Hey guys, I'm really hesitant for anyone to listen to this yet as it's work in progress, but need some help with a harmonizing dilemma. Please excuse the quality of these clips, I haven't started to actually mix yet, this is just so I can get the DI's ready for reamp. Excuse the cheesy keyboard too, that's a work in process. Also, it's just running through the revalver demo, so the little silence cutout happens a couple times. Man, that's alot of excusing..lol
We're messing with having some parts in this riff harmonized. It's the beginning verse to one of our songs. Both versions have the end lick harmonized, the second version though has the entire blast beat harmonized. I want to get some opinions as to whether or not having the blast beat harmonized sounds ok though as that's what we were leaning towards doing. Honest opinions and criticism are welcomed.
Regular Version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4740474/What%20Lies%20In%20Shadows%20-%20Verse%20Riff%20Regular.mp3
Blast Beat Harmonized:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4740474/What%20Lies%20In%20Shadows%20-%20Verse%20Riff%20Harmonized.mp3
This has a similar structure to the Still Remains song Kelsey (First half of riff non harmonized, second half is). However, their harmonizing doesn't seem to stick out like a sore thumb and seems smoother. It's there, but it's more subtle. I'm trying to figure out how the hell they have it layered. When I listen to just one headphone, I can hear both the regular riff and harmony clearly in each side. Which I think means they have it quad layered like this:
GTR1A - 100 Left
GTR2A (Harmony) - 70-100 Left
GTR1B - 100 Right
GTR2B (Harmony) - 70-100 Right
I always thought you'd want to keep both of Guitar 1 tracks to the left and both Guitar 2 (Harmony) tracks to the right. Or is it possible they have the regular riff quad tracked and the harmony on a 5th and 6th track? Any ideas?
I've attached a clip of that section of the song below.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4740474/Still_Remains_Kelsey.mp3
We're messing with having some parts in this riff harmonized. It's the beginning verse to one of our songs. Both versions have the end lick harmonized, the second version though has the entire blast beat harmonized. I want to get some opinions as to whether or not having the blast beat harmonized sounds ok though as that's what we were leaning towards doing. Honest opinions and criticism are welcomed.
Regular Version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4740474/What%20Lies%20In%20Shadows%20-%20Verse%20Riff%20Regular.mp3
Blast Beat Harmonized:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4740474/What%20Lies%20In%20Shadows%20-%20Verse%20Riff%20Harmonized.mp3
This has a similar structure to the Still Remains song Kelsey (First half of riff non harmonized, second half is). However, their harmonizing doesn't seem to stick out like a sore thumb and seems smoother. It's there, but it's more subtle. I'm trying to figure out how the hell they have it layered. When I listen to just one headphone, I can hear both the regular riff and harmony clearly in each side. Which I think means they have it quad layered like this:
GTR1A - 100 Left
GTR2A (Harmony) - 70-100 Left
GTR1B - 100 Right
GTR2B (Harmony) - 70-100 Right
I always thought you'd want to keep both of Guitar 1 tracks to the left and both Guitar 2 (Harmony) tracks to the right. Or is it possible they have the regular riff quad tracked and the harmony on a 5th and 6th track? Any ideas?
I've attached a clip of that section of the song below.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4740474/Still_Remains_Kelsey.mp3
