Melodic Tech Metal, 6505, not programmed drums

[006]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794136/Rareform-RedA.mp3

Best tone I've gotten so far with what is my 3rd time owning a 5150/6505. I dig it Quad tracked, TS9, mesa OS, SM57, yadda yadda. Bass getting tracked this weekend.

 

[Adenosine]

i enjoyed the fuck out of that. Every little bit. Noice!

 

[Melodeath]

Really good!

 

[AEL89]

really cool - couple of noises from drum editing going on though. These riffs are sick man

 

[Perishh]

Epic sound man. Around about what settings do you use on the 6505 to get such a clean tone? I can never get this much attack out of it!

 

[006]

Thanks guys!

TS9 is gain/tone/level 9/12/12(o'clock), 6505 is red channel, gain/bass/mid/treb/res/pres 2.7/6/2.5/7/10/8 (not o'clock haha). SM57 aimed at where the cap meets the cone, turned it off-axis progressively to get rid of fizz but stay bright enough. After that the post EQ on the track is HP/LP 65/13k, wide dip at 700Hz by like 2.8dB, medium boost of like 3dB around 6k-ish. The guitar was my mahogany Gibson Explorer with EMG85 which helps.

 

[JMarz]

Omfg dude, these drums/tone are just..

Save those reamp settings for me

Those drums are unspeakably fucking awesome, too. Jeeeeeesus.

 

[AdamWathan]

This band is sick.

 

[Perishh]

Thanks so much for the detail man. I was reamping with a 6505 all night and didn't sound anywhere near that good. I'm guessing it was just the single SM57 used for each take? I was using 2 SM57's on simultaneous mono channels. I'll give those settings a go tomorrow and see how it works. Thanks again.

 

[Widekmusic]

Sounds awesome man! Crushing palm muting Great kick and snare!

 

[zakky]

very nice dude!!

 

[joeym]

AWESOME!
simply...
fuckin'....
AWESOME

The drums kill and the guitar tone is to die for....and let's not forget the musicianship.

 

[006]

Thanks guys I really appreciate it! The snare is 100% natural btw, really proud of that on this project. Kick and toms 100% replaced, toms (shitttttty heads all beat to fuck and untuned, so just triggered them) = Trigger with Maple Set and kick (always trigger anyway) is apTrigga with my Despised Icon kick samples.

@Perishh: Yeah just a single 57. I guess the trick, well for this anyway, is finding a good angle for the mic. I had too much fizz before, started angling it and got it to where it was too dull and then worked my way back (towards 90) until I liked what I heard. Also, it's 1" from the grill, forgot to mention that. I have tried Fredman technique a few times with unfavorable results so far, dunno how often I'll be able to mess with that more but I'd really like to.

 

[lolzgreg]

This is really rocking. I really like the mix a lot; it's VERY appropriate for the tune.

 

[dasbrootal]

404 error...which is unfortunate since everyone is raving about this! i wanna hear.

 

[006]

Sorry, link is fixed now! Changed the name as I was reamping a few more times trying different things.

 

[ScottCash]

Ever wonder.... what if Mozart came back from the dead and heard this.... what would he think? Meh, fuck him....this is sweet!!!!

 

[nwright]

Nice mix, but the snare sound I can't say I dig. Nice natural tone, but it's a bit too poppy for me.

 

[dasbrootal]

Nice mix, but the snare sound I can't say I dig. Nice natural tone, but it's a bit too poppy for me.

my thoughts initially but then it grew on me. this mix is soooo good. great job man.

 

[006]

Nice mix, but the snare sound I can't say I dig. Nice natural tone, but it's a bit too poppy for me.

It's funny, I have done like 3-5 revisions on the mix until I started reamping and each time I cranked the compressor a little more (threshold and/or attack) to get more pop out of it until I got where I'm at now. I may think about backing off on it.

my thoughts initially but then it grew on me. this mix is soooo good. great job man.

Thanks man!