SM7B & AXEFX Tryout

[RichMinerva]

So i recently recorded this for my band,

i re-recorded vocals about 15 minutes ago using my SM7B

and i had the guitars re-amped by my good friend george using his Axe - FX

any critique on performance or the mix is more than welcome

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3320336/WATSONS.mp3

 

[Damian B]

Drum programming could use some humanizing. The cymbals (especially the crash on the left) are very "robotic."

Guitars sound pretty good. The low end is massive but could use a bit of taming. Snare sounds great.

 

[RichMinerva]

Drum programming could use some humanizing. The cymbals (especially the crash on the left) are very "robotic."

Guitars sound pretty good. The low end is massive but could use a bit of taming. Snare sounds great.

No worries man. yeah i know the drums were just quickly chucked in for demo purposes nothing more

im highpassing at about 90 should i try a little bit further in?

 

[xBOBxSAGETx]

High pass at 100. Sick tunes, bad part is that is kinda reminds me of Whitechapel

 

[xBOBxSAGETx]

I REALLY like that clean tone at the end.

 

[RichMinerva]

High pass at 100. Sick tunes, bad part is that is kinda reminds me of Whitechapel

Definately give that a try dude & is that a bad thing?

 

[xBOBxSAGETx]

Well I'm not a Whitechapel fan at all but I don't wanna hurt anyones feelings! I honestly feel like high passing at 100 is the perfect amount for anything detuned IMO I play in G and I HP at 100 and it works perfectly!

 

[462studio]

Not my thing, but sounds awesome just the same.

Great vocals.

 

[RichMinerva]

The clean tone was di into an impulse then a touch of reverb + delay

 

[fatalforce]

really liking the guitar tone. the vocals seem like they need to cut through more. maybe a little more saturation/distortion. try finding a sense of space too

 

[RichMinerva]

really liking the guitar tone. the vocals seem like they need to cut through more. maybe a little more saturation/distortion. try finding a sense of space too

Sorted

 

[RichMinerva]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3320336/New.mp3

UPDATE

 

[Scott Horner]

Cool song! I dig this, man. I'm listening on crappy ear buds at work but it seems that the whole mix could use a bit of excitement; just something subtle to brighten it up a bit. Other than that I can't really comment. Cool stuff!!

 

[AEL89]

Not my thing at all but sounds good none the less. The kick feels a little too separated from the the rest of the drums - try notching out the plastic-y attack of it and focusing a little more energy in the 2k area and compress less.

Also there's some dodgy edits on the vocals during the section that starts at 2.20. I tend to automate breathing a lot when I'm compressing as hard as you are on these vox - the breathing seems a little loud.

Hi-passing the guitars higher won't fix the low end problem - that's simply to remove unwanted sub lows/rumble. There might be an offending frequency between 100-200 but some multi-band compression will likely fix it.

That's all I've got - nice one!

 

[RichMinerva]

Not my thing at all but sounds good none the less. The kick feels a little too separated from the the rest of the drums - try notching out the plastic-y attack of it and focusing a little more energy in the 2k area and compress less.

Also there's some dodgy edits on the vocals during the section that starts at 2.20. I tend to automate breathing a lot when I'm compressing as hard as you are on these vox - the breathing seems a little loud.

Hi-passing the guitars higher won't fix the low end problem - that's simply to remove unwanted sub lows/rumble. There might be an offending frequency between 100-200 but some multi-band compression will likely fix it.

That's all I've got - nice one!

Thanks dude, I'll definately try that with the kick

 

[oroinvictus]

The music isn't particularly my cup of tea, but everything is sounding great to me. The guitar sound like they could use just tad less low-end, and the toms could stand to come up in volume.

 

[fatalforce]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3320336/New.mp3

UPDATE

yeah, man. this one sounds better. good job

 

[FIXXXER]

i like it a lot, love the clean part!

 

[RichMinerva]

The music isn't particularly my cup of tea, but everything is sounding great to me. The guitar sound like they could use just tad less low-end, and the toms could stand to come up in volume.

Thanks cory,

In regards to the other post what's the eat way to get rid of Plasticy sound kicks? I prefer slap, is that about 2k and the click higher?

 

[oroinvictus]

Thanks cory,

In regards to the other post what's the eat way to get rid of Plasticy sound kicks? I prefer slap, is that about 2k and the click higher?

My recommendation: keep your compression where it's at now, and try boosting around 4/5-8k or so to taste. Mess with the 2k while you listen to the song until it clicks through as much as you want it. Maybe pull out just a touch of 200 while you're at it.