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[brianhood]

This is the tentative first mix that i will be sending out the band tomorrow. I want to get your opinions before sending it to them.


http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/536384/Gideon/V 1/Deadbolt.mp3


Please only leave comments about my mix. I'm not interested to know if you like the band or not.



Drums are real, guitars are pod xt, bass is direct with ampeg SVX plugin. Let me know if anyone wants more in depth details about the mix.

-brian



updated version:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/536384/Gideon/V 2/Deadbolt.mp3

 

[CatharsisStudios]

a BIT more bass and i think you got it. your other mixes are more crushing, sick drum sound btw. but yeah man its fucking sick

 

[Ola Englund]

Agree, couldn't hurt with just a touch of more bass. But it sounds really good! And the song was good aswell. Catchy!

 

[Unavailable]

+1 on the bass. The guitars seem kind of cloudy in the high mids. Sounds either like too much gain or too much presence?

 

[brianhood]

+1 on the bass. The guitars seem kind of cloudy in the high mids. Sounds either like too much gain or too much presence?

probably due to most of the parts having 4 high gain tracks. I couldnt decide whether to go with 2 high gain and 2 low gain, or 4 high gain. I thought the 4 high gain sounded better myself...

 

[The-Zeronaut]

sounds really good
but id bring down the vocals a little and bring up the snare a little little bit.


and more info on the mix would be awesome!!

p.s: if you make samples with that kick i will be your whore...seriously...

 

[brianhood]

sounds really good
but id bring down the vocals a little and bring up the snare a little little bit.


and more info on the mix would be awesome!!

p.s: if you make samples with that kick i will be your whore...seriously...

haha as much as i would like you to be my whore, i used slate samples, so i cant really send them to you. You can purchase them from his website though! I'm sure he would love you to be his manwhore haha

The kick is kick 10 z1 sample at -10% pitch in drumagog. here is the eq settings i used on it. If you can't see the settings very well, save the pic to your computer and zoom in alot. Photobucket likes to shrink down the size of my pics

Vox are AT3035 through waves c1 compressor set at -40 thresh, 20:1 ratio, .1 attack, 50 release and like 20 or 30db of makeup gain.

All reverb was done with D-verb.

Overheads were a pair of Rode NT5's through digi 003+ rack pre. No hi hat mic(never found the need for one). OH compression is -23 thres, 2.3:1 ratio, .1 attack and 30 release.


here is my gtr chain

the noise gate is there just because these were the pre edited/reamped tracks, and i didnt feel like going back through and cleaning up all the crap between the breakdowns and other guitar pauses.


Let me know if there are any other specific details about the recording you want to know.

 

[2000ContourSVT]

Sounds pretty good. I like the drum sounds but a lot of the fills sound really fake. I agree that the guitars have some mids to them that sound a little weird, but overall the guitar tone is pretty good. Nice job, and the song is pretty cool too.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

The snare is getting lost in the high energy parts.

I agree with the vocals being a TOUCH loud.
Other than that sounds good.

 

[brianhood]

here is the updated version

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/536384/Gideon/V 2/Deadbolt.mp3

I turned up the bass a bit, turned the vox down a couple db, turned the snare up, adjusted the eq of the 3rd and 4th track guitars so they weren't so harsh sounding.
I also boosted the overall volume a bit

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Sounds good dude.

Much easier to listen to now, and the song's pretty cool too I suppose.

 

[Pxz]

Damm sounds good dude, diamond plate amp on the pod ? sounds preety convencing
What snare is that ?
Bass could use a little bit more grit but thats a personal preference, i think is spot on as it is

 

[brianhood]

Damm sounds good dude, diamond plate amp on the pod ? sounds preety convencing
What snare is that ?
Bass could use a little bit more grit but thats a personal preference, i think is spot on as it is

yup thats the diamondplate

i completely forgot which snare i used. I renamed all of them in drumagog to make it easier for me to determine which to use for certain types of music. I'll have to go in and look at what number it is. i do remember that i raised the pitch of it by 8% in drumagog though