Feedback Requests

[fringe geode]

Wot

[mortal dock]

O dang that's a bop

[kind blaze]

Yeah
Gonna release it soon

Yesterday I finished making the cover and logo of the band

Wanna see?

[mortal dock]

yas

[mortal dock]

Seraph null? Awesome name

[kind blaze]

Thanks✨

I came up with it yesterday lol

[mortal dock]

The design is quite sleek too

[kind blaze]

Thanks!

[mortal dock]

Speaking of yesterday, just yest I was sketching this fanfare thingy, yk like those victory screens in games, but more epic

[kind blaze]

Clash of Clans vibe lmao

[mortal dock]

Whoa that's a throwback xD

[kind blaze]

Yeah
Peak game
Still not bad but not as good as it used to be

[fringe geode]

DAMN THAT SMACKS

[kind blaze]

One of the tracks from the album we are working on and also a forthcoming single

We just need to do the mastering

Well, or at least try lol

[runic adder]

Oh shit mental cruelty

🔥

[mortal dock]

Did I do it justice

[runic adder]

I think so

[fringe geode]

Someone a Celldweller fan?

Or maybe you prefer Circle of Dust?

[mortal dock]

Someone said Celldweller?

[fringe geode]

Yessirrr

[mortal dock]

Epiccc

[fringe geode]

And Blue Stahli

[runic adder]

That’s quite the combo

I have not heard blue stahli in a hot minute

[fringe geode]

Idk what Bret is doing since Obsidian

Man's been mia

[runic adder]

Damn

[mortal dock]

I've liked Celldweller since I played Asphalt8 hehe

Like a decade ago lol

[fringe geode]

First discovered him after Dead Rising 2 came out.

Kill the Sound was a dope ass song.

[kind blaze]

Unfortunately I don't know any of them

[mortal dock]

Celldweller-ish moment maybe at the end :v

Some old af wip I haven't finished. Awful vst guitar but I'll fix it some day

[mortal dock]

What y'all think of the chorus here at 0:50 btw?

Good idea or nah?

[fringe geode]

What about Voicians? Zardonic?

[kind blaze]

Nah

[fringe geode]

I know that Piano vst. That's Quiet Piano!

[kind blaze]

I'll listen to them

[mortal dock]

Chorus at 0:50

And then celldweller-ish? Moment almost at the very end at like 3:25

[runic adder]

Sounds nice

[fringe geode]

Reminds me of something off Soundtrack from The Voices in My Head Vol. 1

[mortal dock]

There's this too

From some old project that got scrapped

[fringe geode]

Very NieR inspired.

Woah it just took a turn.

Wasn't expecting that.

[mortal dock]

Lmao

there's also this one

[tiny trout]

bro teach them whistle screams bro tf

[mortal dock]

I barely know how I get them. I'm pretty sure I just up the shit outta my larynx and hope for the best

[fringe geode]

E🅱️ic

[tiny trout]

lmao that's sick asf

one of the admin from the screaming discord said it can be done true vocal folds, imma try that one

[mortal dock]

Then there's this one, probably my best sketch so far. No mixing or anything but I'm excited to continue at some point. Went full Sawano lmao

[fringe geode]

Why aren't you doing game soundtracks

Like wtf

This is great

[tiny trout]

sounds like a dying animal

[mortal dock]

No one's hired me

[fringe geode]

Put yourself out there bruh

[mortal dock]

Maybe when I finish half of these demos and actually post them lmao

[fringe geode]

Felt that

[fringe geode]

An old project

The goal was just experimentation with ambience.

[mortal dock]

It reminds me of the atmospheric ambient sections of some of the The Raven Age albums

I love The Raven Age

[fringe geode]

Holy shit I thought I was having a fever dream they do exist!

[mortal dock]

So few people know them, it's ridiculous

They're not bad at all they've got bangers

Idk why they're so underground

Considering who their founder is

[fringe geode]

Who is their founder?

Also they're as underground as SE7EN is.

[mortal dock]

SEVEEEN

dang it I was about to say that

No way we share the same braincell wtf

[fringe geode]

Man was arguably doing djent long before Misha was.

