Feedback Requests

[vapid eagle]

I use Studio One 5 so it’s cool seeing other DAWs and what they look like lol

I need to color code my tracks better tbh cause they’re all blue 🔥🔥🔥

Except drums

[swift slate]

since you look interested by other DAWs this is what cubase looks like with the colors i use but you might also be kinda familiar with cubase if you watch nik's writing streams or the full version of the bands in 30s video

[vapid eagle]

i should see if i can put my tracks in folders lol

[swift slate]

yea it's pretty handy to hide a bunch of tracks from just closing the folder

[runic adder]

how do I stop the initial snare from peaking?

[runic adder]

nvm fixed it

[runic adder]

New spiritbox bangs

[kind blaze]

You dont like Studio One?

[vapid eagle]

I do

I just like seeing other stuff

[kind blaze]

Ah alright, because Im thinking about going for Studio One 6

Since it seems to be close to Logic

[versed remnant]

Wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions to improve this, I am going to do the little bit of vocals I have done when I get more lyrics just was wondering on how i could improve this, I am also going to improve the drums it's my first time doing drums

[vapid eagle]

I wanna upgrade now lol

It’s just money I don’t really have to do it yet

One day tho I’ll upgrade

[fathom jewel]

you are an absolutely phenomenal, brutal grindcore vocalist

[fresh bone]

Whatever, I’ll give it a try. Been working on this demo for a bit. The mix is… a work in progress (honestly mostly just done on AirPods Pro 😅). Mainly just trying to level up my playing/writing a bit and see what comes out.

[fringe geode]

I did another Sonic song cover but it's one of my favorites so I said screw it :3

[fresh bone]

That’s awesome! Nothing wrong with a sonic cover - those games have some awesome music. Guitars sound excellent

[fringe geode]

Thanks! This is my 2nd cover of a Sonic song. And the guitars are Neural DSP Mark IIC+.

[fresh bone]

Damn, if I hadn’t already gotten archetype Petrucci, I’d probably grab the mark II plugin. I’ve always wanted to do something with the boss music from sonic 3… I remember it sounding super sinister

[fringe geode]

Archetype Petrucci while not entirely based on his JP2C (as JP has used other Mesa gear besides the Mark like the Triaxas and a Rectifier which Arc Petrucci can also do) the main bulk of it can do similar things to the Mark II as the real Mesa JP2C is based on a Mark IIC+ but a different variant of it (I won't go into super specifics but there were multiple variants of the Mark IIC+). So you're probably fine with Arc Petrucci.

Besides if you're a super amp nerd (which most ppl here really aren't) then the Neural Mark IIC+ is a little weird because it doesn't act like the amp does at times. Which is fine cuz the Mark amps are the most notoriously difficult amps to emulate. The 2nd being a Rectifier. Meanwhile Marshalls, 5150s, and Soldanos have been done to death and are pretty easy.

[fresh bone]

Yeah, don’t get me wrong - I love the Petrucci. I guess it is arguably a bit more diverse?

[fringe geode]

Yeah. The thing with Petrucci is that it has more FX than the normal Mark plugin, plus covers a wider range of tones that spans Petrucci's whole career. I was actually dead set on getting Petrucci, but I got the normal Mark on sale for 20% off and there was no way in hell I was gonna pay 170 bucks for Petrucci. At the time, nobody wanted to get rid of it either. But considering the Mark has been my main tack driver for a while now, I don't feel I'm missing out on too much. I have a real wah and volume pedal so I'm not missing THAT much. Plus I lot of the tones you hear in my cover I've dialed in on a real Mark before so ye.

[fresh bone]

Oof, yeah I bought the Petrucci during a Black Friday sale for like 50% off

Out of curiosity… what mic are you using on the mark II plugin to get those rhythm tones? Still trying to get my head around that… makes such a drastic difference

[fringe geode]

Lucky bastard lol.

And I use custom made IRs with GGD Cali. I'm using the THICC cab with a C414 and a KM184 on it.

[fresh bone]

Oh it was deliberate, at least. They always do a Black Friday sale, so I waited like 4 months. Might have to check out the custom IRs… struggling to dial something in that’s cutting and precise, but not too ice-picky (see clip above)

[atomic ledge]

Working on a thing here, not even remotely close to done but I really like the progress I've made so far. What do yall think?

[hoary heart]

I like the hand pan or tongue drum (Something like that).
Always cool to hear instruments you wouldn't fully associate with that guitar tone. Now that guitar tone dial back the fuzz/distortion it's over the top for the whole song, it's kinda fun for the sustained notes though.
I can't tell if you aren't playing to a click (metronome) or if it's just 01:00 and I can't count, though it felt like you were dragging a bit in some sections. Overall I liked it 7.5/10

[atomic ledge]

This is the current setup I use. I also have an M-Track Solo for my Audio Interface, I use MPC Beats to record the guitar and to sequence samples of other instruments, essentially building the entire song on there. The Metal Muff was the pedal I used on it. I can dial it down but im not so sure I can get it so that the distortion isnt overpowering, I dont really have anything else running thru the audio interface, so if I turn the pedal off completely it really doesn't pick up anything.

[atomic ledge]

Also regardign the metronome, ngl it nightve been on when I recorded it ;-; i didnt think it was initially.

[hoary heart]

We all like distortion, just also like to hear the tone of the guitar so definitely don't turn it off :)
Playing to a click isn't massive and playing without can add some personal feel as long as you're still on time but rushing or dragging just a bit can add some character to parts as for why some musicians do it.

[atomic ledge]

I really do appreciate the feedback, one last thing that I couldnt figure out, how do I get it so that my audio interface isnt panning the sound all to one ear? Im not sure why but with headphones on Its heavily panned to one ear and I cant figure out why.

[hoary heart]

I'm not too sure about the layout of your DAW so let me look

I'm assuming there is a mixer on the bottom of the UI what ever channel you have the guitar in there looks to be a single knob I would assume that's you're panning knob make sure it's in the center as well, it look like you have two buttons one with "M" and one with "S" I'm assuming those stand for Mono and Stereo... You could just press Mono and you would get mono audio.

[atomic ledge]

You know, thats what I was thinking but i wasnt 100% sure. Not gonna lie I learned pretty much everything I know about what I have via trial and error. Im honestly pretty happy ive made it this far lol.

[hoary heart]

Some good videos out there if you ever look into it

[atomic ledge]

Trust and believe, the moment i get time to im deep diving into it. Its a pretty well rounded DAW and I want to learn all there is to it. Anything to make songwriting easier lol.

[hoary heart]

for sure

[nimble wedge]

would love to see this as a full track with proper mixing and production

and possibly djented out? :)

[atomic ledge]

Oh, dont you worry. You see that Pitchfork pedal I got in that one photo there? I can really droptune it with that thing. low low.

[nimble wedge]

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[atomic ledge]

Only problem I have now is just bass. I have no real way of adding competent basslines, as its just a one man project and I dont know how to play bass. I sequenced everything you heard in that track myself, but idk how id feel about artifical bass.

[nimble wedge]

please dont go wrong with the artifical bass if you do go that route

sometimes it makes tracks feel so empty and fake

[atomic ledge]

I knowww and I want to avoid it. I just dont trust myself to write authentic basslines even if I get my hands on a bass.

[kind blaze]

The problem is not the amount of gain, but the fact theres no cab sim applied. This sound basically how a virtual amp would sound without a (matching) virtual cab simulator.

So it would be good to find something that you can use as a plugin on your guitar track

Also the 'M' and the 'S' on the individual tracks stand for Mute and Solo.

Stereo or mono has to be adjusted by track input. For example Focusrite L + R implies stereo, but you will be recording in mono anyway.

[spice arch]

lil bit of an update. idk why but it feels like it sounds a bit better when I use my Pod HD Pro amp sims without the cab IR and then load an IR in the DAW.

[atomic ledge]

Alright, so I have a vitual cab, but now I cant figure out why when I set it to stereo its echoing from in my right ear into my left ear

[kind blaze]

What have you set to stereo?

[atomic ledge]

I fixed the issue afer toying aroudn with it a bit. I found if I set it to mono and change a knob labeled 2 down and the knob labeled 1 up it seems to resolve the issue.

[kind blaze]

I think you recorded in stereo while guitar is a mono instrument

I see Input 1 + 2 selected

[atomic ledge]

Yeah, I didnt quite understand what was going on lol.

Im still a greenhorn when it comes to tech lol

[kind blaze]

You need 1 input for a guitar unless you use something like a splitter cable for 1 DI track and one amped track

So the solution wouldnt be to turn your panning knobs (gonna cause problems while mixing) but unfortunately to select the right input in which your instrument is plugged in and record again

[kind blaze]

No worries. Its a matter of just doing it and a lot of google

[atomic ledge]

this is an updated but still rough draft of what I have so far

[kind blaze]

Not bad. Already sounds quite good! Did you double track your guitars though? It seems like theres a guitar just panned to the right

[fathom jewel]

trying to do ppop punk again

thanka ggd popunk and john feldmann presets

[atomic ledge]

I did not, and im not sure how many tracks I can have active iwth my current template. I'll have to check when I get home.

[nimble wedge]

the synth reminds me of linkin park

also not sure why but i only hear the guitar in my right hear

[atomic ledge]

i think

that this works better

not 100% sure but I think it sounds fuller, added an octave higher guitar panned to the left to give the whole thing a more full feel.

@kind blaze

[swift slate]

ok so here is the last mix + master i've made i tried new things on in, feedback about that is appreciated

[kind blaze]

I honestly would go for a guitar with similar settings on both sides. Now it sounds rather disjointed as if you are not locked in. If you just want a fuller sounding sound that should be enough. Also somewhere around the 1.05-1.10 it sounds like something is out of key.

But it sounds better than the first one for sure with two guitars.

[hollow tulip]

wip remake of the project above

[hollow tulip]

nice

i like the lil gojira scrapes and the string bending on the main riff

IMO the guitars are a bit too quiet (or at least not balanced in volume compared to the drums)

[hollow tulip]

are you planning to add the bass later on

[atomic ledge]

Yup! But I'm not sure if I wanna go with a synthetic bass or try to get a hold of an actual bass guitar and track it.

