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Another "check out my crappy music" request
[sarcasm]I was really going for that hyper-clean, immaculately-produced "St. Anger" vibe on these tracks.[/sarcasm]
Yeah, anyway...
Please do me a solid and let me know what you think of the production/vibe on a couple tracks. The style is hard rock, so if that's not your bag, maybe don't listen? Thanks much.
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Yeah, anyway...
Please do me a solid and let me know what you think of the production/vibe on a couple tracks. The style is hard rock, so if that's not your bag, maybe don't listen? Thanks much.
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I'm not into the style but I thought the production was good for the genre. It was pretty loud. At least 2 decibals louder than my masters are. But that is probably about perfect for the over the top compression that this genre calls for. The beginning of "my hell" is a great guitar sound but the heavy compression causes a percieved drop in volume when the rest of the instruments come in.
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Thanks, great feedback.
I'm a fairly novice engineer, so it's quite possible that I'm overcompressing. There's no compression at all on the guitar tracks, but I'm running the master buss thru the UAD-1 1176 plugin. Don't remember what settings I'm using, I'd have to go to the studio to look.
Volume? Yeah, it's loud. Like you said, it's what people expect for this genre. I was trying to match the output of some of the CD's I was using for reference during mixing.
Thanks for taking the time to listen. I really appreciate it!
I'm a fairly novice engineer, so it's quite possible that I'm overcompressing. There's no compression at all on the guitar tracks, but I'm running the master buss thru the UAD-1 1176 plugin. Don't remember what settings I'm using, I'd have to go to the studio to look.
Volume? Yeah, it's loud. Like you said, it's what people expect for this genre. I was trying to match the output of some of the CD's I was using for reference during mixing.
Thanks for taking the time to listen. I really appreciate it!
Re: Another "check out my crappy music" request
I agree that there's a perceived volume drop at the open after the guitar and break. I'd take the (cool sounding) guitar down a couple notches on the opening bit, then let the song explode.
Singing is good, mix is good, nice use of effects on vocals in those little bits. Well done.
Singing is good, mix is good, nice use of effects on vocals in those little bits. Well done.
Re: Another "check out my crappy music" request
The only thing I don't really like is the snare. I think a deeper snare would sound better. It sounds too poppy to me. But it does stand out in the mix. I think its a good job though.
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Really? Oh man, I love the snare sound. Come on, listen to the snare in the mellow parts of "Above as Down Below" where you can really hear it and tell me that doesn't sound good!The only thing I don't really like is the snare. I think a deeper snare would sound better.
OK, my personal preference aside, can you give me an example of the type of snare sound you're talking about?
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had a listen to number 1 - and I am another who's genre this isn't - but I thought the production overall was pretty good! I have two things which struck me as not quite right - and not really any solid suggestion of how to fix them... the vocals are lost here and there because of the crossover of frequency with the guitars - I think a re-mix bearing this in mind might mean you take away a little in the low-mid eq to free up some room for the vocals? Or maybe it's just a levels thing? The other is that the bottom end seems a bit flat to me. I was expecting to hear a much stronger kick - to give the track the power it needs - maybe the drums are overcompressed? What monitors are you mixing with?
Anyway hope this is constructive for you - on the whole a good job - but I'd re-approach those two things to push it on a bit.
Anyway hope this is constructive for you - on the whole a good job - but I'd re-approach those two things to push it on a bit.
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Thanks, I'll look at that.the vocals are lost here and there because of the crossover of frequency with the guitars - I think a re-mix bearing this in mind might mean you take away a little in the low-mid eq to free up some room for the vocals?
Event 20/20's. They kinda suck.The other is that the bottom end seems a bit flat to me. I was expecting to hear a much stronger kick - to give the track the power it needs - maybe the drums are overcompressed? What monitors are you mixing with?
I had the kicks up in the mix more, and they sounded a little overpowering. I just haven't found a comfortable frequency space for them to live in.
Thanks for the excellent comments!
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