Mixed by Alan Douches, reamped by me. Check this out!

[Erik Monsonis]

Hi all!!

I just received from the band "Fragments" the first mastered song, part of their first EP, called "Void"

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/425433/MP3/Fragments - 02 - The Proximity Effect.mp3

Mixed by Alan Douches in NY (Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Hate Eternal, Mastodon...)
I did the reamps for guitar and bass. Guitars are ABG DIG2.0 and bass is POD Farm.

I kind of like their music, the production is OK, nothing replaced I guess (I did a short test mix for them to try out the guitars and bass in a mix, and there were no trigger tracks, plus they asked me to do it without samples...)

The band's MySpace in case you want to check them out:
http://www.myspace.com/extremefragments

Cheers!

 

[Nuno Filipe]

There is something too harsh on this guitar tone For this kind of music it´s not so bad. But I really dont like it. Seems also that the guitar signal is clipping as fuck.

 

[GarethSE]

this is a pretty cool mix, i like the guitar tone and the music quite a lot
sounds really squashed though :\

 

[muckypup1]

How much does Alan Douches charge to mix shit? I love Mastodon!

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Thanks guys

I don't know how much would it cost, but I'd pretty much mix it myself given the case, cuz I'm not a fan of his productions TBH.

 

[HeadCrusher]

Isn't he pretty much a Mastering only guy?

 

[egan.]

That's what I thought too.
http://www.westwestsidemusic.com/

 

[HandsOfDespair]

Was this really mixed by Alan Douches? Me and the band I'm working with atm were thinking about getting their EP mastered by him, but if he really did that song I'm not so sure anymore :/, it sounds really squashed like others said.

 

[muckypup1]

I've listened a few times now, it sounds like there is a lot of clipping, and it sounds pretty squashed like everyone is saying. I like the guitar tone though dude! Cool job on the tones

 

[Mago]

i dont like much about the mix tbh^^

 

[Erik Monsonis]

Yeah, he mixed and mastered the whole thing.

 

[iamandy]

ah, that tone is awesome! kinda what i'm looking for.. for a project. is that "ABG DIG2.0" a free plugin? can you post link, and your settings? not to be a "preset whore", i'd just like to experiment with it, haha

 

[muckypup1]

^^^ Yeah its free, just google Acmebargig and you should be able to find it dude.

 

[Ola Englund]

Squashed like hell but awesome! I like it rough!

 

[Harry Hughes]

Sounds cool, but who mastered it?
Mastering job is very icky.

 

[Scott Horner]

Did Alan really master this? It sounds very squashed for a Douches master. He actually mastered our last EP and it sounds great but based on this track, I wouldn't want to use him for mastering.

 

[onqel]

Hmm.. I wouldn't say the bands in your two last projects you've posted have been of the highquality-caliber .. both of them sounds harsh and uninspiring :\

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

sounds slightly nasum-ish from Inhale Exhale (thinking "the system has failed").

 

[s34nsm411]

nice! didnt realize it was an amp sim till i read it

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

I'm gonna be honest, this mix sounds pretty bad and let's not dive into the mastering... jesus christ... distorting and pumping everywhere... Wasn't really expecting this when I read "Alan Douches" in the title.. Guitars and bass sound killer though, good job on that!