[hollow tulip]

imo just go for a vst bass

[fathom jewel]

what guitar vst did u use?

[hollow tulip]

Shreddage 3 Hydra

Kuassa Amplifikation VVV as the amp

[fathom jewel]

nice, I use that for riffs too

[hollow tulip]

cool

[fathom jewel]

I used vst guitars here too

but this time since it had strumming parts I used ample eclipse

[hollow tulip]

used NadIR as cab simulator and Bogren Digital's "The Heaviest Cab Pack In The World" IR pack

and added some (slight) saturation with Szechuan Saturator and did some eqing

[fathom jewel]

bogren has the best cabs, why would you saturate a distorted guitar tone

[hollow tulip]

why for extra oomph

but that's just my taste tho

[hollow tulip]

nice

[hollow tulip]

nothing comes to my mind to critique this here (sorry)

[hollow tulip]

imo the guitar parts at 1:01 are a bit too quiet compared to the parts before

[fathom jewel]

oh yeah oops, that part wasnt supposed to be rendered 😅 , this is what it sounds like now

[hollow tulip]

now it fits well

nice

irrelevant but while hearing this i instantly visualized an anime opening

i like those chromatic thingys (i think, idk how to describe it) at 0:27 and 0:31, they add spice to the song

[midnight pine]

Need Mixing advice. I feel like theres a few things I'm missing to try to get the guitars to the front and very punchy but without interfering much with anything else

I lowered gain a bit which helped slightly, 2 guitars panned L and R. Turning up the guitars just drowns out vocals and other things

This ones better. Fixed a few things that I forgot to turn up

[kind blaze]

Song sounds quite good! Though its not in tune at all times, the vocalist is really good.

On the mixing: if that happens it means the guitars and the vocals are both int he same frequency so you have to play around with the EQ around the high-mids.

[spice arch]

There any need to double track bass? I'm wondering if it would fill out a bit more.

[rotund tangle]

hey guys, just mixed new demo. Can i get an opinion?

[fathom jewel]

great vocals but instrumental track seems too quiet compared to the vocals

the drums need some para comp punch

guitars need some overdrive and high mid boost, and cut all the sub low frequencies out because they made your mix muddy

[rotund tangle]

Thanks for advice bro, i cannot hear theese things myself cause im mixing in very cheap headphones)

[rotund tangle]

i improved mix

[atomic ledge]

no bass or vox yet, but I extended the song a bit. debating puting a breakdown in it or not.

[midnight pine]

Are my ears that bad? I don't hear out of tune-ness. But my ears aren't the best when it comes to extremely subtle thing

[rotund tangle]

well he is of pitch for like 1/4 of tone sometimes, that is pretty subtle and little detail but it affects sound

[kind blaze]

Yeah, like around the chorus part (for example around 1.17). Does not take away he still sounds like an extremely talented lad!

[swift slate]

something i made real quick tonight in about 1h

[fathom jewel]

you made this in an hour?! what a miracle

I cant get a song done in 2 weeks

this is not mixed but still you ideate pretty fast

[swift slate]

yea the rob scallon 1st of october inspired me lmao

[fathom jewel]

nice, only thing you need would be a homie like andrew huang to make tracks with

[swift slate]

also most of the time when i'm writing a track it takes me around 2-3h

when i'm inspired

then the part that takes days or weeks is the production i can add for ambience and the mix

[fathom jewel]

same for me but the way I approach song writing is very unorthodox and possibly very wrong but
I write the song as an afterthought after I endlessly tweak my amp sim to dial a tone that potentially inspires a new riff from maybe a song that I have recently heard, or a cluster of bands

[swift slate]

tbh this one was kinda different in the process of writing for me

i usually have a riff or a lead that inspires me for the rest of the track but that one i only had an idea for the piano then i only riffifyed the root notes of the piano lmao

and since it was supposed to be a chorus it wasn't hard to riffify it

[swift slate]

so this is the exact same track i made the other day but i added a few thing and i also used the new plini X on it, mainly on the leads and ambiance then on the rhythm guitars there is 2 more tracks which are the exact same DI but i added the octaver of the plini X in front of the other plugins

[ruby sparrow]

the drums needs some mixing

love the idea though

[swift slate]

Well nothing is mixed there so yea lmao

[fathom jewel]

tried something very different

[last swallow]

Metal remix of Mozart's Lacrimosa I made. Would love some honest feedback! https://youtu.be/4cE8o70lc-0

[mighty terrace]

Some random riff i played. idk what band it sounds like (if it does) only played for like 2 years but im improving 🙏

[kind blaze]

For playing without drums or (audible) metronome, your timing is pretty impressive!

One quick tip: your picking is very tense and can easily lead to some problems in the future. Try to pick from the wrist and loosen up your arm. It shouldnt be tense.

[fathom jewel]

drafting vocals and simultaneously writing lyrics

how is the melody phrasing

[swift slate]

something i just made real quick lmao

[mighty terrace]

Okay thank u 😁

[swift slate]

ok so i finished the writing process more or less lmao

[midnight pine]

Ahhh I see. Well we ended up posting our video on youtube. Although Im pretty happy with the overall mix now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW5mVAOxqcg

[swift slate]

ok so i covered the ending riff of + den spanska känslan + by vildhjarta

[real harness]

Hey, I need some feedback on this. I want this to sound a bit better, but don't know what exactly to improve on (btw there is no bass yet, I will record that a bit later)

[swift slate]

tbh the guitars are louder than everything else and the kick is very low

[granite mist]

little snippet of something cool

[swift slate]

and i hear disturbing frequencies in the guitar tone

[granite mist]

sounds sick

[runic adder]

Did a cover of Salvaged by Natewantstobattle

Wanted some advice on how to reintroduce low mids

Also any other comments would be appreciated

Ik the snare at the beginning is a little weird, I comp’d a room mic a little too hard it seems

[swift slate]

tried few new things on my mixing idk what to think about it especially on the kick and rhythm guitars tbh

[vapid eagle]

this fucks

i feel like the drums need a little work but the song itself is a banger

sound kinda underwatery? idk how you'd fix it but its overall amazing

[turbid solstice]

Guitars sound great but agree about the drums sounding a bit distant, not sure what's causing it

[hoary heart]

I think the drums are just super flat the kick doesn't have any bass or overtones going on and the cymbals just don't have really a ring to them... Not sure if that's an EQ thing that could be changed

[swift slate]

ok so i made quite a few modifications of the mix especially on the kick as well as the drums in general and changed slightly the guitars too

also on this version i used a trick buster use on vildhjarta

which is use fabfilter saturn kinda like an EQ + distortion it still has a pro-Q too tho

[turbid solstice]

Sounds clearer nice

[hollow tulip]

metal remix of "Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion", one of my favorite boss themes

[turbid solstice]

Wait a second this is touhou

Well you're bold enough to take on Nuclear Fusion I could never

Sounds awesome

[hollow tulip]

Was trying for a slipknot kinda vibe there

[turbid solstice]

The drums do feel Slipknotty

[hollow tulip]

thank GetGoodDrums Invasion for that

[turbid solstice]

Ahahaha I have that too. This the Joey snare?

[hollow tulip]

Yes

[turbid solstice]

Makes sense

[hollow tulip]

wip remix of heian alien

[turbid solstice]

You got a lot of projects going huh

[hollow tulip]

Yes

[turbid solstice]

Mixes are clean though

[hollow tulip]

And i may abandon them to remix yet another Touhou theme

[turbid solstice]

Based

[hollow tulip]

thank

[hollow tulip]

Wyt

[turbid solstice]

Oh hell yeah I love Septette

Pretty unique take on it, mainly your drum grooves are quite different from other arrangers and I like that

Sounds epic overall

[hollow tulip]

i was heavily inspired by Joey Jordison's drum grooves n stuff

[turbid solstice]

Yeee

[hollow tulip]

i based the remix on both the EoSD and SWR versions (if you care)

[turbid solstice]

Ye very cool

Not played the games but I do like the music a lot, especially the metal side of it

[hollow tulip]

Metal Touhou music kicks ass

I've listened to a lot of Undead Corporation

[turbid solstice]

Legit first time I heard Demetori my mind was blown haha

[hollow tulip]

and then there's Unlucky Morpheus

[turbid solstice]

Oh that's awesome! I'm friends with Micu, one of the vocalists but he's moved out of Japan now

They're still trying to work from overseas though

[hollow tulip]

(whom i discovered thru a violin cover of Dream Theater's The Dance of Eternity)

[hollow tulip]

Fr??? No way

[turbid solstice]

Herbivora also similar to Demetori but they're underrated

Yeee Micu is chill

[hollow tulip]

since there some activity in this chat chances are i might dump a load of (sorta abandoned) projects

[turbid solstice]

Hahaha yeah I like to talk production and stuff so I'm happy when there's activity

[hollow tulip]

Mood

[turbid solstice]

I'm trying to make my stuff sound more modern. I have a project for old school melodeath but I'm trying more modern core stuff atm so I can practice vocals over it

[hollow tulip]

remix of Seija Kijin's theme

[hollow tulip]

nice

keep in mind this is just first listen so i might skim over some details

imo the guitar is a bit too loud and competes with the drums to be heard

[turbid solstice]

Will definitely lower it later especially when I add vocals

[hollow tulip]

ok

remix of Shou Toramaru's theme

[turbid solstice]

Lol you just crank these out huh

Dedication I guess haha

[hollow tulip]

I have a load of them

[turbid solstice]

How long do they take usually?

