Heavy Acacia Strain like band

[PeterPaul760]

Wrapped this mix/master up yesterday, pretty stoked on it. Don't mind the room mic intro.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21182972/SUBMISSIONER - FORGIVEN.mp3

 

[IBmixin]

this sounds awesome! heavy as hell and detailed. i would love a run down of how you got all the tones if you had the time, and ever wanted to share. love your work man. keep it up

 

[ValleyStudios]

what kick and snare of yours is that?

 

[oroinvictus]

Sounds pretty sweet to me! I dig the track and the mix a lot.

 

[PeterPaul760]

Kick is LSD, snare is my ddrum dominion snare that I have available on my website, toms are from the kit, natural overheads blended with samples of his cymbals for a bit more consistency. Guitars were 6505 > mesa OS straight slant cab > sm57 > art MPA II pre > daw. Bass was a blend of a few things, vox was a sterling audio st51 LDC

 

[tsunamistar]

LOL AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, YO THIS IS SO SHIT. THEN BAM LOL FUCKIGN GREAT

 

[tsunamistar]

how did you get the guitars to sound so huge?

 

[PeterPaul760]

The bass ^^^

 

[mstone564]

HOLY crap sounds so huge, dude! The intro reminded me a Acacia's "Terminated."

 

[PeterPaul760]

I agree haha, or some Ion Dissonance songs

 

[oroinvictus]

how did you get the guitars to sound so huge?

+1

 

[mstone564]

how did you get the guitars and bass to gel so nicely?

Fixed.

 

[IBmixin]

any post processing on the guitar/bass? did you layer a sine wave underneath the bass?

 

[PeterPaul760]

Fixed.

Just some slight EQ and taking the time to find tones that worked together and with the drum mix. I didn't have much processing on the gtr's and bass. Guitars were just filtered, a small and narrow cut around 300hz and some slight MB comping to control any low end bulk, and of course, a limiter. Bass was limited, cut around 300 and 500hz, rBass to give it some sub, no sine wave trick, I actually have never tried the sine trick.

 

[alec16]

sounds a lot better than Death Is The Only Mortal

 

[PeterPaul760]

Maybe I can mix their next record haha I WISH. But DL actually ended up liking this band, I sent him their last song after he had asked for it.

 

[alec16]

that's fucking sick, I think their albums will be better once he gets a little more experienced with recording/mixing. I liked the vocals in the band, reminded me of a the dead walk era Vincent. excellent mix btw.

 

[PeterPaul760]

I really like vince's vox on it as well. and thanks man

 

[kernelxsanders]

I feel like this kick is just a TAD too loud, that's all i have to say about this mix, aside that it sounds huge