I am thinking about how I want my band's ( I have two ) albums to sound ( going to be recording three albums by the end of the year hopefully ) and I usually feel that most metal bands either have too thin of a guitar/bass sound, or too overpowering. It's like, you hear it, but they either messed with the EQ too much by cutting too many mids or with horrible bass and guitar levels, didn't do enough layers, compressed too much, etc. and it just doesn't sound full, or they put on too much gain or mixed it too loud and it still sounds thin but the perceived loudness is way too high ( I( think by boosting the guitar, and drum levels as high as possible without clipping the signal, could be wrong with this ), but I see that Opeth ( and a few other bands ) have a fairly full sound that is not over-powering. You hear almost every note clearly, and it never gets too loud and doesn't make your ears tired by it having too high of a perceived loudness.
How do they do it? I do not want either band to sound like Opeth stylistically, but I want a full sound like them.
How many guitar tracks for rhythm do they usually have? How often do they harmonize those leads ( sometimes sounds like to me a few have some harmonized parts, but it could be my ears playing tricks on me )?
Do they do anything effects-wise to do it ( such as adding a lot of reverb )? Does it have to do with microphone placement? DO they do mic + line-in? I heard they do a bunch of rhythm tracks with just barely enough distortion, is there any truth in that? Does it have to do with the actually chord and note phrasings themselves, and how they play instead of how they record the sound? Combination of all of these? etc. etc. etc.
I won't have amazing equipment, but I do hope to get a fuller sound, and if any of you have any tips I would appreciate it.
And if I find a specific song by them to use as an example I will post the name.
Thanks ahead of time
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Edit - I just put on " When ", and I do think the snare is just slightly too loud ( by maybe 1 DB, even though I love how it sounds on that album ) but pretty much, to me, that track sounds very full, especially during the heavy parts. In fact, the entire album ( now that I skipped around some tracks ) pretty much has what I feel is the right ' thickness '. Deliverance sounds a bit thinner to me, and so does BWP and GR. They still sound fuller than most albums to me, but MAYH really hits it I think.
How do they do it? I do not want either band to sound like Opeth stylistically, but I want a full sound like them.
How many guitar tracks for rhythm do they usually have? How often do they harmonize those leads ( sometimes sounds like to me a few have some harmonized parts, but it could be my ears playing tricks on me )?
Do they do anything effects-wise to do it ( such as adding a lot of reverb )? Does it have to do with microphone placement? DO they do mic + line-in? I heard they do a bunch of rhythm tracks with just barely enough distortion, is there any truth in that? Does it have to do with the actually chord and note phrasings themselves, and how they play instead of how they record the sound? Combination of all of these? etc. etc. etc.
I won't have amazing equipment, but I do hope to get a fuller sound, and if any of you have any tips I would appreciate it.
And if I find a specific song by them to use as an example I will post the name.
Thanks ahead of time
=-p =-)
Edit - I just put on " When ", and I do think the snare is just slightly too loud ( by maybe 1 DB, even though I love how it sounds on that album ) but pretty much, to me, that track sounds very full, especially during the heavy parts. In fact, the entire album ( now that I skipped around some tracks ) pretty much has what I feel is the right ' thickness '. Deliverance sounds a bit thinner to me, and so does BWP and GR. They still sound fuller than most albums to me, but MAYH really hits it I think.