[hollow tulip]

It's kinda like mixing practice to prepare for when i actually crank out original works

[turbid solstice]

Fair enough

[hollow tulip]

fuck i forgot to time but i think around 2-5 hours (it might probably be WAY off)

[turbid solstice]

That's hella fast holy shit

[hollow tulip]

I have midi versions of the original themes to compare them to (it's probably kinda cheating)

[turbid solstice]

Eh it's a resource lol

[hollow tulip]

Most of the time comes from arranging guitar parts and ESPECIALLY mixing

God knows how many times I've spent fiddling around with dials and plugins

[turbid solstice]

Yeah I feel that

[hollow tulip]

yet another project to dump, this is a bit older

a remix of Alice Margatroid's theme

[hollow tulip]

thinking of remaking this yet again

[midnight pine]

Name checks out, I also have a severe Touhou addiction although I suspect you might be a bigger fan

[fathom jewel]

is this inspired by wage war

imo the chorus melody needs a little tweaking to flow with the lyrics, incredible job done on the vocals btw

[granite mist]

Not intentionally

[granite mist]

Yeah that’s my buddy

He’s insane

[fathom jewel]

buddy got them dinosaur pipes

I also get unintentionally inspired by bands sometimes

[real harness]

I messed with the mixing of the track a bit and think it sounds better, but I still need some opinions on this (also on the writing)

[hollow tulip]

wip metal remix of Youmu Konpaku's theme

[hollow tulip]

this one's a somewhat interesting challenge for me since the original theme mainly has the same melody repeatedly playing but in different keys for different sections and the instrumentation keeps it from being rather monotone

[hollow tulip]

some changes near the ending part

[hollow tulip]

updated to fix a mistake

[scarlet cedar]

BLACK METAL HORROR

[frosty sonnet]

https://m.soundcloud.com/ethyn-charbonneau-61584664/ov-thoerns-demo

[runic adder]

Truly one of the black metal songs of all time

[swift slate]

another thing i just made 👀

[hollow tulip]

first listen
imo rhythm guitar is burying the lead

[swift slate]

it's not mixed so yea lmao

[hollow tulip]

i like the neoclassical feel (i think) of the lead

[swift slate]

also there is no string such as violins and stuff like this

only guitars

[hollow tulip]

yes i know

[swift slate]

if you listen closely you can kinda hear the clean guitars taht does the same thing than the rhythm guitar and makes it sound like an orchestra kinda

[hollow tulip]

(lazily) extended the mix and mastered it with automatic mastering

[scarlet cedar]

Lookin' for feedback.

[kind blaze]

Hey, guys. My first track... Dark, cinematic and unpredictable horror symphony. I guess you can call it prog metal. Been in production hell since 2018. And it's generally suicidal to start a career with a track like this)) What do you think?

https://open.spotify.com/track/6sfxX1a0lt9vpd6MPNwvMF?si=69ba43a5ea7a4879

[fervent tendon]

Hey friends, this is quite literally the first time I’ve recorded an idea (so it’s rough af) on guitar (been playing for a month now, after years of playing bass) so you can go ahead and roast the ever loving beejesus out of it 😘

https://on.soundcloud.com/TCR3xnC7ZBDDD2FF6

[real harness]

Damn, I've been in the same situation, I was playing bass for 3 years and after that began learning guitar. I wish I sounded like this at the time. There is ofc a bit of sloppiness, I can notice, but will get fixed soon enough, if you will continue playing. Also I think, you should learn a bit of mixing, but, if that's your first time recording, it sounds quite good.

[supple mountain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2FFewpFdUw Did a Vocal Cover of one of my fav songs, can I get some feedback for future covers?

[real harness]

You sure it's a safe vocal technique? Besides this, with some practice, I think, it will be so awesome

damn, these screams before the breakdown are crazy

[supple mountain]

Sort of a unsafe vocal technique on the choruses, but my voice doesn't hurt after doing it that way since idk how to call it - it's sorta my own technique? I've just been doing this weird voice for a while and managed to control it and it doesn't affect my voice afterwards even after yelling like that for hours, but when I was starting it was awful mainly due to the fact that I never had time to properly learn any normal techniques

[real harness]

Yeah, I was talking about those James Hetfieldy vocals, but if you feel ok while doing them, that's good, I guess

[real harness]

Since Nik wasn't streaming, I've finally finished my kinda butt-rocky song. Now I want to hear as much criticism as there is. I really want to improve, but don't know where to start.

[supple mountain]

First of all, this goes hard I really like it. My main nitpicks are the mix and idk how to put it, a somewhat flat sound?

• The mix I'd say lacks bass to it, the drums don't feel that punchy and the bass doesn't shine that much in the low end as well. The overall mix is decent, although i could sense some clipping in the 1:52 - 2:25 segment (but this might be just me tired), I'd compress the sound a bit more so it doesn't go too much "in your face"

• And my second nitpick (this is just my preference, nothing besides that) is that the breakdown could use some effects on the rythm guitars.

I'm kinda tired so I haven't gave it a full proper listen but these are the things that came to my mind first

[real harness]

Oh, yeah, you're right it can use some compression, I completely forgot about it. Thanks for at all feedback, and I will check the clipping that you mentioned

[supple mountain]

On a second listen - I don't think that was clipping, just the guitars overlapping each other and it just sounds cluttered

[real harness]

Yeah, kinda. But anyways thanks so much for the criticism

[fathom jewel]

it may never happen, but if it did

[fringe geode]

Another Sonic cover in the bag. This took about an hour and change to do.

[swift slate]

chris turner turning to ken turner

[fathom jewel]

he is more than kenough

[swift slate]

[fervent tendon]

Thanks a lot, that‘s some really good feedback! As far as the mixing is concerned, yes, absolutely need to buff up on it, because quite frankly I have no idea what I‘m doing 😂. And yeah, I‘m planning on completely re-recording it as soon as I have the arrangement completed, right now I‘m just trying to see what works and was actually quite pleasantly surprised about how it‘s shaping up.

[lavish sundial]

quick question, what genre would you guys consider this?

[fathom jewel]

metal?

[lavish sundial]

ok, let me rephrase the question, what subgenre of metal

[fathom jewel]

metalcore I guess

[lavish sundial]

ok thx

[fathom jewel]

also are those programmed guitars

[lavish sundial]

nope, they're not

[fathom jewel]

then I think your playing is pretty tight

[lavish sundial]

you don't know how many takes it took me to make it sound that tight, it was hell

and i'm still not 100% happy with it

[fathom jewel]

well, it doesnt sound complete partly because it is in the riff salad stage

[lavish sundial]

correct

and i hate the pinch harmonic in the breakdown

tried to get it right on both guitars for so long and still doens't sound good

[lavish sundial]

since i'm here already, can someone maybe give me some tips to get out of that riff salad stage? it's basically my first "song" that's longer than like 30 seconds and my problem always is making stuff cohesive

[feral arrow]

I’m starting to make music with my dad and my brother.

I was wondering if I could get feedback on this song. It’s called “Fill The Void”

Should we keep the vocals or delete it?

If keep, what should we do to make it better

[spice arch]

very rough track so far but I'm delving into symphonic black-esque metal. guitars are very rough and it may sound somewhat muddy but you get the idea of it so far.

[fathom jewel]

sounds like a symphonic power metal version of cesspool of ignorance, like if wintersun wrote that song 🤯
love the orchestral elemets, what are you using to make them?

[spice arch]

FL Studio...I know it's not very common to use FL Studio for metal but hey it's got plenty of built in VST's. I just got used to using it over the years. I'm not a professional recording artist by any means.

[fathom jewel]

oh, I knew those sounds sounded familiar

[spice arch]

they work well enough for me since I'm broke lol

I basically just put a wide reverb on the orchestral parts. I've been on an orchestral metal tangent after listening to Fleshgod apocalypse.

and oh shit lol I'm listening to Cesspool right now I see what you're saying

[supple mountain]

I'd love to get some feedback on this

[fathom jewel]

my initial thought at first was that this was soundfont music

[rustic dirge]

I almost never share riffs here but here is one I just made please vote it 1-10

[fathom jewel]

solid 3

but maybe like program a beat for the riff if you want to give it more rhythmic context

[rustic dirge]

I don’t have a program app becauseI don’t have a computer.

I am getting soon so then I will start recording and learning to program drum

[ruby sparrow]

feedback is very appreciated! is it heavy? 😏

other than the kick being too loud

[silk fossil]

This song went through about 10 different iterations.... still unsure even though it was released - what do you guys think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pk3oPrXJik&ab_channel=RedHook

[acoustic niche]

Sounds good

Also boobs

[hollow tulip]

heavy indeed

holy shit

very Brand of Sacrifice-ish breakdown (i think)

the only comment is that the electronic synths are too quiet and being buried under the guitar imo (lest you meant that as a more background thing)

[hollow tulip]

minor changes, extended the mix, and finally mastered it (with automatic mastering tho)

[nimble wedge]

quite a thumbnail

im not complaining about it

[soft flint]

Ignoring all the names for unamed ideas, I'm an experimental musician. I'm trying to incorporate more sound design into progressive metal form factors. I want to bring something new to the table.

Even if it's absolute laborious murder

[woven fable]

https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5z4YnEtSc1XBk5oJRHqtjR?si=PX_t_Dc0RHijnYfRELA0lg

this is the first single we released with my band
it's alternative metal/funk rock and uhhh, well it's kind of experimental
some of the lyrics of the first song, and all of the second one are in spanish
I think it's an interesting sound, lmk what do you think?

[woven fable]

I liked that first one

[ruby sparrow]

Yup, big inspiration

[ruby sparrow]

yeah its meant to just fill in with the background, so it doesn't sound too empty

[ruby sparrow]

very touhou like
i love it

[ruby sparrow]

the drum patterns on this are really good, impressive

[hollow tulip]

'course it is
that's a remix of Remilia Scarlet's theme

[hollow tulip]

i see thank you

[proven jewel]

dunno if id even consider this a song its sorta just a compilation of riffs but the current title describes it fairly well 🤷‍♂️ any feedback is welcomed

[fathom jewel]

how to accidentally make a breaking benjamin song

[fringe geode]

LOL I didnt think it was like that but looking back yeah it kinda does sound like that XD

[fringe geode]

So thank Lady Chao for this. She heard that something sounded unaligned.

Turns out I kept the doubler on in one of the guitar tracks.

