New BACKMASK recording (5150 II + Impulses)
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stringy_ said:Not to sound like a broken record...but the impulse file?
Figured you might have found it by now. Unfortunately a power generator caught fire at my web host ISP, and my server is down right now. Dead serious!
Can anyone else help him out?
Pman
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didnt you have evan pitts on bass at one point?Kazrog said:
ex devildriver
a friend on aim showed me backmask a while ago and we were both heavily into devildriver
and he said that evan was helping you out for a couple shows on bass
is that true?
just wondering
Pman said:
Evan was playing with us for a while in 2004 and 2005. At first he filled in on bass and then switched to guitar (his instrument of choice.) He's a great musician and a great friend, but he was busy with other projects and we eventually continued with another guitarist (who quit a couple of weeks ago.)
That all being said, the only guitarist who's ever been on a BACKMASK recording is me.
(not by design, it's just how things have panned out.)
Kazrog said:
Got it man! After posting that last one I...uh...found the search feature. Who would have thought it was on the bar at the top of the page in plain site? :Smug:
Anywho, sorry for bugging ya'.
Sorry about the fire!
Shane, I think I know what you mean about the super-triggered sound. For me, it's almost as if it was completely meant to be that way. I'm sure if you wanted a more natural sounding snare as far as humanizing goes you would surely work on it. But this tells me that it's meant to be like that based on how you wanted the drums to come out. Nothing wrong with that, and I like it as well. Sometimes with some songs it's just killing the music, but other times it fits right in, like in this case. Good sound for everything though, can't wait to see you release an album, I'd definitely be one of the first in line to order a copy.
Also, dunno if you have seen my thread yet, but I'm trying to put together a gear list for the studio I'm going to have next year in my new home (which will be purchased early next year). I'm split between an RME interface and a MOTU. I'd really like the MOTU 2408mkIII becuase of it's PCIe connection, but the FireFace 800 offers a better set of connections, i.e. all sets can be used simultaneously, whereas the MOTU only lets you use three sets simultaneously. So I wouldn't be able to use all three ADAT ins + the line inputs on the MOTU simultaneously...but then on the RME it only has two ADAT ins plus the 8 lines...BAH! Too many pros/cons for each peice of gear. I'm going to go nuts before December, I just know it.
~e.a
Also, dunno if you have seen my thread yet, but I'm trying to put together a gear list for the studio I'm going to have next year in my new home (which will be purchased early next year). I'm split between an RME interface and a MOTU. I'd really like the MOTU 2408mkIII becuase of it's PCIe connection, but the FireFace 800 offers a better set of connections, i.e. all sets can be used simultaneously, whereas the MOTU only lets you use three sets simultaneously. So I wouldn't be able to use all three ADAT ins + the line inputs on the MOTU simultaneously...but then on the RME it only has two ADAT ins plus the 8 lines...BAH! Too many pros/cons for each peice of gear. I'm going to go nuts before December, I just know it.
~e.a
Benny H
Degenerate
Really cool music. And obviously.. guitar tone slays \m/
Dunno if this has been mentioned, but the main hi hat is really obvious. Sitting on top of everything, with no dynamics, and not a really aggressive vibe. Sounds like a weak hit, on a small hat that is too open... this IMO makes it too articulate and bright(crisp?) which is what makes it too obvious.
Harder hits/less open hats give more of a wash of noise on the attack as the cymbals come together fast, which sounds more aggressive and can be easier to get away with mix wise perhaps. Just being a bit bigger/darker it should sit a bit deeper. But maybe just panning and turning down a touch and maybe some verb could bring it into it's place. Just a little bit of variance in dynamics could help a lot too.
It's just.. a real hi hat would never ever sound like that no matter how it's played or produced.
Dunno if this has been mentioned, but the main hi hat is really obvious. Sitting on top of everything, with no dynamics, and not a really aggressive vibe. Sounds like a weak hit, on a small hat that is too open... this IMO makes it too articulate and bright(crisp?) which is what makes it too obvious.
