Harry Wilson "Pure Steel" feat. Lee Turner (ex Panic Cell

[MetalJonesy]

Hey guys,

Ive just completed this tune for a mate of mine, i did the reamping mixing and mastering. The guitars, bass and drums were all tracked elsewhere and i wasn't there to over see, however i know the mics used.

The drummer btw used to be in one of my favourite british metal bands - Panic Cell!!

Was all done in 5 days so i don't think it's the best i could have done however, for the deadline its fine!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/369408/Pure Steel.mp3

 

[Felix Neumann]

Like I said on facebook, this is absolutely brilliant. Can you answer some questions about the drum tracking?

-How much mics were used?
-What kind of mics?
-Replacement?
-Any special note/experience about the drum tracking, you wanna share?

 

[MetalJonesy]

Kick - RE27
Snare SM57
Toms Shure PG series
Overheads Joe Meek JM27's i believe

totally replaced the whole kit (apart from overheads of course) as the drum kit sound (both tuning and micing were terrible to work with, no definition!

thats about all i know from the drum tracking session!

 

[Felix Neumann]

Thank you very much, indeed. Yeah one good thing about replacement is, It´s not needed to change the drumheads that often..an advantage!

 

[MetalJonesy]

well its not even that the drum heads were old i don't think (i love old drum heads, really dead sounding) theres was just no tone unfortunately! oh well, i have a feeling that I'd have blended more if i recorded the kit.

 

[MetalJonesy]

no one else here?

 

[Jaymz]

Sounds good chappy!

 

[MetalJonesy]

THANK YOU TED!!!

 

[Felix Neumann]

(i love old drum heads, really dead sounding

I once had a drummer in the studio who wanted to put some towels on the drumheads, to get the typical 60´s Ringo sound. The snare we have simply reversed and it sounded like an original ludwig snare.

 

[MetalJonesy]

felix, thats my method you know! helps with the transients and less bleed on the overheads!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/369408/Fall In Line.mp3

 

[The-Zeronaut]

Sounds good!!
drums a little "clicky" for my tastes

 

[lolzgreg]

This mix has great seperation. I wish the guitars could have been a tiny bit more saturated on the palm mutes.

If the snare was a bit less loud, slightly less cracky, and had a bit more body, it would be perfect.

The rest of the drum sounds are fantastic.

Overall, this is an excellent mix.

 

[Felix Neumann]

felix, thats my method you know! helps with the transients and less bleed on the overheads!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/369408/Fall In Line.mp3

Awesome!

Your drums sounds excellent. Congrats for reaching this. Recording drums is like an endless story for me, even after years of experience it´s still possible to improve it.

I played/recorded this 2009 as a soundtest, I only replaced the snare and the kick. It works pretty well in the mix. It´s quiet and not much compressed though.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2414899/Drums_2009.mp3

 

[MetalJonesy]

This mix has great seperation. I wish the guitars could have been a tiny bit more saturated on the palm mutes.

If the snare was a bit less loud, slightly less cracky, and had a bit more body, it would be perfect.

The rest of the drum sounds are fantastic.

Overall, this is an excellent mix.

Thanks Greg! I guess thats my mixing style, punchy, clicky drums. I always seem to undergain my guitars (saturation wise) maybe by accident as i don't do it on purose! ill deffo look into smoothing them off in my next mix!

thanks all for the feedback.. helps me for my next mix!

Awesome!

Your drums sounds excellent. Congrats for reaching this. Recording drums is like an endless story for me, even after years of experience it´s still possible to improve it.

Cheers Felix!!

 

[MetalJonesy]

Felix, that sounds pretty decent.. those toms! haha they sound like samples! nice work!

 

[Felix Neumann]

Felix, that sounds pretty decent.. those toms! haha they sound like samples! nice work!

When you say, those toms sounded like samples, I take it as a compliment Thank you very much, Jonesy!

 

[MetalJonesy]

yeah as a complement dude!

 

[Felix Neumann]

yeah as a complement dude!

Btw I also dig your guitar sound A LOT! You should get a lot more attention here imo.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Sounds balanced and ballsy, good job. Really cool song, too! I, for one, have a perversion for loud snares, so that doesn't bother me

 

[thedonutman]

Great mix, great song.

Is that a Slate kick?