[mortal dock]

Their founder, and their guitarrist

He's the son of one of the Iron Maiden members lol

They've got backing

Yet they don't pop off which is hilarious

[fringe geode]

WHAT THE FUCKETY FUCK

[mortal dock]

LMAO

Everyone always freaks out when I tell them

[fringe geode]

I gotta give them another listen.

[mortal dock]

I'm not into iron maiden but I love the raven age, go figure

[fringe geode]

Steve Harris' son....that makes so much sense.

[mortal dock]

He doesn't play bass tho he plays guitar

Which might have stung to the old gentleman xD

But yeah
They've even been allowed to open for them and stuff in shows

Yet it's like there's invisible

[fringe geode]

Honestly I'm not surprised why they don't get a lot of attention. Despite the backing of Maiden, Maiden themselves aren't as mainstream as other bands of their era.

[mortal dock]

Yeah that is true

[fringe geode]

Its kinda like we know who Vended are becuz both Corey and Clown are in one of the biggest bands of their era.

[mortal dock]

Yea

Or stone sour

[fringe geode]

Or another example is Wolfgang Van Halen. He's a fuckin Van Halen, of course he's gonna attention. I remember when he was in Tremonti for a bit. Ppl were freaking out.

I got to see Tremonti when Wolfie was in. Tho it was only once.

He left after that album came out.

[mortal dock]

Oo

[fringe geode]

Yeah bruh it was awesome. Was literally on the wall of death.

It was awesome.

The final song was Wish You Well from the first album (one of the few Tremonti songs I know how to play minus the solo cuz he's a mad lad)

Went hard af live.

The place was small so when multiple pits opened up with me right in the middle of 2 or 3 of em it was something else.

[kind blaze]

Damn

One bro just did the mixing of my track

Wild stuff

For me, mixing is like magic

I don't understand it absolutely

[runic adder]

It is

I be doin wizard shit in my tower

https://tenor.com/view/wizard-indeed-agree-gif-10704775973441200096

[tribal orbit]

I'm trying to figure out what about the mix is bothering me

I think there's something wrong with teh vocal eq when combined with the guitars?

[mortal dock]

Idunno, I just slapped my vocals with my usual mixing chain on top of the instrumental, added some JW busglue mix compression, a limiter, and that was kinda it

[tribal orbit]

[mortal dock]

Cuz it's just a cover on top of the instrumental I got lol

[tribal orbit]

Ahhhh

[mortal dock]

The instrumental being just a single audio file yea

[tribal orbit]

yeah that'd do it

[mortal dock]

Lol ye

[tribal orbit]

okay that makes a lot more sense

[mortal dock]

I guess I could do something like Trackspacer style sidechain the whole instrumentals to my vocal signal to make auto EQ cuts to have it clash less?

Didn't do it out of lazyness tho tbh

[mortal dock]

Anyways how's the vocal performance xd

[tribal orbit]

It's good

No complaints on the performance

[tribal orbit]

update on this one

lmk what you guys tink

[runic adder]

WALLS UPON WALLS
LABYRINTHIAN

Finally decided to do some vocals lol

[tribal orbit]

I think they could use less delay and reverb

technique wise, sounds sick

[runic adder]

Maybe

[runic adder]

Still gotta tweak the kick too, so mix isn’t fully done yet

Might choose a diff kick sample, not sure how much I fw the one I used

[tribal orbit]

fair enough

[tribal orbit]

@runic adder @fringe geode @kind blaze thots plox

[tribal orbit]

also did a stupid and added 808 cowbell synth bits, trying to do a phonky thing

[runic adder]

a ping! i need a distraction from writing my paper give me a second

well first of all, why is alexis on fire?

Song is cool imo, very upbeat

mix-wise, it sounds fine, again i really fw the saturated/compressed vocals

also the speed up at the end is fun

[runic adder]

cowbell could come up a little

[tribal orbit]

The original inspiration was Alexisonfire, though it ended up feeling more like a mix between that and The Offspring tbh

I think the most obvious part would be the verse for the AoF inspiration

[tribal orbit]

But does it fit?