@fathom jewel This is what it should sound like

That doubler was fighting with a lot of shit in the track and made the guitars less defined.

Kept the drums from popping out too

[fringe geode]

This is awesome. BTW Touhou songs are metal af.

[fringe geode]

From a compositional perspective, it goes hard.

From a mix perspective, I personally don't think EZD2 is great. I moved on from it a long time ago because of that and mainly use it as a songwriting tool more than a mix tool. I recommend looking at the GGD One Kit Wonders as they are extremely cheap and currently on sale. Konakt is a little annoying but it not so bad once you get it to work. Bass needs to be amped up a little too.

It seems the guitars are fighting with something too.

[real harness]

Oh, thanks so much for the advice. Can you explain please the problem with the EZD2? Because I think with some mixing it sounds quite good. And, if you can, elaborate on the guitars clashing, because I also can hear it, but don't understand how to fix it

[fringe geode]

From my perspective anyways, EZD2 has a hard time fitting in the mix (maybe that just me though). Finding the sweet spot for it when mixing could take HOURS. Now maybe it's just drum heads themselves, but i find even with some mixing, EZD2 just doesn't get very snug in the mix. This is my perspective and experience tho and you're free to tell me to eat shit. It's constantly fighting other things in the mix, even sometimes itself. I will applaud it's ease of use though it fucking great.

As for the guitars clashing, it seems to be fighting the bass a lot. They might be taking up the same frequencies. If you're not using a bass plugin like Parallax which automatically does that I'd make one track with nothing but the low end, and another track with the middle and high end frequencies. Find where you want the split between the lows and the mids and highs are. After that, compress the low end for consistency. You can then add a little compression to a bass bus to give the two tracks some glue and EQ to taste. This will take some time tweaking but once you get it you get.

Once the bass is all EQed and compressed, go back to the guitars and see where the frequencies are fighting here and duck them out.

[real harness]

Yeah, Im using the darkglass plugin, and guess what? I'm already using this double track method, but, I guess, I need to change the frequencies a bit

Btw, do you know a good compressor for the bass?

Or is the stock reaper one good enough?

[fringe geode]

Any comp is good. I personally use TDR Kotelnikov. It's a mastering compressor but i use it all the time for compressing drums as well. Its absolutely free. There is a more powerful version you can pay for that's optional (and cheap) but the free version is more than enough to suit your needs.

[real harness]

Thank you so much, will def look it up

[fringe geode]

It has a release peak knob on it that I find insanely useful that I don't see on most compressors. It's an all digital comp too so it's not emulating anything. So you won't get any unwanted compressor saturation either, its completely clean.

[real harness]

Well, I'm sold. Already downloading it

[fringe geode]

Lol. Tokyo Dawn Labs also has a free EQ plugin that has a multiband compressor built in. It's only 4 bands but I ain't picky. It can solo whatever one of the 4 bands I want which is something Reaper's EQ doesn't do which helps a lot. It's called TDR Nova.

[real harness]

You're helping me out so much rn, I can't thank you enough

[fringe geode]

Happy to! Nobody told me shit when I started out. I had to figure shit out for myself. All the mixing plugins I use are free. I don't pay for anything mixing related.

[fringe geode]

If you need a good limiter, Sonic Anomaly has one called Unlimited that can double as a comp that you can shape the character from sharp to dull as well as a few other fun things.

Bedroom Producers Blog has a free saturation plugin called Saturator and has a tube and tape saturation option.

And lastly Variety of Sound has a a free exciter called Thrillseeker.

[shrewd jetty]

Hi, it would be great if I could get some feedback, this is the fourth song I have ever created so I know it’s rough around the edges. If you know what I can improve on future songs it would be great to let me know. Thank you!

[kind blaze]

I think it depends on the expansion, also EZD3 is worth the upgrade if you were ever wondering.

[proven jewel]

I think it sounds great, I'd definitely double track the guitar if it isn't yet and throwing in a track a guitar track in middle with slightly different tone is always fun too

[fathom jewel]

https://on.soundcloud.com/gkc3x

I could have mixed the vocals a little better, where did wo grong?

[fathom jewel]

turn down the gain and use a precision drive before the amp for more clear defined notes from the guitar

[fringe geode]

I don't have a Precision Drive XD

[fathom jewel]

dr drive is free

[fringe geode]

Ohhhh

[fathom jewel]

perfect alternative to precision drive

[fringe geode]

Also my gain is pretty low (I use Neural's Mark IIC+) its between 3 and 4. Most of the tightness and gain is coming from the built in OD.

Which is something I don't normally do unless I'm lower than Drop B when I transpose.

I usually let the amp speak for itself.

[fathom jewel]

alright, fair enough

maybe boosting the high mids and low cut the sub frequencies below 30 hz might help

[fringe geode]

I'll try it out! Thanks!

[shrewd jetty]

Thank you a lot, I‘ll try the Guitar in the middle next time

[proven jewel]

Cool!

And of course, it sounds really good!

[hollow tulip]

this is from my amateur point of view (or rather hearing)

it's kinda hard to describe what it felt like but it sounds as if the vocals are just laid on top of the mix rather than it being mixed into the mix (it's also a bit louder than the instrumentals)
did you try a de-esser or low-cut the near-inaudible <20hz frequency

other than that i like the song overall, the chromatic thingys in the guitar/vocals (is that how you say it?) gave me this kind of anime op vibe on top of it being pop-punk ish

but hey i've never mixed vocals before so it may sound a bit hypocritical

tl;dr vocals kinda dry/loud but great song overall

posting a wip remix of a theme i think is underrated
this is Saki Kurokuma's theme from Touhou 17: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
since the boss's design is based on a horse from legend that could fly through the sky i thought i'd attempt to give it a galloping feeling by rapid staccato kick rolls and general abuse of gallop patterns

yeah on hindsight the guitars are a tad bit too loud

[turbid solstice]

Where's the touhou guy lol

[turbid solstice]

Very awesome. I have a preference for loud guitars anyway

[hollow tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-i-am-yes-i-am-jojo-jjba-gif-20844595

[turbid solstice]

😄

[hollow tulip]

Eirin Yagokoro's theme

i really like that demetori prog-metal vibe

nice intro with that egyptian scale (don't remember the proper name for it)

[fathom jewel]

ken turner, is this modern enough

[fathom jewel]

splash blast beat certified 🤘

[fathom jewel]

are those leads shredage?

[hollow tulip]

shreddage 2

[turbid solstice]

You mean phrygian? I think actual Egyptian music uses more of phrygian dominant but this is just regular phrygian like the original Eirin theme lol

[hollow tulip]

ah yes that name thank you

[turbid solstice]

No problem and I'm glad you like it 😄

[hollow tulip]

no problemo :D

[turbid solstice]

Damn that's chonk

[hollow tulip]

some minor changes and put some (automatic) mastering to utsuho's theme

[turbid solstice]

[fathom jewel]

how did you the automatic mastering

[hollow tulip]

ozone 11

[fathom jewel]

ozone?

yup

[hollow tulip]

this thing's a lifesaver for me who can't master jack scheisse

[turbid solstice]

It's fine I use JST Maximizer myself lol

[hollow tulip]

no judging done

[proven jewel]

my friend sent me an audio clip of his and i edited it some and made this lol

[ruby sparrow]

just a tip here, the bass shouldn't match the melody, try using just a C note and switching it up with octaves

[soft flint]

Hey thanks!

[ruby sparrow]

ofc man!

[soft flint]

I've been out here on my own for years just studying speed writing. That took 2 hours to make.

It's kinda odd that people like it.

[ruby sparrow]

thats pretty neat for 2 hours

[proven jewel]

Sounds good

[hollow tulip]

sometimes speed writing can only be achieved if the mind wills it (at least for me tho)

[hollow tulip]

^

[hollow tulip]

another wip remix remake of Alice Margatroid's theme
this is the 2nd time i've remade this project already

[fathom jewel]

the harsh high mids need to be tamed, but this music is something else

[acoustic niche]

Any tips for programming drums?

[fathom jewel]

sir this is a wendys

[acoustic niche]

Should I be here?

[swift slate]

i tried something with the new djinnbass 2 plugin

[acoustic niche]

I quit

That’s the definition of djent

[swift slate]

don't worry it's insanely hard to me

i had to record every bar separately lmao

[acoustic niche]

How many attempts did it take you?

[swift slate]

about 5-6 for each bar and the last one of the pattern about 10-12

and the pattern is 4 bars long

[acoustic niche]

Damn

4/4?

3/8?

[swift slate]

and i count the attempts on both ears so it's like 5-6 to record it twice

the whole thing is in 4/4

[acoustic niche]

You like Meshuggah maybe?

[swift slate]

i don't really listen to them tbh

[acoustic niche]

What djent do you like?

[swift slate]

it was more inspired by unprocessed lmao

[acoustic niche]

Oh ok

[swift slate]

and tbh this is way different than what i usually do

[acoustic niche]

I just made a super simple Riff i felt really good about and than you come in here and crush my self esteem

Goddamn show off

Im kidding

[swift slate]

to be fair this was just something to test my wrist and my left hand accuracy

btw this is what i usually do

[acoustic niche]

I have ITDD so I can’t do that

[swift slate]

this one is mixed and mastered tho

[acoustic niche]

Do you like pedals or plugins more

[swift slate]

i only have plugins lmao

the only pedal i have is the whammy DT

[acoustic niche]

How long have you been playing

[swift slate]

9 years

[acoustic niche]

I feel better now

😂

Do you post your music to stream

[swift slate]

currently it's only on YT but when i will start to get a consistent revenue i'll buy a distrokid subscription for spotify and more

[acoustic niche]

Cool

[swift slate]

also there is this one that can also be considered as show off because of the lead lmao

also endurence wise on the right hand this one it's hard

if you want here is the tabs lmao it's in drop F# but playable in drop B/C# standard for the lead

also BPM is 180

[acoustic niche]

I’m not good enough to play that yet but I’ll save it!

