Hey guys, I have putted little copy mix of Paramore's Misery Bussiness. I know that I am probably 7 years late, but I wanted to share some ideas how I achieved it. Maybe it can help you, maybe not. See for yourself. Peace.
Drums:
For drums I have used Steven Slate Drums 4 loaded with Kick DW 24 HB layered with Kick 17, three different snares - Snare NnC Alloy 6
for more natural sound texture with ring, CLa Snare The Dong for attack and Snare 8 for fat sounding texture. For Toms I have used
Rack Tom 1 DW 10, Rack Tom 2 CLA DW 14, Floor Tom 1 DW 14 and Floor Tom 2 DW 16. For overheads Hi-hat ST Vintage, Crash ST Extreme 17,
Crash ST Extreme 18.
Guitars:
I recorded the guitars with my LTD Alexi 600 V loaded with Seymour Duncan SH-4 with Guitar rig 5. For left channel Lead 800 head matched
with Hot Plex cabinet with Skreamer in front. Right guitar was Lead 800 head matched with Cool Plex cabinet, also with Skreamer.
For lead I have used TSE X50 loaded with some stock cabinet, just to fit the whole mix.
Bass:
For bass I have used MIDI programmed stuff via Shreddage Bass Edition. Mixed into a group bus with parallel processing as mentioned many
times on the forum. On for the sub and low meat, second one the grit from a bass amplifier and the third for distortion. All processed
heavily on Group Bus.
In a mix I have used alot of console emulation with Nebula and Waves NLS to get a vibe. My mix is probably little bit fatter against
the original, I have no idea how exactly David Bendeth had his workflow on this and I assume, it was mixed completely OTB. I have tried
to catch the vibe, not to make 100% copy, which we all know, isn't even possible. I didn't had the same drum samples, same guitar, same hands of guitar player, same bass and same amplifiers.
Hope this could be inspiration for you and help to craft your own sound.
Drums:
For drums I have used Steven Slate Drums 4 loaded with Kick DW 24 HB layered with Kick 17, three different snares - Snare NnC Alloy 6
for more natural sound texture with ring, CLa Snare The Dong for attack and Snare 8 for fat sounding texture. For Toms I have used
Rack Tom 1 DW 10, Rack Tom 2 CLA DW 14, Floor Tom 1 DW 14 and Floor Tom 2 DW 16. For overheads Hi-hat ST Vintage, Crash ST Extreme 17,
Crash ST Extreme 18.
Guitars:
I recorded the guitars with my LTD Alexi 600 V loaded with Seymour Duncan SH-4 with Guitar rig 5. For left channel Lead 800 head matched
with Hot Plex cabinet with Skreamer in front. Right guitar was Lead 800 head matched with Cool Plex cabinet, also with Skreamer.
For lead I have used TSE X50 loaded with some stock cabinet, just to fit the whole mix.
Bass:
For bass I have used MIDI programmed stuff via Shreddage Bass Edition. Mixed into a group bus with parallel processing as mentioned many
times on the forum. On for the sub and low meat, second one the grit from a bass amplifier and the third for distortion. All processed
heavily on Group Bus.
In a mix I have used alot of console emulation with Nebula and Waves NLS to get a vibe. My mix is probably little bit fatter against
the original, I have no idea how exactly David Bendeth had his workflow on this and I assume, it was mixed completely OTB. I have tried
to catch the vibe, not to make 100% copy, which we all know, isn't even possible. I didn't had the same drum samples, same guitar, same hands of guitar player, same bass and same amplifiers.
Hope this could be inspiration for you and help to craft your own sound.
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