[runic adder]

it definitely adds to it

[tribal orbit]

ty

[tribal orbit]

also this mix is breaking my brain

there's something wrong but for the life of me I cnat tell what it is

[kind blaze]

with the production?

it sounds real good to me

[cerulean storm]

Hey guys. I just bought Gojira X and my first audio interface. Felt like I needed to go to the next step. So I don't really know how all of it works, nor the best ways of handling them are. Though, here's my first attempt at a mix and guitar sound.

The song is not finished, vocals, finishing touches etc. But I'm not quite sure on the guitar sound. I've had a hard time making it fit in the best way. Any tips on the EQ or tone-setting in the plug-in? Thanks for any feedback!

(I know, it's a long boi, you can skip around)

[open mason]

here's some of my stuff, one example is way higher tuned than the other (Drop C# for the nu metal style one and Double Drop D# for Invent Animate copycat), looking for some feedback on the mix and whatnot!

[cerulean storm]

Holy shit, sounds sick af! 🔥

[open mason]

thanks man

[wicked berry]

they sound pretty good ngl i could say that it sounds a bit tinny if yk what i mean

strong on the high end

i like it alot though

[open mason]

thank you!

[wicked berry]

also my mixes suck so dont take it all for serious

[open mason]

the nu metal styleone is tinny but that's because there any real kicks and whatnot to add to the low end

[wicked berry]

got it

that makes sense

[cerulean storm]

I'm trying to get better at mixing too. Very difficult.

[runic adder]

Takes time and practice really

I believe in yall

[open mason]

yup also for some reason the bass was just having mad beef with me so I didn't bother after a certain point

[wicked berry]

lol i feel you 💀

[open mason]

also right before that one I was recording some stuff that went as low as Drop F# an octave down

so I was kinda used to that

like here I think the bass is more present

[cerulean storm]

Thank you

[cerulean storm]

Damn, you're good at this

[open mason]

thanks man

Odeholm Drums helped a lot with the mix

I mean I could mix drums myself but it's easier not to bother

[cerulean storm]

Yeah

[open mason]

also SD3 (the kit I used before) after a while would just consistently crash Reaper soooo

[cerulean storm]

I use EZdrummer with the Death Metal extension.

[open mason]

that's decent for demoing

the best advice I can give for mixing at the beginning is just
use a pre-mixed kit

[runic adder]

thall

[open mason]

oh yeah

[runic adder]

fixed it

ignore the 5 version jump that's not real

[tribal orbit]

lmao. I'll give it a listen in a sec

fixing a year-old mix atm

taking a lot of work

[runic adder]

fair

[tribal orbit]

SOOO MUCH BETTER GODDAMN

@runic adder that shit is nasty and I love it

I think all that's left vocal mix wise is to adjust some levels and then bam

[runic adder]

i think if i open that project again I'm going to explode 💀

adjust levels up or down?

[tribal orbit]

Also I tried to fix these mixes. Might end up just re-recording them and starting from scratch tbh

[tribal orbit]

up. Maybe like .5 to 1 db up

[runic adder]

I'd bring the vocals down slightly in egg, sounds fine otherwise. Maybe tweaks to the lead tone, but that's preference

maybe make the growls less reverby? not a pressing issue, sounds good for remixes of old productions

[tribal orbit]

The lead tone's always been more washed out than anything else, and tbh I like it like that

but ye I was concerned about the vocal levels

ty

[dusky bane]

spent a bit of time working on this today with my band, mostly did production stuff

[sullen vector]

holy that snare is nasty

[kind blaze]

melodic thrash

[dusky bane]

Good old piccolo snare ahah

[kind blaze]

breakdown slaps hard

🔥

[lapis ember]

We need more st. Anger snares in metal

xD

[hollow tulip]

what choir vst you use bro 🙏
sounds fuckin sick!!!!!

