New huge and dark symphonic metal piece! (X50/X30/AD)

[onqel]

Here's a new song from me,
this is probably a little darker than my other stuff

The shadows are developing

Mix 2

Mix 3

X50 for the lead and rythm guitar, X30 on bass
Addictive drums with kick and snare replaced for drums

Let me know what you guys think!

-John

 

[JohnTheRipper]

The guitars sound wicked, but the mix would sound heaps better if you brought the drums up, i can't really hear them, just kind of guess when they're playing. Keep the OH's at the level they are now, they balance the mix's high end very nicely.

 

[onqel]

thanks! I updated the link with the new levels.. I hope it's better now

 

[chrisrivalry]

very nice blend of everything, sweet classic sound on the toms too.

 

[bozmillar]

sounds great. love it.

 

[Nuno Filipe]

I think the guitar sounds good maybe a little bright. Good song.

 

[JohnTheRipper]

Sounds better, but i still think the mix could benefit by lowering the guitar volume down by 2 or 3 db. And cut a notch in them at 3k to lose the tiny bit of fizziness that's interfering with the symphonic part. I don't know about anyone else on this board, but when i listen to a symphonic metal song, i like hearing the orchestra at almost the same level as the guitars, as well as the rhythm section of the song (bass and drums).
Sounds good as it is right now, and the composition is quite awesome. What impulses did you use?

 

[onqel]

I'm using guitarhack's 'fredman straight.wav' ..
does this mix sound better?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1369729/MP3/The%20shadows%20are%20developing_2.mp3

 

[MetalMiller]

WOW great mix man!!! Nice drums. They sit nicely "in"the mix. I like the first version more. I´ts more open sounding. Snare has a tad to much room/verb going on IMHO. How much post processing was done to that guitar sound?

 

[eternally_gutted]

really nice song and i like all the instruments in general, very well blended.
info about toms and processing? i like them.

 

[trianglebutt]

Wow, great mix. I'm loving the tom and fat snare sound, and the guitar tone is huge. The whole mix sounds very wide, especially during the tom groove when everything drops out.

 

[onqel]

Here's my last shot at it.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1369729/MP3/The%20shadows%20are%20developing_3.mp3
Everything is mixed with headphones and I should use some monitor references before doing anything else to it

MetalMiller: There's not that much post processing on the guitars.. TSE808->X50->LeCab2->ReaEQ->ReaXComp->ReaEQ
I ended up with Two LP filters, one at 12.5kHz and one at 15kHz.. and two HP filters, one at 75Hz + one at 40Hz.. + that 3kHz notch (-1.3dB 0.20Q)
i could post a screenshot of the exact settings :\

Thank you guys for your feedback, + taking the time to write a comment!

 

[MetalMiller]

Why you´re using 2 filters for each hp/lp Screenshot would be great!!!

 

[Spectivum]

mix3 for me. verbs and piano are more natural. guitars are great in all of them so just flip a coin and move on

 

[Toxic Grind Machine]

Very, very pleasant to listen to this mix ongel..

The toms on the breakdown sound a bit too bright for my liking, but overall very good blend of the instruments!

 

[Empathy]

Preferred the first mix out of all of them.

 

[storming heaven]

I've only listened to mix 3, but it sounds great! Really clean and natural sounding mix. The songwriting is good too.

 

[onqel]

MetalMiller: The first LP is for ment for the guitars themselves, the second lowpass (15kHz) is added because LeCab(1&2) have a tendency to screw up/distort the high end of the impulses compared to other impulse loaders. I can't really tell if the 40Hz HP has any affect on the sound at all, but I like to think that I give extra space for the kick/bass

SCREENSHOT

track without synths/orchestration
track with only synths/orchestration
Complete

I'm a passive pickup user on this track, stock schecter budget one's

 

[elapidae1]

Sounds exellent

 

[elapidae1]

Would like to see a screen of you master chain