Song I'm Working On

[cobhc]

What does everyone think of this so far, influenced slightly by machine head when writing this.

http://hostitwith.us/files/703/Test Song.mp3

 

[ApolloSpeed]

nice lil riff.....is that 5150 ? Sounded like a cross between a jcm800 and 5150. unique sound.


real drums or machine ?

 

[prizo]

Nice.
Are those the GS settings you've posted before?

 

[cobhc]

guitar is gs, drums are dfhs, and prizo this is with new settings with a shitload of other plugin's on the guitars lol.

 

[prizo]

I'd love to nail the Machine Head sound.

What other plugs?

 

[cobhc]

waves gtr for cab sims, waves c4, nuendo's da tube plugin, waves req and waves stomp for noise gate and reverb.

i wanna nail the machine head sound as well, need myself a 5150!

 

[prizo]

Interesting... so you are using GS as the head then running it thru a simulated cab? Good idea.

Are you using the GS tubescreamer?

Have you tried your settup with a little more gain?

 

[cobhc]

Yeh, basically, not using the ts, but using an sd-1 after the guitar, before my comp, more gain = more noise and noisegate is set pretty high as it is.

 

[MKS]

Guitar sounds like crap alone but nice when mixed with second track.

Can't wait to hear final mix.

 

[cobhc]

Yeah, i've noticed that GS sounds shit when panned hard to one side, it's almost like the high end is on the left channel and the low end on the right lol.

 

[MKS]

I ran some subtle mastering stuff on it:
http://mksstudios.com/test_m.mp3

Yeah, I'm bored.

 

[cobhc]

fuck man, that sounds a lot huger now, and the drums sound better as well, what you do? care to share some settings?

 

[MKS]

A touch of the BBE Plug-In. I never set the lo contour and process above 3. Set the output level as high as you can without peaking.

Then I ran it through izotope Ozone 3.0. Used the CD Master pre-set. Adjusted the maximizer to lowest threshold I could get away with. Added a bit of mastering reverb. And I mean just a bit.

That's it. If I had more time I might add some exciter and multiband imaging but very little.

I'm no expert at this.

 

[cobhc]

nice one, maybe i should ditch the first riff where there is one guitar alone, and with the mastering settings you gave me, it could sound quite brutal

 

[MKS]

I wouldn't ditch it. I would add an effect to make it purposely sound hollow. That way when both guitars kick in, they sound totally brutal.

 

[cobhc]

such as? lol

 

[MKS]

Perhaps use a strange reverb. Use a setting that makes it sound like it is in a closet. Some serious EQ cuts.

Best example I can think of "World of Hurt" by Overkill.
http://mksstudios.com/example.mp3

Only first 35 seconds of the song.

 

[cobhc]

Ok man, sounds good, now if only nuendo wouldnt crap out on me every 5 minutes.

 

[MKS]

Here's another shot at mastering. I'm trying to learn Ozone. Seems like a nice little program.

http://mksstudios.com/after3.mp3