[swift slate]

tbh it took me about a year to have a decent sweep picking and it's still not that great tbh but i'm not like intensly practicing it tho

[acoustic niche]

I haven’t mixed it yet but what do you think I could add to the riff to make it better?

[swift slate]

maybe some rhythm variations like 16th notes here and there to make it more insteresting than just 8th notes

[acoustic niche]

Is that just 2 times slower than what I was playing?

[swift slate]

faster

[acoustic niche]

Oh ok

[swift slate]

give me 2s and show you something similar

with what i said

maybe it's hard to hear what i mean because of the tone but yea

[acoustic niche]

Did you take my recording and edit it?

[swift slate]

no i just played something that sounded similar from what you made

[acoustic niche]

Oh okay

I’m trying that speed and my hand is dying

[swift slate]

i managed to get faster with my right hand by trying to do through the fire and flames when i had like 1-2 years of guitar playing

[fathom jewel]

did you add a transient shaper on the snare

[acoustic niche]

Like this?

Kinda

[acoustic niche]

The speed is probably way off but it’s faster

I’m in c standard

[swift slate]

I dont think so

[swift slate]

Ill check it after i eat

[acoustic niche]

Ok

[fathom jewel]

you should try it

on both kick and snare for extra punchiness and presence

[swift slate]

yea kinda like that

[swift slate]

do you have like a go to plugin for that?

[fathom jewel]

I switch between the inbuilt reaper's transient controller and native instruments transient master

[swift slate]

do you know if there is a native one in cubase or not?

[fathom jewel]

yeah there is envelope shaper, it works the same way

[swift slate]

ok i'll check it

also added more to what i sent yesterday

[swift slate]

well i've made a full version now lmao

[soft flint]

Needs new chorus, and some reharminization, but I need a check for "original sound"

I think it it's getting there.

[trail shore]

https://open.spotify.com/track/7Ljz5yH8gwx75q9vuBzVH6?si=2uS-MeRFQKqn7Pg6dd2Lyw what are your thoughts on my new single?

[trail shore]

That tone is gross 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[fringe bone]

i have feedback for nik. if DEATHPHONK is supposed to be metal x phonk he should use more 808 cowbells

[faint thistle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6pEBfZvVc Just wrote this demo, was wondering what sort of mix improvements could be made?

[kind blaze]

Sup i dont know if you guys will ever read this message, im a true and honest metal fan. i love doing vocals, and i give all of my power inside of my vocals and my energy so my love as well. i do some riffing to, and i write some tracks on my own. this is one of m
y first tracks i will write on my own. would really love some honest opinions to my riffs and my voice

[proven jewel]

Cover that me and a friend made, its releasing this saturday but feedback on the solo would still be appreciated 🤷‍♂️

why is

the file 28mb

the flac version is smaller huh 💀

there that's better

[atomic ledge]

wrote this riff for my band Gates of Sheol. liking how its turning out so far.

[wild python]

Wrote this doom metal style riff yesterday

It’s not perfect yet but it’s a work in progress

The tuning I used for this is an alternate octave tuning which is G F A# D# G C

[kind blaze]

it shouldnt be able to hear the diY signal from the guitar, i can hear it clearly.

[wild python]

The only thing I have as an amplifier is only a beginner tube amp which isn’t really good

I really need a new amplifier but I can’t afford one rn

[kind blaze]

just get fruity loops , an amp, /audio interface, good / mid end PC and archetype gojira (if you are windows user i can recommend fl studio)

here is some of my latest stuff i made, hopefully a band reaches out 🙂

[fringe bone]

fl studio is a W

https://www.amazon.com/AKAI-PROFESSIONAL-MPK-Mini-MK3/dp/B0886KWVYR/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2R2GCLF3Y7CZA&keywords=AKAI%2BMPK%2BMini%2BMK3&qid=1701145610&sprefix=akai%2Bmpk%2Bmini%2Bmk3%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-2&th=1 for fl studio you should check out this midi controller

[wild python]

I only have a laptop not a Pc but idk if I can download an archetype model on it

[fathom jewel]

nice, love the fart brass
also the track sounds familiar, is it from an existing composition or is it just your thing?

[kind blaze]

will be released 2k24 xd

[vapid eagle]

This is the biggest/ highest quality project that I've made so far

it's overall pretty good but any kind of criticisms would be much appreciated!

[blissful cliff]

This is my take on the deathphonk style

Thoughts would be greatly appreciated 🙏

[hollow tulip]

in my opinion,

the rhythm guitars should be a bit louder for them to cut thru the mix,
and also double-tracked, that should make them sound very wide
the drums sound too dry (for me, at least), the cymbals are very quiet on the mix

[hollow tulip]

though i am not that of a professional-grade producer here's an example on how processing can make drums into better drums
raw drums are drums i programmed with my settings, no post-processing
and processed drums are exactly what it says on the tin

i could show you how i mix my drums if that isn't too much of a hassle

[hollow tulip]

you can search up how to mix metal drums on youtube for better ways but this should be a serviceable enough starting point

[vapid eagle]

The rhythm guitars for this are already double tracked. Also this is an unmixed version as I have no experience mixing my music so 💀

I’m definitely going to have to start looking at plugins that I can use to make it sound a lot better

Thank you!

[kind blaze]

You dont have to spend too much. Depending on the DAW you use. I have Studio One 6 and it has some great mixing plugins

[vapid eagle]

I have studio one 5 artist version so I’m kinda limited but I’ll see

[hollow tulip]

no problem :D

[hollow tulip]

a wip remix of a certain self-proclaimed "strongest" fairy's theme

[kind blaze]

Dont know about that one, but Ive used a lot of DAWs and Studio One is by far my fave

[kind blaze]

yoo this is actually very strong!! W

[kind blaze]

the harmonics are wrong tho, somehow the notes are not very right. or is this extra?

u need to go an octave higher with the same riff

[blissful cliff]

Yeah I kinda wanted the harmonics to clash

[blissful cliff]

That's a good idea actually. I might try that

[kind blaze]

yw

[left spear]

Hey Guys, our first Music Video. I hope im in the right TOPIC dear mods: Have fun GENRE: Alternative-Rock with Metalcore vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6VD7EvykXo&ab_channel=Portlux

[fathom jewel]

your videographer is a gem, the video looks awesome

[soft flint]

Yeah I guess. its kind of like nature photography, you have all your shit set up innthe fucking jungle and you're waiting for that idea to come by. xD

[vapid eagle]

There was a bit where I wanted to buy a new DAW flat out even with studio one. Eventually sat down and learned how to use it and I really enjoy it now lol

[fringe geode]

The next part of the Break the Glass series! Break the Glass VII and VII-2 Left Behind, To Break

The top one is Left Behind, the bottom one is To Break

[swift slate]

i made that but i wish my PC didn't start to explode and let me continue record cuz for some reason it only uses half of my RAM and it's using it at 100% idk why

[soft flint]

Need mixing ideas. Trying to fit alot of shit in with experimental music.

[kind blaze]

@soft flint

[soft flint]

@kind blaze It sounds like a solid start.

3 suggestions if you're up for it.

First is to take the last note of descending lead, play around with landing it on different notes in the scale.

Second, For all instruments, regarding riff's, You have a nice rhythmic pattern, play around with diatonic shifting to increase your mileage. It's pretty fun. Just shift the phrases 1 note within the scale.

Third is just my personal taste, I'd lower the velocity on everything. There's alot of impact, but the phrase sounds like it wants to chill. Add the drive later. Then it's easier to add buildups and power for the chorus. ❤️

[kind blaze]

THANKS KENNY

[soft flint]

Np

[kind blaze]

im new with clean sounds and delay stuff, im still experimenting so i dont have a clue what you mean with impact, and diatonic shifting haha xd but ill try to improvise

[soft flint]

Diatonic shifting

Say you have a set of notes in a phrase.

Shift every note, 1 note, in the scale.|

So take a phase, and shift all the notes, up 1.... or down 1... in the scale.

Impact = combination of velocity and compression.

Its study time boi

[swift slate]

ok so i extended what i sent yesterday

[fathom jewel]

this is billy no mates first draft

[swift slate]

wdym by that?

[fathom jewel]

its gives very knocked loose vibes

[swift slate]

oh ok i see

kinda low tuned for knocked loose but tbh i tried to go a little more deathcore that i use to but seems like it went more hardcore then

[fathom jewel]

what are your thoughts on this?

[swift slate]

for some reason the riff like doesn't speak to me except the one at the end this one fucks hard but the mix is definitely good despite being different that i would typically like but the ambience in the background is really cool too

[fathom jewel]

it do be going hard
I'll try to program more catchy riffs that speak

[swift slate]

tbh it might just be a me problem on that one

[fathom jewel]

no worries, thank you for sharing your opinion 👍

[twin timber]

I finally figured out how to dial in a good Guitar tone

[swift slate]

did you meant drop C2?

because it sounds a bit high for drop C1 lmao

[soft flint]

Here's an example of what I mean by diatonic shifting.

You will notice that all the highlighted lines represent a note in a scale I picked out.

To shift diatonically, just means to move everything within the next highlighted space. aka... the next note in the scale.

In laden terms.

I would grab a cluster on notes, and just move it all.... up...

Or down....

But staying in the highlighted scale.

ITs really fun to map a scale out on a fretboard and move the figure around in the scale

It helps you find progression and get familiar with moving shit around.

Take alot of time to understand this, play around with it for 3 weeks. It will blow your fucking mind,

[twin timber]

the oe was put in place by the computer because i made a copy, since this was the first copy i made, it put in the 1

[swift slate]

oh ok lmao

[kind blaze]

oh tank you!

[fickle holly]

Hey y'all I generated some fun Metal songs with Suno.ai and wanted to share them to listen to. Is this OK to do here?

[swift slate]

ok so i made a full version of what i sent the other day

[turbid solstice]

[waxen warren]

https://open.spotify.com/track/6hDaGfO4czEoV5f6beBOu8?si=cd2e90c8eccf4512

Just released this, what does everyone think?

