Hey guys,
I was discussing with our other guitarist over the importance of playing for a good mix / recording.
Furthermore, I opt for the idea that a "polished" mix can get a LOT out of your music.
The question is the following:
How much does the mix affect the quality of the song?
Taking into account that you have a really awesome sounding tune (good arrangement, guitars, drums) and put that with a shitty recording / mix, does a "mediocre" arrangement / tune sound awesome with a highly polished mix?
I had people mix stuff here just for the fun of it, we needed a recording for a sampler. Mago did an awesome job, but what I was mixing in that mix was the "polished" or "round" feeling that everything fits together.
Right now, i'm trying to find out WHAT would contribute in order to get this polished / round sound.
I've put together a short riffage from one of our songs together with a midi drumtrack.
2x Guitar A
2x Guitar B
1x Bass
1x Midi
Speed is 94BPM (our other guitarist programmed the drumtrack, therefore the weird speed - originally it should be something at 190 - humanized the first 1 1/2 minutes as much as i could)
I'm not a bass player, so don't bash the bass track, furthermore, i've thrown in the guitar tracks rather quickly.
Everything was recorded with a Tascam US-122 (works for my experiments at home).
I'm not asking for anything, I'm just offering you to show me how much one can get out of this stuff.
Feel free to reamp, VST, SD, SSD and whatever pleases you. Tell me what we can do better - I just want to improve.
A lush sounding example of the outcome is here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2654365/godforsaken.mp3
Thats what our guitarist did at home. I've already edited the midi in a way that we don't have cymbals where we have tom rolls and that the cymbals are not played in 8ths as long as we're not blasting.
Without further ado, here are the tracks:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2654365/godforsaken_descendthesky.rar
Take your time, have fun (or not) and show me what you got
Cheers and Beers,
~ Klotzi
I was discussing with our other guitarist over the importance of playing for a good mix / recording.
Furthermore, I opt for the idea that a "polished" mix can get a LOT out of your music.
The question is the following:
How much does the mix affect the quality of the song?
Taking into account that you have a really awesome sounding tune (good arrangement, guitars, drums) and put that with a shitty recording / mix, does a "mediocre" arrangement / tune sound awesome with a highly polished mix?
I had people mix stuff here just for the fun of it, we needed a recording for a sampler. Mago did an awesome job, but what I was mixing in that mix was the "polished" or "round" feeling that everything fits together.
Right now, i'm trying to find out WHAT would contribute in order to get this polished / round sound.
I've put together a short riffage from one of our songs together with a midi drumtrack.
2x Guitar A
2x Guitar B
1x Bass
1x Midi
Speed is 94BPM (our other guitarist programmed the drumtrack, therefore the weird speed - originally it should be something at 190 - humanized the first 1 1/2 minutes as much as i could)
I'm not a bass player, so don't bash the bass track, furthermore, i've thrown in the guitar tracks rather quickly.
Everything was recorded with a Tascam US-122 (works for my experiments at home).
I'm not asking for anything, I'm just offering you to show me how much one can get out of this stuff.
Feel free to reamp, VST, SD, SSD and whatever pleases you. Tell me what we can do better - I just want to improve.
A lush sounding example of the outcome is here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2654365/godforsaken.mp3
Thats what our guitarist did at home. I've already edited the midi in a way that we don't have cymbals where we have tom rolls and that the cymbals are not played in 8ths as long as we're not blasting.
Without further ado, here are the tracks:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2654365/godforsaken_descendthesky.rar
Take your time, have fun (or not) and show me what you got
Cheers and Beers,
~ Klotzi
