Hardcore Song

[foundations]

I created a song for my band, i recorded and mixed it in cubase 5. The Guitar and bass were tracked using pod farm and jus using dynamic processing to sculpt the sound to my taste, all guitars are double tracked (except bass)

I am trying to achieve a "for the fallen dreams" style sound, i used a lot of reverse cymbals/snares and bass drops to try and boost the main transitions and you may notice a few different effects will be used on the guitars when there are more than 2 guitars playing or when there are high notes played between transitions

The drums are just samples and i dragged each hit to the apropriate point in the cubase live set.

Here is the youtube video with the song



PLease leave any critiscism or praise either on this forum or preferably on the youtube video itself.

 

[Revelation7069]

Either your overheads or your hat mic is too high. Guitars need some more ballZ. I like the kick though. Kinda sounds like American Me haha but pretty good mix considering this is your >10 post. If you ever pass through New Jersey and need to record let me know.

 

[foundations]

i did not make the samples man xd, and any idea of how i can get the "more ballz" you speak of? xd
and cheers, im trying to get a for the fallen dreams type of sound

 

[christopher ridley]

"any idea of how i can get the "more ballz" you speak of?"

lol

240hz

 

[Ionei]

Fuck those cymbal sounds are bad haha.
What are you using to program the drums?
In desperate need of new samples and some randomization of the velocities.

 

[foundations]

what does everyone think of my bass drops and reverse cymbals/snares, any pointers on those?

 

[foundations]

would apreiate some more responses guys, any critiscism is welcome

 

[oroinvictus]

Cymbals are way too loud. The reverse snares are pretty cool. Guitars definitely need some more gain and more meat.

 

[kerekes94]

I think you're a little too concerned about the effects rather than the actual way the song sounds. Reverse cymbals/snares, etc. will not sound cool if the whole mix does not sound good overall.

If you are trying to stick with programmed drums, I'd say buy addictive drums (ezdrummer sounds way too fake), buy SSD samples, and buy drumagog. Your drums will sound natural, and punchy with the right eq's/compressions added onto it.

As for guitars, record 2 tracks for each guitarist, one track will be high gain, and the other will be low. After finishing recording guitars (there should be 4 guitar tracks total), pan, and mix to taste.

Turn your bass guitar up also.

I like to put "exciter" on a lot of my drum tracks to make them punchy.

Practice makes perfect!

 

[oroinvictus]

kerekes94 speaks truth.

 

[mstone564]

Your guitars sound alright, but that kit is nasty (in a bad way).

Get Superior 2 if you can.

 

[kernelxsanders]

As for guitars, record 2 tracks for each guitarist, one track will be high gain, and the other will be low. After finishing recording guitars (there should be 4 guitar tracks total), pan, and mix to taste.

Turn your bass guitar up also.

I like to put "exciter" on a lot of my drum tracks to make them punchy.

Practice makes perfect!

could you go into a little more detail as to the amount of gain/pan/etc for each track? im pretty new to recording guitar for higher quality and im looking to get a really clear, heavy sound. and what is "exciter"?

 

[xTomx]

This ISN'T hardcore, this is scene kid metal. Listen to Outbreak

 

[dasbrootal]

This ISN'T hardcore, this is scene kid metal. Listen to Outbreak

+1

by the way, i see you're using sn10s. how do you like them?

 

[gabriel g.]

This ISN'T hardcore, this is scene kid metal. Listen to Outbreak

+1

 

[Virgil.]

Crabcore Song

fixed.

 

[foundations]

wow! I thought this forum wouldant be full of people intent on having a fucking genre war of whos the biggest metalest meathead band to listen to or whats scene or not, i thought a forum like this would actualy have people listening to the stuf and taking it for what it is, rather than just slagging stuf off coz its not the style of music they like. the community here is exactly the same as the youtube community, (unhelpful and arrogant)

luckily i have been posting videos on the internet for years and after getting 500 000 views ive learnt that people do love to argue the fucking scene thing over and over again, ive been listening to heavy music since i was 8 years old (same time i started playing guitar) and ive got a music collection of well over 3000 songs, i like a wide range of music from megadeth / black dahlia murder / for the fallen dreams / darkest hour / behemoth / mors principium est / asking alexandria / enter shikari / heart of a coward. and it seems that no matter which genre u pick of all those styles of music there is always a troller wanting to argue the same fucking points over and over again. "metalcore is for fags" "hardcore is scene" "death metal is just noise" "melodic death metal is pussy music compared to death metal" "crabcore this/scene kid that" "i hate breakdowns". it gets kinda boring coz weve heard it all before. would it be too much to ask for people to understand that there is more than 1 style of music out there and just accept everything for what it is?

 

[xFkx]

you're quite entertaining, carry on.