Me and a mate in uni

[turbid solstice]

Nice cover art and cool song!

[waxen warren]

Cheers dude!

[swift slate]

a practice mode loop i made myself for a game what do you think of it? don't mind the name it's the file name for the practice loop in the game files

[kind blaze]

https://open.spotify.com/track/2aWmZjfFrh2YQUgs5Vq1HG?si=IjPZkuRAT16mPtfSEhhhRA

Please check out our band!!!

[runic adder]

We’re going back to 2008 boyos

[crystal pollen]

Hey guys, submitting this as my final project for my first music production class. Lmk whatchu think. After I go back home I'm gonna record vocals, I just really can't from my dorm. There are some lead guitars imitating the vocal melodies/harmonies, but I'm also gonna add a lil rawr XD.

[polar mirage]

My band I just released this new song/ video! What do you guys think? 🤘🏽https://youtu.be/_focd8lcYp0?si=H6CR8sKezINfeAoj

[kind blaze]

Vocals are too loud in the mix, so i barely can hear the instrumental coming through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8k1b7qmSuI listen to this, they are all even, nothing is too loud or more in the foreground, the mix is even, the guitars , wit the drums. i dont know, maybe im wrong but on my end, for me your vox are a bit too loud.

[inner sedge]

sounds fine to me

[inner sedge]

sounds sick honestly, which one are you?

[fathom jewel]

the lead guitar just blends in with the rhythm guitars, just bring them up in the mix

[runic adder]

Sounds fine to me, though it’s on my phone speaker lol

Will give it a listen off my monitors tomorrow though

[fathom jewel]

the bass stands out quite a bit, very video gamey, it sounds like you enabled the doom switch on your vst bass

[swift slate]

not even lmao

but i think i just didn't turn the humanize knob lmao

but since this one is just for myself it's not a big deal

[fathom jewel]

ok, kinda interesting how you made it loop tho

[swift slate]

one issue tho is it has to be in mp3 format and because of that you can hear when it loops since it does a tiny break unlike wav format

but in wav format the game doesn't recognize the file

[fathom jewel]

try rendering in .aac or .ogg format

[swift slate]

same the game needs the file to be in mp3

[fathom jewel]

what game is this

[swift slate]

geometry dash lmao

[quasi summit]

i got an idea

[fathom jewel]

you want feedback on it?

[meager lava]

kill me XD

[meager lava]

I feel bad putting mine next to yours

[quasi summit]

sure

[fathom jewel]

the entire song has a swing-ish feel but your rhythm guitars are not following that feel

[quasi summit]

i dont know what you mean

[quasi summit]

thats becasue the temp is a bit unsteady

mayb

[fathom jewel]

5 seconds shy of being a 3 minutes track

[hollow tulip]

damn

i haven't listened to the whole thing yet but all i'll say is bloody hell the snare is powerful

a bit too powerful, in fact, and louder than the other elements of the drums/song

nice song btw

some wip remix of Nitori Kawashiro's theme

[fringe geode]

A remix of the first ever entry in my Break the Glass series!

@fathom jewel @kind blaze What you bois think?

[fathom jewel]

this track reminds me of the songs that play when playing call of duty mobile

[fringe geode]

I have no idea if that's a good thing or not XD

[runic adder]

Trying to decide between tube amp and plugin, which sounds better? 005 is my randall and 006 is archetype gojira

Lead guitar on both is neural DSP, so just the rhythm guitars

[inner sedge]

these sound impressively close i'm ngl

[runic adder]

Yep, but they still have their little distinctions, idk which to go with

Leaning towards the Randall though

[inner sedge]

yeah i would lean more towards the amp if you have it

especially cause they sound basically the same especially to the untrained ear

[runic adder]

All in the IRs baby

But yeah

[foggy sedge]

Our band HVN released our 2nd single called Mantra. I would appreciate if you gave it a listen and let me know your thoughts!

https://youtu.be/rKMFxCDkDJE?si=7AG_yZB5WbzeTCkR

[kind blaze]

How did you record the Randall?

[mint acorn]

Hey guys I got a logo professionally made up and wanted some feedback on the final look!

Black Upheaval designed this for me

[fathom jewel]

nice, what does it say?

[mint acorn]

EYEAMHELL

[fathom jewel]

ohlmao

i couldnt see it at first glance

[kind blaze]

Same, but thats Deathcore

[mint acorn]

Mission accomplished 😈

[runic adder]

Ran it through a load box and put an IR on it through a plugin

[fathom jewel]

the snare is the dominator

[fringe geode]

A remix of the second entry in my Break the Glass series!

@fathom jewel Wot you think boi?

Bass was kinda tricky to mix this time around.

Also instead of Rectifier/Mark combo, I switched it to SLO/Mark combo.

Which I think worked out better.

[brave otter]

any tips on proving the production of this? ik the song is mid but im more using it as a way to working on mixing and mastering

[gritty tartan]

I'm trying Bandlab, warning this has mastering but not mixing? Its just a test idea and it sounds bad

[inner sedge]

the intro highkey sounds like it could be in an anime

honestly the whole thing could be, it's a solid arrangement

[gritty tartan]

The guitars sound bad, right?

Idk how to describe it

Messy?

[inner sedge]

are the guitars MIDI?

[kind blaze]

Arrangement of the guitars is too busy

Especially where the glitchy effects come in

[gritty tartan]

I'd actually disagree, I think if I messed with the tone it wouldn't sound as bad, I think the tone makes it all mush together

[gritty tartan]

Yes

[inner sedge]

midi guitars generally just won't sound perfect, i think most programs offer a "humanization" alogrithm tho

[fathom jewel]

your guitars need more crunch a slight mid high around 5k boost since the guitar tone is very dark, the low notes kinda blend in with each other, maybe turning the gain down a little might also help
when you reverb the drums the low frequencies will be all over the place and they get in the way of the mix, maybe that cloud of low end is making your guitars sound a little distant and murky

[fathom jewel]

you should try reaper, its a great DAW
Also didnt you have shreddages in the dreams PS5 programmed stuff? those midi guitars sound much better than whatever you are using now, which amp sim did you use on the midi guitars?

https://on.soundcloud.com/N6UEU every instrument I used in this track is MIDI, shreddage jupiter for rhythm and shreddage hydra/ample hellrazer for leads

[gritty tartan]

Uhhh I'm not sure what amp sim means 😳

[fathom jewel]

amp sim means guitar amplifier simulation plugin, it simulates a guitar amplifier

[gritty tartan]

Oh I see, I'll have a look

Does this answer your question?

Or am I on the wrong thing

[fathom jewel]

that is the right thing 👍

[gritty tartan]

There are loads of models to choose from

[fathom jewel]

I see, are you using bandlab on a pc or another device?

if this was the cakewalk version it would have external VST compatibility, then you can use more high quality amp simulations and DI synths than the one that is on the stock plugins of the BandLab online version

but looking at the screenshot this does look like its on a mobile device, a tablet possibly
so VST compatibility is out of question

[gritty tartan]

Yeah it's on a tablet

[hollow tulip]

first listen

i suggest you reduce the main rhythm guitar's volume a bit and turn the drums up a little bit
main rhythm guitar should be double tracked to give it a bit of that width

[hollow tulip]

ooo

nice concept test idea

i'm assuming you'll flesh it out a bit more since it's a test thing
but you should make that transition from orchestral intro to metal section a bit smoother

maybe add in a little guitar fade-in

wip remix of "Deaf to All but the Song", Mystia Lorelei's theme
mixing may not be top-notch

[quasi summit]

HELL YEAH

[fathom jewel]

I added vocals, but every lyric is lalala after the first line 💀

it says mixdown but it is not mixed at all

how is the melody phrasing

[kind blaze]

any thoughts on the vocals?

[fathom jewel]

instrumental is dominating the vocals, but 0:32 really got me stank faced

[kind blaze]

how is that ? i am trying my best not to get to that point, where the instrumental is dominating the vocals.

[fathom jewel]

maybe the clean high ambient guitars have frequencies clashing with the vocals somehow

[kind blaze]

hmm

[fathom jewel]

reverb does that sometimes, it spreads frequencies everywhere

[kind blaze]

yea but i only automated it in some places lol

how is it now?

[fringe geode]

I don't really reverb drums. That roominess in the drums you hear is the actual room itself. Not so much reverb but I get what you mean.

[kind blaze]

there is reverb in the drums? idk , its an instrumental i would buy lol its not made by me

[fringe geode]

Wot kek

[atomic ledge]

casual Tokencore but I tweaked one of their riffs a bit to make it more unique.

[cerulean glacier]

ok to be clear ive never listened to sleep token but i actually like this alot, if done correctly i feel like itd be like straight up some psychedelic metal shit of the exact genre im uncertain of

it has a psychedelic feel to it imo

[atomic ledge]

If you had to rate it out of ten?

[cerulean glacier]

8/10, i like it alot but also i feel like the near end drums coming in and stuff is not really the forte of the sound if that makes sense?

the guitar sounds more akin to like oranssi pazuzu imo

[atomic ledge]

never heard of oranssi pazuzu. ill look em up. thanks for the input!!

[kind blaze]

yo how did you get it so clean with that drop tuning done? for me on my end it sounds a bit weird

[swift slate]

idk how they drop tuned the guitars but maybe it's the whammy pedal maybe it's post processing or if they uses more recent neural DSP plugins the built in transposer

but the actual best way to drop tune and have the less alterations as possible is to time stretch the DI but without the resampling to keep the pitch so as you stretch it baiscally slowing down the audio you will have a lower pitch but it's all post processing

i think it's what buster do sometimes to have really low guitars

[kind blaze]

idk how this sounds for you its a preview from my bands new album, coming out , we are working on it over 1 year now . we are trying to get some metalstep done, with progressive melodic metal / metalcore / djent riffs

[swift slate]

something we made back in early 2019 when i had a band with my friends and went back to make it better and record it today with a bit of taht whammy we all love

[atomic ledge]

I use a Pitchfork pedal! Its super convenient.

