Maybe my best mix ever!

NSGUITAR

NSGUITAR

Member
Oct 26, 2009
2,180
0
36
Hey dudes. This is a new mix I've come up with. I'm using some new techniques that I REALLY hope work out essentially. The song is heavy as fuck.

Drums are slate shells, and superior cymbals/OHs.

The guitars are something I'm quite proud of! I had the guitarist re record his parts with my Carvin DC747, with BareKnuckle Painkiller puckups installed. They sounds fucking sweeettt. I want you to guess what the amp set up is though. =) It's a lot different that what I typically do as far as ampage goes. I was going for an extremely 'barky' unique tone for guitars. Kind of like chewing on soft bones.

Bass is my typical set up.. DI-->Studio Devil-->Guitar rig. Then the DI track is also sent to two other tracks where I do a heavy low pass in each. Both of those tracks are targeting seprate sub level frequencies. Guitar rig has all of the lows cut out and only used for the grit tone.

One thing I do need help with is snare processing with slate. Something just isn't clicking for me with those snares. Obviously they're amazing alone, but I'm trying to do some comp/eq with them, and I can't seem to get what I'm looking for, so any suggestions on that would help.

Enjoy

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4985090/ACR/ACREdenNewMix1.mp3



P.S. sorry for the sudden cut off towards the end. I forgot to fade it out for the clip.. Oh well! =)
 
I dig it. Like the chewyness on the guitars. Kinda fond of that Painkiller pickup from what I've heard of it in the past. Sounds like a better version of the 81 to me.

It's all a little on the muddy side, and could use a little more EQ shaping to clean up, as well as some more creativity in making those Slates sound a little less generic. It's vibing the right way though, which is always great.
 
Ermz said:
I dig it. Like the chewyness on the guitars. Kinda fond of that Painkiller pickup from what I've heard of it in the past. Sounds like a better version of the 81 to me.

It's all a little on the muddy side, and could use a little more EQ shaping to clean up, as well as some more creativity in making those Slates sound a little less generic. It's vibing the right way though, which is always great.
Click to expand...

Thank you much! In all honesty, I'm not too good with the slate stuff.. The snare specifically. Do most people do a lot of processing with it or, do they typically just keep it the way it is? It's a bit discouraging having the drums, and hearing other peoples SSD tones.. =/ Never had that problem with superior.
 
Not psyched on the gtrs in iPod headphones. Interested to hear it on monitors tomorrow morning. It's almost all they're giving me is that high mid spike in the gtrs.
 
The Slate stuff is already heavily processed. To do much more is self-defeating. The way to get more unique tones from them is to blend. Don't use one kick or snare, try to get 3 or more involved. Take from each characteristics that you desire and go from there.

Or better yet, use Superior as your basis, and blend Slate with it. Tis how I've gotten some of my more favorable drum sounds.
 
Ermz said:
The Slate stuff is already heavily processed. To do much more is self-defeating. The way to get more unique tones from them is to blend. Don't use one kick or snare, try to get 3 or more involved. Take from each characteristics that you desire and go from there.

Or better yet, use Superior as your basis, and blend Slate with it. Tis how I've gotten some of my more favorable drum sounds.
Click to expand...

Excellent! Thanks. I feel dumb, not realizing that you can load more than one snare into kontakt. :lol::danceboy:
 
amarshism said:
Not psyched on the gtrs in iPod headphones. Interested to hear it on monitors tomorrow morning. It's almost all they're giving me is that high mid spike in the gtrs.
Click to expand...

This was one of the hardest guitarists to record/mix for me, since his right hand is fucking insane. It's quite dynamic and varrys so much so it's hard to capture ONE specific tone and stick with it. =/
 
I love how you describe it as 'chewing on soft bones'! Ha, it's exactly like that. I'm sitting here, replaying this and geeking out over this synesthesia you planted in my head.

Extremely interesting tone, but I think the drums should sound more organic and find a way to blend in more. They click too much and lend a plastic quality to the song. But yeah, that balance is always a struggle.
 
jimwilbourne said:
this is a fun tune.
I like what you're doing here.

I always fight with my snare sound. but yours sounds pretty good!

I'd love to hear it all done!
Click to expand...

Thank you very much! I guess my ears were a bit blown out yesterday to the point where I thought all I could hear coming out of the snare was this nasty high mid transient haha. Tracking vox quite soon, then the tune will be done tracked!
 
i like the mix .....im getting a impulse vibe from the guitar tone ,i could be wrong......would like to hear details for the guitars ...overall good job!
 
Thanks very much everybody. Okay here's the guitar chain, I can't resist any more.


Guitar--->Profire--->Computer


THEN I reamped with this chain:


DI-->SoloC, for boost--->Profire--->5150, miced with a single 57

The soloc pumped the FUCK out of the tone, which I really love. So, got a digital booster with a real amp heheh
 
Man, those are some pissed off riffs! I love it! mix is pretty good too, like ermz said, it needs a little tidying in the lows/low mids, but it still sounds killah.
 
Wisheraser said:
That's fucking brilliant! I've never even thought about using a software amp as a boost. Totally trying this next time I reamp something!
Click to expand...

The opposite, put an amp/cab sim on top of the mic'd signal also sounds pretty damn cool.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

metalpolano
My best mix yet (Slate, Lecto content)
Replies
6
Views
803
Practice Room
metalpolano
M
P
paramore emergency mix - my best mix ever!
Replies
3
Views
461
Practice Room
jackbraglia
J
tydesmattproductions
New hardcore/metal mix needs help!
Replies
6
Views
670
Practice Room
WalhallaM
W
Virgil.
Probably my best mix to-date. (Charlez stem pack) Feedback Plz?
Replies
6
Views
925
Practice Room
Virgil.
V
X
Please bash my mix!
Replies
12
Views
496
Practice Room
oroinvictus
O
Top Bottom
Back