fucking TRIALS...raw mean and menacing

[ATLA]

nuno are you listening on cans or speakers? on my cans the guitars are above the rest of the mix a tad, but on my desktop speakers they sound fine.

 

[53Crëw]

Wow. Sounds great, Lasse. I like the acoustic bit at the end as well.

 

[mts1979]

I think it sucks.

 

[lolzgreg]

The guitars are insane Lasse! I would watch the fizz on the top a tiny bit considering how clean the mix is otherwise.

I'm getting a kind of Soilwork vibe on the drums, and I love it.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I think it sucks.

yeah, so do I...but that's mainly cause the band sucks

 

[Morgan C]

Man you HAVE to reveal how you get this type of snare. You keep nailing it! Tuning? Heads? Mic'ing?! Details and samples naoooo!

Mix-wise.. guitars are insane. That snare sounds REALLY sampled tho, surely more than 20%? And the kick too! Fucking AWESOME drummer if it is only 20%. I would back off on the room decay of the snare, I think its just a bit too much. Could have a bit more ring to it? And the drums as a whole are quite boxy, too much room around 400hz methinks.

Would love a dirty or clangy bass under this, as someone said, and raise + brighten the OHs.

The clean vocals sound really out of place :/ Maybe put some synths there to help them out? I'm not sure.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

well, the problem with how I'm getting this snare is that it's causing some negative side effect (little dynamic, raised room/tail)....I'm using parallel compression....and a metric fuckton of that! like 20-25 dB compression until the parallel track it pretty much only nasty ringing (some massive EQ also)....then I've blended in some sample (I think it was Snare2 of my pack...not sure, but I think 2 was the ringy one).

 

[Nuno Filipe]

nuno are you listening on cans or speakers? on my cans the guitars are above the rest of the mix a tad, but on my desktop speakers they sound fine.

I listened in my monitors. This is without a doubt a good mix and the guitars sound huge but I dont like that honkyness/boxyness kind of sound. It´s just preferences, nothing more

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

Honestly, I too feel the rhythm guitars are too loud, especially since the drums sound so freakin' awesome; I dig the tone though, just think it could get pushed down like 2-3 dB, it's kinda overwhelming right now IMO - love the sound and tones of everything though, especially the snare!

EDIT: And dropping the guitars would probably make the bass more prominent as well, which would rule And I assume this is quad-tracked, how far out are the inner ones panned? Sounds like 80L/80R? (think I'd prefer 90L/90R, but probably wouldn't be as noticeable if the overall level were lower)

 

[mts1979]

Make it sound more like this:

 

[shogger]

Wow, Lasse!!! Love the guitars, love the drums, great mix so far. You know your shit very well.

Shogger

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Make it sound more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lByTXCfFMtI

I'm trying to mate, I'm trying to

 

[Djabthrash]

Make it sound more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lByTXCfFMtI

Haha, i love Body Count but that last album has the most demo-ish feel ever

And i'm talking about a ghetto-sounding kind of demo, not the "sounds better than most albums released nowadays" sound quality some guys on this forum can pull !

And the songs suck so much, which doesn't help either

 

[mts1979]

Agreed. That last Body Count album was not nearly up to the high standards set by "Cop Killer" or "Born Dead."

 

[Djabthrash]

Agreed. That last Body Count album was not nearly up to the high standards set by "Cop Killer" or "Born Dead."

AGREED. Though their 3rd album, "violent demise : the last days" was great IMO (my fav being Born Dead).

Now back to the topic : this mix is great, and that song is just badass (love the opening part and the acoustic ending also).

Still i agree with some of the comments that had been made : guitars are a bit too empowering in the mix (listening on my cheap speakers that i'm used to), i wish there was more bass mid-range too.
I can see how one can relate to Soilwork when it comes to that drums sound. Not a huge fan myself. Sounds also a bit Tue Madsen, in a less heavily compressed/clicky agressive way IMO.
(check out Eyeless - enemies inside of me http://www.myspace.com/eyeless)
EDIT : actually i think it's because the riff/part is somewhat similar, and not much the drums sound, nevermind

Also, Lasse, when you say you hardly blended any samples, what was your "source material" ? Was it the same we can hear on the previous mix of the song the band posted like on year ago on their myspace ? Or did they record that song again and submitted you new tracks to work with ?
I am asking because i think the original version was just perfect and amazing sounding

Finally, i agree that band kicks ass, been listening to their songs they've been posting so far a lot.

 

[JoeJackson]

Mix sounds awesome ...
Whole song reminds me of Testaments Gathering

 

[Lasse Lammert]

-.....

I agree that the old version sounded great, too!
Band likes this one better though (so do I )....tastes...

about the guitars being too loud: FUCK YOUS!!!

 

[gabriel g.]

no way the guitars are too loud!!!!!

everything sounds perfect...

 

[GeertSamuel]

I think this sounds awesome, except for the voice my grandpa can do better.....the mix is ace Lasse!

 

[GarethSE]

I'd have to agree that the guitars are a tad too loud. Great apart from that though!