Working with an ABR wannabe band, first mix...

xthecavemanx said:
love the snare and toms. could you give a little bit of info on that, samples and processing. thanks.
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Snare is LSD Snare 6, one of the less processed ones, and the toms are Rarefaction toms! Snare has some EQ and Comp in SSL Channel + the obligatory Tapehead, and toms are just EQ'd a hair with SSL.

Also, Sonimus Satson on every single channel/bus on this one!



Would anyone be interested in stems of this track? It would be cool to hear some other mixes but I don't want to go through the hassle if no one's gonna do it!
 
I would put a saturation plug over the guitars and set it to 11. The guitars sound insanely dry.
 
Stems are here for anyone interested:

http://www.adamwathan.com/ashes_stems.zip

Includes:
Main vocals (2 tracks)
BG vocals (2 tracks)
Clean Vocals (2 tracks)

Lead/Overdub guitars (4 tracks x 2 for DI and amped)
Rhythm guitars (2 tracks x 2 for DI and amped)
Bass (DI + line out from SVT 3 Pro)

Kick Trigger (no mic)
Snare mic
Snare MIDI (probably not phase accurate with mic if you intend to blend, just FYI)
Tom 1 trigger (no mic)
Tom 2 trigger (no mic)
OH L
OH R
Hihat
Room

FX (includes swells, bass drops, etc. consolidated for file size. Will likely want to split this stuff up to separate tracks in your session)
 
AdamWathan said:
Snare is LSD Snare 6, one of the less processed ones, and the toms are Rarefaction toms! Snare has some EQ and Comp in SSL Channel + the obligatory Tapehead, and toms are just EQ'd a hair with SSL.

Also, Sonimus Satson on every single channel/bus on this one!



Would anyone be interested in stems of this track? It would be cool to hear some other mixes but I don't want to go through the hassle if no one's gonna do it!
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awesome man. downloading the stems. cant wait to work on em.
 
I'd agree with the guitars needing a tad more gain. I feel like the cymbals are a tad dry, but everything else sounds fucking awesome.
 
Cool so here's my mix. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4650518/Out Of The Ashes MM.mp3

Also, if you wouldn't mind telling us what guitars/Bass & pickups in each that were used for these recordings. Also what interface/pre & DAW your using. Sonic quality of the DI tracking is really good. Also as i was mixing this song, i became fond of the band. Where can i find more music from them? haha
 
Kevin Newland said:
Cool so here's my mix. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4650518/Out Of The Ashes MM.mp3

Also, if you wouldn't mind telling us what guitars/Bass & pickups in each that were used for these recordings. Also what interface/pre & DAW your using. Sonic quality of the DI tracking is really good. Also as i was mixing this song, i became fond of the band. Where can i find more music from them? haha
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The guitars were all done with an LTD H1000 with EMGs, bass was a Warwick Rockbass with whatever cheap stock pickups come with it. They were recorded into a Little Labs Redeye in DI mode and then into Profire 2626 preamps!

I PM'd you the name of the band, don't want to put it here so this doesn't turn up in a Google search or anything since they haven't released the track yet.
 
yeah my only beef is how dry the guitars are, which is personal preference anyways.
But this is a fantastic mix i love it.
mind pming me the name of this band? i wanna check em out.
 
Excellent dude, damn. This is great.

Guitars seem a HAIR dry and the vox could use some more dirty air (if that makes any sense) but I think this sounds fucking awesome. Was there a lot of editing in the guitars as far as timing goes or was this kinda recorded "one note at a time" like a lot of ABR-style bands do?
 
This is a really good mix, it's just a bit dry but its not the guitars. It just needs a lot more fun stuff in it to bring it to live, maybe some delay on the vox and a big roomy snare!

I'm going to have a crack at these stems.
 
I like everything, but the crashes. Compress room mic like fuck to make the mix fuller. Other than that, I think you're using too small crashes or the overhead was too far.

This is fucking stellar work dude. Just a little fuller mix wouldn't be bad for my taste.
 
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