[hollow tulip]

i'm no expert when it comes to metalstep, not yet at least, but i'll try to give feedback where i can

the acoustic drums in the second half sound very quiet and rather dry compared to the electronic dubsteppy drums in the first half
you should probably add some cymbals (e.g. crash cymbals, hi-hats, etc) to the dubstep part so it sounds a little bit more fleshed out
the rhythm guitar from 0:51 to around 2:00 sounds mono, i assume you're planning to double track it later

a lil wip remix of Aya Shameimaru's theme
this is probably the fastest remix i've ever done (at time of writing) clocking in at 240 bpm

[hollow tulip]

i might think of adding bg elements to fill up the "empty" spaces

[runic adder]

holy shit touhou moment

sounds pretty good

[runic adder]

0-0-0-0-0-0

[fathom jewel]

massive room sound, what drums r u using?

[runic adder]

superior drummer 3

death and darkness pack, using a custom preset made from the death pack

[brittle pecan]

Hey everyone! My band just released our first ever single, completely self produced. If you had the chance to check it out and give some feedback it would mean a lot to us. Have a great day!
https://open.spotify.com/track/42QpX21wRzRmCtdxbPU0HS?si=W0QpczRdSKG6ZOqPfbAB4Q&utm_source=copy-link

[brave otter]

im doing a metal cover of the plok boss theme. can i get some feedback on the mixing cus idk what im doing

[fathom jewel]

are guitars programmed 😀

also for a metal cover this is very synthey until the 32th second

your guitars sound mono, look up double tracking

[brave otter]

guitars are not programmed but im using a subbase to try to fill out the sound. also the synthy lead is a stand in for a guitar part i don't feel like recording cus i might change the temp. I'll try double tracking the guitars

ty

[meager lava]

what I got so far, I already have an idea for how the guitar will sound

[hollow tulip]

the Plok OST is a banger and the boss OST reminds me of the Hotline Miami OST (yes I'm aware Hotline Miami released way WAY later than Plok)

so far it sounds good, i like the buildup to 0:32 and the drop that gives this imminent "oh shit" feeling
guitars sound mono and need double tracking (someone already said that)
IMO the snare at the 2nd half sounds a bit quieter than the snare at the 1st half
the synth pads at around 0:50 should be a bit quieter as it kinda overpowers the guitars (however the guitars aren't double tracked, not sure if it'll finally sound right when it is double tracked)

remade it

[hollow tulip]

some minor changes and trying out a different guitar tone

[fathom jewel]

this is awesome, just a nitpick would be that the drum programming could be more dynamic, with quieter ghost notes on the snares

[hollow tulip]

thanks, I'll try quieting the ghost notes some more

[kind blaze]

yo wtf i could def dig this lol

some stuff i tried to record cause i needed to save this riff lol

[swift slate]

ok so my uncle gave me his activation code for a drum VST he got recently so i tried making a track using only the built in gooves except fo the breakdown tho also the rhythm guitar tone is archetype gojia i got yesterday from nik's awards neural DSP giveaway

[fathom jewel]

nice, I also used archetype gojira on the guitars, what do you think of the track?

[swift slate]

sick tone tbh

if you're fine with it may i have the file for it?

[fathom jewel]

which file, the tone preset?

[swift slate]

yes

the overall track is sick too

[fathom jewel]

I used toneforge DI Match before the amp sim

[fathom jewel]

will the file contain the IRs I used in the amp sim?

[swift slate]

nan it's says no custom IR

[fathom jewel]

here are the IRs, coffe on the left and dark on the right

[swift slate]

thx

[kind blaze]

This is a new Preview of my new "Sound" / Mixdown overall, with new vsts i got from a friend. hopefully ya'll like it, normally i'll upload this track at new years eve

[brave otter]

any advice for the mixing on this?

[heady sinew]

So I am trying a self imposed challenge inspired by Nik where I make songs in the style of artists, but this time it's my Spotify Wrapped. Since I'm not that good at straight up replications, I'm aiming for a ballpark of very inspired by them to a faithful replication. The first one was Rain City Drive. Keen to hear how close or far I was.

[fathom jewel]

what I noticed on my first listen was that as soon as the drums parts happen, kick and snare are the most distinct parts of the mix, and the overall low end presence in the mix was minimal, not sure why but maybe you equalized out too much of the low frequencies from some instruments, not heard anything from Rain City Drive so I can't tell how close your track track was to their style

[heady sinew]

I haven't done much in the way of mixing yet, but I'll definitely be ironing out issues with the low end

[spiral jasper]

Just learned the hook, verse, and bridge to the new Darko US song Shanghai on vocals. Recorded it on my phone. Lmk what u think!

[rotund tangle]

sound is pretty dry, i hear that you are using falsechord. Try to maintain more compression with lower airflow, it will sound more consistent and will feel a lot better

and on higher screams, do not just push it that far, try to relax and make note nasal-ish

[spiral jasper]

Gotcha yeah im much more consistent with the low false chords

How would i make the sound more wet than dry hahah

[rotund tangle]

you have a good base sound to make it sound f-ing awesome

[rotund tangle]

you need smaller airflow and more compression

use diaphragm breathing exercises

[spiral jasper]

So like use less air and more diaphragm?

[rotund tangle]

its like more control from diaphragm and good twang-ish restriction of throat

[spiral jasper]

Ok cool thanks for the good feedback

Trying out for a deathcore band in a week or 2 haha

[rotund tangle]

no problem my guy, i was struggling to learn falsechord after ive learned fry

[rotund tangle]

you better get ready

[spiral jasper]

Im much more comfortable with false than fry

Yeah im working on it!

[rotund tangle]

well fry is an aqquired taste as i say

it is really clean vocal based technique

[spiral jasper]

I learned fry first but then i did so much false chords its like i forgot how to do fry

[rotund tangle]

fry almost automaticaly opens when you progress in mixed clean vocals

its kinda complicated

[spiral jasper]

Oh i know haha ive watched so many videos

[rotund tangle]

i just stuck to hybrid screaming these days, smth in between corey taylor and architects

[spiral jasper]

Im not good at that. Luckily dont need if for deathcore lol

[rotund tangle]

sounds like this

[rotund tangle]

well if you figure how to use it in deathcore will get a new genre

my best advice as a self taught vocalist: if it hurts - change it

[spiral jasper]

Well nothing im doing now hurts so thats good. I dont think id have the input since id be the new guy haha

[rotund tangle]

its a good place to listen to yourself and learn about yourself

its not always about creativity

[spiral jasper]

Oh yeah definitely

[rotund tangle]

I think i need some advice on mixing how this sounds overall

[spiral jasper]

Idk shit about mixing yet but i like the song

[rotund tangle]

nice) its a new track called The Aftermath from my upcoming album

trying to make metalcore great again))

[spiral jasper]

Hellll yeahhh brother haha

[rotund tangle]

slayeeeeeer

ooops, wrong quote

[nimble wedge]

im not very smart on the topic but sounds a bit muddy?

i dont know how you'd go about fixing that though

[crisp remnant]

https://open.spotify.com/track/0NMlIS1RZkX9yagDCAmGDr?si=788dfe9cb9da4c67 It's already been posted to Spotify and other streaming services, but I'm curious what people think of my band's newest song.

[rotund tangle]

Maybe it does, i mixed it in really cheap headset from sennhiser

[rotund tangle]

Real brootal vocals my dude, i dig it

[hollow tulip]

a wip remix of Junko's theme from Touhou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

[quasi trellis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbL29BIyBg I just finished the first song for my game, any feedback would be appreciated

[hollow tulip]

composer AND game developer??? not bad

i don't really have any feedback to give so sorry about that

just wondering what genre is your game (i'm guessing either sci-fi horror/adventure)

[hollow tulip]

extend

[quasi trellis]

its a horror story game

[hollow tulip]

neat

[quasi trellis]

ive spent the past like year writing the story i havent started development on the actual game yet tho

[hollow tulip]

so it's like a proof of concept-ish thing

[quasi trellis]

Wym

Ohhh

Yeah

Ive made a shit ton of modelsand all for thr game

I just dk hiw to code rlly

So i just use chatgpt for code

[hollow tulip]

ok

you don't have an indie studio yet?

[quasi trellis]

Nahh

[hollow tulip]

one-man project?

[quasi trellis]

Yup

Well

For now

I doubt i can get it done on my own so i probably will try find some people

[hollow tulip]

good luck on your future endeavors

[quasi trellis]

Thx man

[hollow tulip]

wyt

[quasi trellis]

Im on mobile rn ill look in a min 🤯

[hollow tulip]

i see

[quasi trellis]

holy fuck

that shit goes hard

those drums a plugin?

Bc if not thats crazy talented

[hollow tulip]

yes

GetGoodDrums Invasion

although an expert drummer could probably play these (not a drummer tho)

[hollow tulip]

just about everything is a plugin
the drums, guitars, bass

i consider myself more of a composer than musician if you catch my drift

[kind blaze]

hey guys, iv'e been trying to sing clean since 1,5 years, right after i started with False Chord Screaming & Gultural. any thoughts on the chorus?

[hollow tulip]

this is just my personal opinion, but i think the chorus vocals are a bit too loud and dry in the mix
it sort of sounds like you sung too close to the microphone, it kinda sounds "breathy" (that's probably the best way i can describe it)

[quasi trellis]

same bro i can just barely play guitar i so i use plugins

[hollow tulip]

glad we're on the same page

[silent relic]

As another guy said, its recorded a bit too close to the microphone. You should probably sing louder, sounds like you're holding back here.

Love your screams btw

[fathom jewel]

welcome to vst guitar gang

[quasi trellis]

yea

[kind blaze]

thank you yea it was like 3 am or so when i recorded it lol

here is some other shit from me i made

[rotund tangle]

Kinda dry and offkey. I hear you use your clean vocals in same position as your screams, but that is not actually how you do it. Try to use more air support and try to hit the pitches with your diaphragm

Your clean singing should be a lot louder in person than you think it will be

[kind blaze]

I made a 578 core song about Minecraft.

It's almost done!

