Some kind of symphonic power metal (AD, MKIII, Fem. Vocals)

[jarenare]

Hi guys!

I'm in a band called Eternal Dream, and we do... eermm... some-kind-of-symphonic-power-metal (lol ). I'm working in our first demo and would be great to have some feedback about my mixes. My room isnt treated and I mix with a shitty ESI near05, so I think that the first problem could be the low end.
The songs have been 'Gcliped' to raise the volumen and nothing else.

Guitars -> RevMKII demo (i dont like the sound I get from it, but I suck getting good tones )
Bass -> Ampeg SVX
Vocal -> Recorded with a SM57 through my PODXT used as preamp.
Drums -> Programmed using AD for OH, kick is Andy Sneap's one and snare... dont remember, one of the multiples snare samples around here.

Sweet Wrath -> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/2.%20SOH%20RC1%20%28Gclip%29.mp3
Symphony of Horizon -> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/3.%20SW%20Test%203%20RC1%20%28Gclip%29.mp3

Let me know what you think about the songs and mixes, any feedback are welcome!

Cheers!

 

[The-Zeronaut]

i love the songs (the singer is awesome)
for guitars i suggest you to use the new nick crow´s 8505
for bass maybe you should try Steinberg´s Warp (its my favorite for distorted bass)
id bring up guitars and bring down vox

this goes directly to my ipod

 

[jarenare]

Thx for your comment! (the singer will be happy hehe)
I've heard some samples of the 8505 and the sound is f***ng sweet! I've to try it, and maybe using the Awesome impulses (I always ended using the high presence engl impulse).
I'm glad you like the songs

Any other comment will be appreciated!

 

[sinquestsound]

nightwish ???

great songs, great sound !!!

Stay Metall,

 

[88mph]

believe me, jcm900 plugin make some serious jobs on power metal songs. i did a couple of them and love it. lots of fatness.

 

[88mph]

yeah, mix is really good btw.

 

[Damphire]

can you remember which snare sample is it? sounds great!

 

[jarenare]

Thank you guys for your comments!

Lot of people say that we sound like Nightwish, but I think it's because the voice rather than the sound (btw, we play live one NW song... but raining blood too! )

88mph: The JMC900 plugin you talked about is some kind of free amp sim like the SoloC or 8505?

Here is the snare I used. The first file is the raw sound and the second one is EQ'ed and compressed as you can hear in the songs:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/Snare 1 (Raw).wav
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/Snare 1 (Proccesed).wav

Cheers!

 

[sinquestsound]

Here is the snare I used. The first file is the raw sound and the second one is EQ'ed and compressed as you can hear in the songs:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/Sn...0(Raw).wav
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/Sn...occesed).wav

thx,

Stay Metall,

 

[88mph]

Thank you guys for your comments!

Lot of people say that we sound like Nightwish, but I think it's because the voice rather than the sound (btw, we play live one NW song... but raining blood too! )

88mph: The JMC900 plugin you talked about is some kind of free amp sim like the SoloC or 8505?

Here is the snare I used. The first file is the raw sound and the second one is EQ'ed and compressed as you can hear in the songs:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/Snare 1 (Raw).wav
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/989974/Snare 1 (Proccesed).wav

Cheers!

yeah. you can find it here with lots of other guitar stuff:
http://www.simulanalog.org/

 

[Damphire]

thanks man!

 

[jarenare]

For the vox, I didnt have the fx pack so I used the stock tube preamp, all the controls centered, and the presence at 1 oclock.

yeah. you can find it here with lots of other guitar stuff:
http://www.simulanalog.org/

Thx man!

 

[JonWormwood]

What post did you do on the vocals? The beginning sounds massive

 

[jarenare]

As I remember (Im at work right now), I used two tracks, with different takes.

Track 1 -> Centered, just a bit EQ'ed and heavily compressed (like ratio 10:1, 8-10db of gain reduction)
Track 2 -> Centered, raw sound through Waves Doubler with the Basic Doubler preset (or something like that), without the center output. On this take, we tell her to sing very smoothly, like whispering or being a very innocent girl hehe

Both tracks have sends to to FX tracks, a hall reverb and a stereo delay (1/2 and 1/4, feedback about 25%)
The four tracks blended to taste.

Cheers!