Rate a recording i did today! (DFHS, Pod XT Etc etc, usual pish!)

[-Gavin-]

Hey guys,
I did this today after experimenting making a kick sample by blending the Sneap and the Vinnie Paul kicks, processing with some EQ from Kjærhus Golden EQ.
I layered 2 tracks with the kick when making the sample, one heavily reverbed, blended in about 10% underneath the unverbed one to get some ambience about the kick but not overpowering it. I can post the sample if anyone likes it!

The actual recording is part of an Amorphis song, Black Winter Day.

I did 4 tracks of pod XT, I used my 2 patches using my big bottom patch and having an on and an off axis track in each speaker.
Bass was EW-Hardcore bass
Drums are DKFH superior
Orchestral is EW-Symphonic orchestra gold!

Guitar was my Jackson KV2 with SD invader bridge pickup.


Right, any comments be they good or bad, let me know!


www.celtiaproductions.co.uk/misc/recordings/gavinharperblackwinterday.mp3

 

[dill_the_devil]

Link's broken, or the site it points to is. Sorry bro!

 

[-Gavin-]

Link works on this end? Hmm...

 

[|UTB| _Doug_]

Very nice bro!! Really good work

 

[everybody's x]

link works here, kick could stand to be louder I think, just a hair. guitars sound cool.

 

[-Gavin-]

Aweosme, cheers guys!


With the kick, i was expecting a "it's too loud"

 

[everybody's x]

heh, well everything's subjective.

 

[-Gavin-]

How is the kick sounding? Ballsy enough?

 

[everybody's x]

I think its very good, just could be a bit more dominate in the mix, Im talking 2dbs tops

 

[-Gavin-]

Aye? i'm gonna do another wee recording tomorrow. I'll take that on board and post the results

 

[dill_the_devil]

Got it working now, the server must have been slightly on the fritz when I tried earlier. The kick sounds great, nice and clear yet punchy as well. I really like the bass tone as well, it seems really present without drowning out the rest of the mix. Any EQing tips or anything for that?

 

[-Gavin-]

Cheers bro!

Right, the bass was fairly simple.

I ran EW hardcore bass "Music man hi-fi hardcore 1" patch into the Bass amp on Guitar rig and just EQ'd there to taste. I did no external EQing outside guitar rig.

 

[Wolfeman]

Sorry to go off topic, but I love the video for that song... Makes me laugh everytime I see it.... So cheesy

 

[George]

Something about the snare bothers me a bit. I think there's a touch too much "space" to the sound, might sound better if it was more pronounced.

Edit: You really nailed the guitar tone for this song though. Great job.