend as far as my settings and/or signal chain for my guitars? That's something I really need input on.

 

[Emdprodukt]

What do ya'll recomend as far as my settings and/or signal chain for my guitars? That's something I really need input on.

I just gave you 4 links that will improve your sound a lot. Deactivate the cabsim in podfarm, put a plugin behind it that can handle impulses (Poulin Le Cab is awesome and FREE!) and be amazed. Next step would be recording real amps and cabs!

 

[Zack Uidl]

What do ya'll recomend as far as my settings and/or signal chain for my guitars? That's something I really need input on.

Did you not read the post before yours?

 

[Laneismusic]

oh shit, i thought it was like a list of his gear or whatever. awesome. So I have a Line 6 with V-30's.. would that be good?

 

[ruonitb]

You shouldn't put something like ozone on a mix if the mix itself isn't sounding good and if you don't know what you are doing.

Concentrate on making the mix sound good without ozone first.

Play around with the impulses...no one can tell you what kind of combination is going to sound good in your mix with your gear.

And definitely pan the guitars hard left/right or about 90/90...but not 35/35.

 

[Emdprodukt]

oh shit, i thought it was like a list of his gear or whatever. awesome. So I have a Line 6 with V-30's.. would that be good?

you should read my thread and click the links. it will explain everything you need to know for now and will make you busy for days.

 

[DanLights]

do all that has been told, and stop saying you do southern metal while you're at it

 

[Laneismusic]

I tried tweaking the guitars some, this is what I got. I put a high pass at 90hz and a low pass at 12000hz.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6418015/this is brutaliy.mp3

 

[Emdprodukt]

WAY better.

 

[Laneismusic]

WAY better.

Awesome... I know it's no where near to perfect. But i feel really good about this mix... Just got into recording last year in9th grade; I feel like i've improved so much, lol

 

[GlassJaw_]

still rough on the ears. A tighter sound would be better. your learnin!

 

[Laneismusic]

still rough on the ears. A tighter sound would be better. your learnin!

rough on the ears? like, I EQ'd the lows too much? Or what? And for that "tighter sound". is it all in the guitars? how should I go about getting that?