Harder hits/less open hats give more of a wash of noise on the attack as the cymbals come together fast, which sounds more aggressive and can be easier to get away with mix wise perhaps. Just being a bit bigger/darker it should sit a bit deeper. But maybe just panning and turning down a touch and maybe some verb could bring it into it's place. Just a little bit of variance in dynamics could help a lot too.
It's just.. a real hi hat would never ever sound like that no matter how it's played or produced.
Genius Gone Insane said:+1 for the
I don't know about any one else, but I'm listening through $10 Sony headphones from Target and it seems just a little bit off to the side - I'm used to trying to figure out if my hearing's all right after concerts if I've been standing to the side of the stage (so one ear got hit more) and if you spend enough time trying to hear the same volume in both ears to make sure your ears are clean and undamaged little things like +/- 1-2% pan difference (or even not hitting all of the levels right in Cubase and having one track up by less than 1/2db gain) focusing on one thing right in the middle (and used as often as a snare) can give that sort of thing away.
For the less obsessive-compulsive among us, though, not noticeable and a great mix. Are any of the Waves EQs able to get that same 'bite' in the way you did, or does it not have the 'mojo'?
Jeff
Benny H said:
Thanks! Everything you're saying is 100% true, and I hate the hi hat. I've been using this same one for about 3 years now for some stupid reason (busy, bigger fish to fry, etc.) The other day I was fed up and was finally going to swap it out for a different sample, but I've been having some issues getting BFD to work lately that I've been meaning to contact fxpansion and MOTU about (I snag a lot of sample from BFD and put them into Battery), so the old hat is here for now. But it will be swapped out for something better before the album's done.
Thanks for the great feedback!
Mendel said:
True that! That tone is amazing!
I need to learn about this Impulse stuff!!So it is all recorded direct preamp out into interface to acomplish this? No mics?? Just download the impulse and your done?
JeffTD
Senhor Testiculo
Guitar tone and vocals completely slay, as stated, my only complaint is with the drums - I'd just like to hear it with something like DFHS.
That said, I can tell you panned the snare even on my MacBook speakers.
That said, I can tell you panned the snare even on my MacBook speakers.
DSS3 said:Guitar tone and vocals completely slay, as stated, my only complaint is with the drums - I'd just like to hear it with something like DFHS.
That said, I can tell you panned the snare even on my MacBook speakers.
Thanks! I don't like DFHS nearly as much as the drums I've put on here. I own DFHS and have spent a lot of time with it.
JeffTD
Senhor Testiculo
Really? I have DFHS and I remember you saying you didn't like it, but I honestly think you could be getting much better sounds with it.
Have you tried Thordendals settings? Starting from those is what really got mine sounding good.
Have you tried Thordendals settings? Starting from those is what really got mine sounding good.
DSS3 said:
I'll give it a try. I need to update my software too.
The main thing I don't like is that the MIDI is totally nonstandard, but they insist that if you use General MIDI mapping that you are "downgrading" the sonic possibilities. I'd have to totally redo my drum MIDI if I want to "upgrade..." kind of annoying.
JeffTD
Senhor Testiculo
They have a drum map in the downloads section that basically puts the correct labels on everything - should make things a bit easier!
Black neon bob
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Niiiice tone Shane!
Cool song as well, not quite as cool as "feed the enemy" though.. that's still my favorite, but congrats on the tone, it sounds like the real deal to me!
Cool song as well, not quite as cool as "feed the enemy" though.. that's still my favorite, but congrats on the tone, it sounds like the real deal to me!
I got it..... that tone sounds exactly like the guitar tone of Fear Factory on Achetype! WOW! amazingly close to the tone, it's so crazy!
ApolloSpeed said:I got it..... that tone sounds exactly like the guitar tone of Fear Factory on Achetype! WOW! amazingly close to the tone, it's so crazy!
Thanks! I don't listen to that album very often, but I remember the tone being decent. Any idea what Christian's rig is?
