Something new, and a bit heavy

[Garfo]

Hey guys,

I've just been experimenting with a new track, and finally finished recording it yesterday. I still neeed to tinker with it a little bit, but I think the sound is pretty good. The track is called Cleansed, and is at the following link:

http://www.garfomusic.com/audio/Cleansed.mp3

Let me know what ya'll think.

Garfo.

 

[cobhc]

guitars seem a little muffled, give them a little presence boost and lower the volume of the drums and i think it'll sound killer dude

 

[Garfo]

Hey man thanks for the listen. I'll try that suggestion with the gtrs and drums. I still have to crank the track up a bit anyways, although the way the L2 plugin always seems to kill my snare is slowly getting to me, lol. Does anyone know a way around this?

Garfo.

 

[cobhc]

either boost the fuck out the snare before you master it, or get the sonic timeworks mastering comp, as that doesnt seem to kill the snare, see this thread

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235711

 

[Garfo]

Anyone else?

 

[Niels]

I like it!

Guitars sound fine on my system. Maybe just turn their bass down a hair.

Snare seems too loud to me. I'd turn down some of the lower frequencies and maybe bring up the presence. I'd also try a different attack time for the snare comp. Snare carpet is also quite loud. IMO

 

[Black neon bob]

Sounds good!

I agree on the guitars being a bit down in presence, and being muffled a bit.. bring em up a bit and it would blend in just fine with the rest.. they do sound heavy when palm-muted!

Absynth in the beginning b.t.w.?

 

[Garfo]

Thanks for listening guys. I do agree with the snare being a little loud, although I did that so when I finally run it through the L2, my snare doesn't get killed again. I'll also bring the guitars up a bit, and post the final version when I'm done. Umm, the synth in the beginning was the Arturia CS-80V. It's got some neat little presets on it, although some of them are a little more suited to chessy Cabaret music, lol.

 

[Garfo]

Hey guys, I uploaded a newer mixed version of the track to the original link. I have spent the last couple of days trying to get the sound right, although I'm not sure. I think it sounds better than before. Anyone have any input on the new sound?

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Wow! I love how heavy the guitars are. Really cool! What did you use for the guitar sound?

 

[Garfo]

Thanks for the listen dude. For the guitar sound I just used my Fender Strat, and my Pod XTL. I also ran my bass through the POD aswell, and used a very mild distortion to add some heavy low end.

 

[chadsxe]

Really good writing. The guitars are a little overwhelming. How many tracks. It sound like it is quad tracked. The cleaner parts are what pisses me off. To be honest I think the cleaner more laid back parts sound like crap. But like I said great writing and playing.

 

[Garfo]

Thanks for the listen. Umm the ryth gtrs are just double tracked. As for the clean bit sounding crap, is it the playing, or just the sound?