Some intronaut riffs, played badly

[Teaboy]

I've been messing around with my Pod XT, trying to get a decent tone from the JCM 900 amp sim.

After tonnes of EQ on the guitars to notch out all the horrible sounding fizz and hiss, I think I've managed to get it sounding fairly good. Now though, it just sounds a bit smooth and lifeless.

Any suggestions for improving the tone and mix of what I've got so far?

http://media.andydoyle.co.uk/ratemytone/literal-black-cloud.mp3

The pops and clicks started appearing after Windows 7 SP1 broke my M-Audio drivers. Haven't been able to fix that yet, but that's a separate issue...

 

[tomas_almeida]

Nice to see that more people like Intronaut. The bassline at the Literal Black Cloud's "atmospheric section" is not right, but it fits, so no problem there.

 

[Teaboy]

I'm not a very good finger bassist so I simplified the part on the 9th fret I just wanted to play something to get an idea of how well the mix sat together.

 

[Teaboy]

Uploaded a newer version, any comments?