Also, there isn't any Guitar Solo's.

Just leads.

[kind blaze]

@rotund tangle.

How about my 578 EDMCORE song?

[swift slate]

the file name says it all

actually it's the 1st time i'm trying to quadra-track guitars with 2 different sounds

[silent relic]

Not really metal, but i'd thought i'd give it a try. I'm also not quite used to doing vocals, but it was worth a shot.

[rotund tangle]

Maybe 578 skyrimhyperpopcore?

[fathom jewel]

ignorant metal season baby

[swift slate]

i have the full version here

and for the 2 tones i used it's one on the petrucci and 1 on the gojira

[fathom jewel]

archetype gojira is the goat ampsim for heavy tones

[swift slate]

well the main one here is the petrucci

[fathom jewel]

oh I see, when you start mixing this you gotta like remove a lot of mud

[swift slate]

well i already have like a crazy EQ before the amp for the gojira

with like a -16dB in like the 200-400Hz i think

and also a lot of highs cut too

like

and it was -30dB not -16 lmao

and this is with only 1 of each tone

[kind blaze]

It's Minecraft but yes 😄

[fathom jewel]

, why did you remove all the high frequencies, isnt that where guitar pick attack happens?

[swift slate]

it's mosty because of the whammy pedal

and also because it's supposed to backup the main tone more than act like a tone itself

[fathom jewel]

so the petrucci has high frequencies(and is the main tone) and gojira has the low frequencies?

[swift slate]

mostly yes but i have that noise when it comes to very low tunings mostly because of detuning

you can hear it at 2:12

[fathom jewel]

yeah I hear the growly bass noise

[swift slate]

i mean on the petrucci

that static ish sound

[fathom jewel]

yeah it ends with the white noise, maybe that could be gated out

[swift slate]

it's also maybe because it's like tuned down to C0 but yea lmao

even with the gate at like -12 dB i still have it

and i know the tone knob of the OD in petrucci make it even worse but here i used saturn for the distortion

[fathom jewel]

maybe fretwraps could help, because I think its the DI that is generating the white noise before going to the amp sim

[swift slate]

i don't have that issue on the gojira tho

well i still have it but WAYYYY less than the petrucci

[tough mauve]

Hey all. I am new here. I am making music with the hopes of releasing a few songs sometime in the next few months. I would really appreciate feedback on this song, particularly when it comes to mixing / mastering. Thank you 🙂https://soundcloud.com/david-lionsten/dog-house-blues-1324/s-BItqMZ8wRH4?si=d11bcd0de7994ffbae4e5ab7c56cfd5d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[fathom jewel]

did you record real instruments for this track?

[tough mauve]

Drums are midi, everything else is real 🙂

[gleaming haven]

I did something I shouldn't have done

[tough mauve]

Pretty cool!! I really like the motif you kept coming back to. Really nice melodic phrase that incorporated the shreddy stuff really well

[gleaming haven]

Well, it is a remix of a non metal song, so the melodies aren’t really original, but thanks anyways

I’d recommend listening to the original if you liked it

[tough mauve]

oh i didnt realize lol

I’ve never heard of it

still pretty cool 🙂

[gleaming haven]

It’s called all my fellas by frizk if you’re wondering

[gleaming haven]

Thanks

[rotund tangle]

Damn boi, this is cursed…but i like it

[gleaming haven]

Thanks man it means a lot

[heavy bough]

Just started to record a melodeath album

[rotund tangle]

I was bored, so I just made this slipknot mashup of sulfur and unsainted

[robust thistle]

this song is about the cod zombies map Forsaken

[hot anvil]

There are no guitars in this song

[hot anvil]

really clean production on this. Think that saw in the background is a bit distracting imho

[hot anvil]

dude ik these are vst instruments but how did you get such a clear mix? Sounds dope

[robust thistle]

this is an interlude i made thats cool

[hollow tulip]

Idk how to describe this but it's probably a combination of feeling, experience, and experiments

I've done a lot of projects (mostly 2hu remixes) and i've experimented with the mixing (e.g. what happens if i put this plugin to the drums, etc)

i've also experimented with the approach/methodology (e.g. should i make this faithful or should i radically change it)

this'll sound cliché but with time I gradually learned to know the dos and don'ts that help make the mix better (also with the help of mixing tutorials online)
don't get me wrong I still consider myself an amaetur that still needs more experience

that's probably all that I could say, I apologize if this doesn't answer some of your questions but I'll figure out a better way to express my thoughts

[hollow tulip]

wip rough unmastered remix of Satori Komeiji's theme
1st time i tried doing wah-wahs in guitar lead

[kind blaze]

new song coming out 🙂

[hollow tulip]

noice

i don't really have any real feedback per se (it's a bit nitpicky) but imo the guitars are sidechained a bit too much from the drums

[hollow tulip]

stuck in a little writer's block rn so have this update

[swift slate]

something i just made pretty proud of the current result tbh

also 1st time using the tone @fathom jewel sent here a couple days ago

[hot anvil]

nah thats basically how most people good at mixing describe the process. Yeah you can do certain things to help out balancing a mix but most of it comes down to listening to other mixes, and training your ears to recognize what works in those

treat music more like an art than a science

also helps that you're using vst guitars, since those come with a good bit of the cleaning up already taken care of

[hot anvil]

Think that turning down the kick volume a bit and reducing the amount of sidechain would help out a lot. Also just a suggestion but layering the vocals in the chorus could add a good bit of power. Still this slaps

[hot anvil]

drummer in the room over lmao

think the guitar could use a bit of extra brightness and yeah you should probably bring down guitar and bass a bit to make room for drums

[swift slate]

well nothing is mixed so volumes and lvl balance is subject to change

[hot anvil]

ah ok

[swift slate]

this one is mixed and mastered and also like 11 semi tones lower but who cares but i don't event use the same guitar plugin and drums for it

[kind blaze]

Which one is better for an outro, the first or second one?

[proven jewel]

Me and my friend released this a week or two ago, def want some thoughts on the guitar playing
https://open.spotify.com/track/1zhdjVMyrGeDqCt7GNrx3O

(Not metal, more bluesy if anything)

[pure sentinel]

Not too mediocre?

[kind blaze]

Listen to High Up In The Sky by Joshua Thompson on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/EB5B3

Not mixed well, sorry for my shitty clean vocals.

[swift slate]

so i finihsed the track i sent sunday using @fathom jewel 's archetype gojira tone well i actually modified it a bit tho

[kind blaze]

https://on.soundcloud.com/aTs4H

Drop D Metalcore, No Vocals. Instrumental only.

Getting better at mixing

[hot anvil]

OHHH MAN IVE BEEN COOKING

didn't think i'd be getting these tones from a tele but here we are

[inner sedge]

its pretty sick dude

[acoustic niche]

What do y’all think of this cover

[quasi trellis]

What do yous think of this doom inspired song I wrote?? https://youtu.be/-Z9MsRYiwjc

[hollow tulip]

first listen

pretty nice song (idk more to give song-wise, so sorry about that)

mixing-wise imo the drums don't really give much oomph compared to the mick gordon ones
if you want to make it hit harder you could probably give the bass drum more sub bass and then a slight saturation/distortion, and sidechain the whole song around the bass drum (and snare) so that the drums cut through the mix (you can layer the drums with electronic ones to give it more impact)
the bass guitar isn't really too audible for me, you should increase the volume since imo the bass makes or breaks a mick gordon song

[hollow tulip]

rough short example, it's not perfect but i tried to mimic mick gordon (without the electronic synths & drum layering), should give an example (you can search the youtube for more (and better) examples)

[hollow tulip]

extend

[fringe geode]

This was an old song I created back around 2020-2021. I decided to remix it from everything I've learned since then.

[hot anvil]

Nice playing man, could use a clearer mix but this is nice

bad music

[fringe geode]

Clearer how. Curious on what I could do O.o

[hot anvil]

needs a lil more top end and a slight bit of mud reduction around like 250hz

[fringe geode]

On the guitars? Cuz I can do that.

[fathom jewel]

https://on.soundcloud.com/Bda5B
I finished my track as well

[fringe geode]

Hey thanks for the tip! It really worked out!

[hot anvil]

great to hear man

[fringe geode]

These are with the adjustments you suggested.

Plus some minor extra ones.

[hollow tulip]

a wip remake of a project which was a remix of one of my favorite boss themes
i tried out a new kontakt drum plugin (it was the ||Mixwave Jay Weinberg|| one so i tried going full slipknot on the drum patterns), what do you think about the drums (and drum programming)
(and do you think i should get rid of the vibrato in the lead)

[kind blaze]

not exactly this discord's cup of tea but what do you guys think

[thorn dock]

lmk what you think

[thorn dock]

yeah, this is just double tracked, gonna add other guitar layers afterwards to thicken the tone

[hollow tulip]

I see

[hollow tulip]

some changes + extended
removed vibrato because it sounded off for me

[half rover]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the server! So my wife and I decided to try music and would like to have some feedback on our track in terms of production and songwriting. its already released but we would like to release more songs in the future following more constructive feedback. Hope to hear from anybody soon.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1k2sdllBKwLDr4blmoc4lr?si=c9b4f3d6b4824fc5

btw. The track is like alt metal to like set expectations properly.

[half rover]

wow! This is like video game core, but the drums are sick!

[hollow tulip]

i mean it is a video game song after all (that's a remix of Utsuho Reiuji's theme from Touhou Subterranean Animism)
the drum programming is heavily inspired by Slipknot drumming in general (especially self-titled album style)

[hollow tulip]

i haven't listened to the entire song but it sounds nice overall, i have no feedback to give in terms of songwriting/production tho (I'm sorry about that)

[kind blaze]

i love this alot , such a cool idea and its executed very well good job to both of you 🙂

i hope im ok to drop multiple tracks in one go forgive me if i not lol . but i usually a EDM producer but i just started making some metal i wanted to try to make a track from each bring me the horizon era this is what i have so far , im not great at guitar so its all a bit sloppy and unmixed but feedback would be great 🙂