new Killswitch CD
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Andy Sneap
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Blessed
Lying & Weak
D'ya mind me asking why they've gone down the full self-produce route this time?
I'm geussing you've issued him with enough tricks of the trade over the years to handle this album fully himself heheh?
His mixes on the Parkway Drive stuff were really good!
I'm geussing you've issued him with enough tricks of the trade over the years to handle this album fully himself heheh?
His mixes on the Parkway Drive stuff were really good!
Andy Sneap
Metal Guru
Aaron Smith
Envisage Audio
I'm not at all afraid of what the final result will be, because Adam is good. However, I will definitely miss hearing that unbeatable Sneap sound.
Based on the mixes he's done for other bands, I don't think he can top the End Of Heartache mix, but it'll be interesting to see what he does with it. His mix for He Is Legend was top notch but the mastering job was total shit. I'm not a big fan of the snare samples he tends to use, but that's more personal preference.
I revisited Alive Or Just Breathing today and just kept thinking to myself....my god they lucked out getting Howard. It's like night and day comparing Jesse on Alive to Howard on End of Heartache. What a singer....and he does the rest of the band justice. Jesse was ok, but I could only tolerate a few songs before I get sick of his "my nuts & a cheese grater" voice. They've gone from being a good band to a great one IMO.
Sad the Sneapster's not handling this new one, but alas Adam's more than cut his teeth enough by now to handle it himself.
Sad the Sneapster's not handling this new one, but alas Adam's more than cut his teeth enough by now to handle it himself.
Aaron Smith
Envisage Audio
gumplunger said:
Agreed 100% on everything.
gumplunger said:
I'm sure we'll hear some parallels between the mix of new record and the previous (ridiculously good guitar tone, for example), because Adam does all of the tracking, and we all know how important tracking is to a final mix...but I think that Andy is an absolute necessity in order to achieve something as pummeling as "The End of Heartache".
gumplunger said:
I love that album, but the mastering is putrid. Even on soft guitar breaks with soft high-passed vocals, there's horrible digital distortion all over the place, worse than "IV: Consitution of Treason".
gumplunger said:
Some albums are better than others, but I think The Acacia Strain's "The Dead Walk" by far takes the cake for the worst snare sound. The rest of the mix is huge, but the snare sounds like one of those big fat plastic Fisher Price snare drums that has a plastic drum stick attached to it by a rope...anyone know what I'm talking about?
The really weird thing though, is that I can listen to and get into that entire CD without even thinking about the snare once! Weird.Blessed said:
i got the parkway drive cd today and it sounds amazing on my car system. that and the new all that remains have really surprised me at how good they sound with the typical scooped car headunit eq sound but so shitty at home on pc speakers, its weird how that happens.
i wish i had a fake car body in my house with a computer and bumpin stereo system to mix on, THEN my mixes would finally sound good in the car
Aaron Smith
Envisage Audio
sparkyness said:
Dude, I thought I was the only person who thinks Howard runs circles around Jesse.
i didnt think jesse was that bad at all but i guess i do prefer howard.
im sure adam will do a kickass job on it and hopefully it sounds as good, if not better, than the end of heartache
im sure adam will do a kickass job on it and hopefully it sounds as good, if not better, than the end of heartache
Aaron Smith
Envisage Audio
s34nsm411 said:
I don't think you'd really want to do that, because you'd be missing out on a whole lot of important detail and you'd end up with a mix that's really strange and unbalanced. I just run outside to my car and take mental notes, then come back inside and make adjustments. It sure does waste a lot of CD-Rs, though
Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
Aaron Smith said:Some albums are better than others, but I think The Acacia Strain's "The Dead Walk" by far takes the cake for the worst snare sound. The rest of the mix is huge, but the snare sounds like one of those big fat plastic Fisher Price snare drums that has a plastic drum stick attached to it by a rope...anyone know what I'm talking about?
Have we not remebered ST Anger?
Listen to Dokken's into the fire if you want a shitty snare sound.
But yeah that cd has a shitty snare sample.
sorceron
ken
i liked the old singers screams better personally, they sounded more authentic to me. but yea howard sings cleans way better.
broken81
Used by Protools
man how do you guys keep up on who is mixing what?? i feel like im out of the loop on these things 
i guess its all personal taste..if you want a more conventional/brutal screamer than jesse would fit the place..i guess howards just more melodic with his screaming but i still think he kicks ass..hes a big black dude so ofcourse hes gonna have an insane voice
Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
David Lee Roth was so much better than Sammy Hagar... but Gary Cherone had the best "grim" vocals...
I'm looking forward to new KsE, regardless of who's producing it. Adam is great and I'm sure it's going to sound killer. And I honestly think both Howard and Jesse are equally badass vocalists in their own ways, although I do prefer Howard overall.
I'm looking forward to new KsE, regardless of who's producing it. Adam is great and I'm sure it's going to sound killer. And I honestly think both Howard and Jesse are equally badass vocalists in their own ways, although I do prefer Howard overall.
Zombietakeover
Member
my only problem with howard is when i seen them....which has only been like 3 times...He couldnt really do his singing LIVE.....He would go to sing and hit a bad not and then put the mic out in the crowd so the crowd could sing........which the crowd singing thing is cool ....but i paid $25 to listen to howard not the jackass's in the mosh pit.
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