[mortal dock]

BEHOLD

https://youtu.be/RAOvkHLkAhg?si=L22J4OvNDHelc7LT

[hollow tulip]

oh wow thanks :DDD

[hollow tulip]

love me some thrash

[mortal dock]

Here's some Chorus Energetic Syllables patch demo I did. The chords get progressively more ridiculous lmao

[hollow tulip]

the bass could be more audible though, sounds like And Justice for All 2.0. w/o it

[hollow tulip]

these choirs sound perfect for bloodborne type orchestral music

[mortal dock]

Chorus is like $500 bucks tho, so you're really paying for the strongest and most realistic choir vst in the market atm

But usually best results are combining chorus with another layer

Like Metropolis ARK 1's choir, Oceania2, Wotan/Freya, etc

So it's a lot of $$$$$ for realistic choir

[hollow tulip]

i have my ways YARRR HARRRR 🏴‍☠️

[mortal dock]

It's also heavy

Like... 60 gigs I think?

[hollow tulip]

just checked the size

Damn

[mortal dock]

It also has several other Dynamic types

[hollow tulip]

do you have to work extra for it to sound realistic???

[mortal dock]

And that's without me fully controlling the modwheel

[hollow tulip]

I try w/ other instruments but it doesn't sound as realistic as I wanted

[mortal dock]

Just the modwheel CC/velocities

[hollow tulip]

Okay

[mortal dock]

Make sure you're using the right articulation for the job too

I find so many people who just write for their symphonic demos

And then I take a listen

And their strings/brass sucks cuz they're all using the frigging Sustain/Legato articulation to do short notes

[hollow tulip]

yea

[mortal dock]

Staccato and spiccato, and even marcato have their separate articulations for a reason

If that + proper Modwheel dynamic curves and velocities doesn't get you sounding nice, then it's just you using a bad library

[hollow tulip]

so the key is in the modwheel and velocities? noted

[mortal dock]

Yeah humanization in general
Other extra tips are making sure you know if your library has time-delay

Some libraries need to process a lot in real time

So the notes you play might have a couple milliseconds of delay

You have to compensate for that by putting a negative time delay adjustment in your track

[hollow tulip]

yea

[mortal dock]

It's different amounts for every single library out there so the best recommendation is just by ear

[hollow tulip]

I do that whenever I use Joshua Bell Violin

[mortal dock]

Some libraries are also "tighter" in timing than others

[hollow tulip]

it allows you to customize the time delay I think

[mortal dock]

Metropolis Ark 1 has sloppy as shit spiccatos that aren't all that in time

While something like Jaeger has super tight spiccs to the grid

But Jaeger sounds way more synthy while ark has a lot of real character lol

Somewhere in between is the sweet spot

You can fix too much tightness by manually slightly off centering the notes from the grid to humanize them

But you cannot fix super sloppy short notes that are baked into the library

You can only layer them to mask it

[hollow tulip]

okay

[hollow tulip]

what about Audio Imperia Nucleus?

[mortal dock]

Here's some good string libraries:

1-Pacific (legato is gorgeous but very portamento-ish. Needs a bit of reverb help)
2-CSS (gorgeous legato. needs considerable reverb help and the delays are a nightmare)
3-Vista (great legato but it's chamber strings so way smaller sounding)
4-TSS (Dry as bones. ridiculously heavy. 250GB)
5-CS2 (CSS but old and bigger hall)
6-Areia (very processed)
7-Duality
8-SSO
9-ARO (the low strings are top 3 tho and sold separately)
10-ARK

Here's brass:

-Afflatus (imo best legato. Room is kinda small so you gotta reverb it a bit and mess with the mic positions)
-Infinite Brass (combines it with synth modeling, it's harder to use than all others but can get you quite nice results)
-JXL brass (not great legato, the low end is great tho)
-Pacific Brass (Great for shorts and all that, doesn't have legato tho)
-CSB (good french horn, rest is meh tho)
-Cinebrass (A bit old and complex but it can get a lovely old school Hollywood sound if you're really good at what you do)
-Ark's brass (kinda ok, it sounds humongous and epic but the legato is bleh and the timing can be sloppy)
-Talos (Epic over the top only, no low dynamics and the dynamic layer crossfades are not great for smooth changes in dynamics)

Percussion
-If you want epic, go with DAMAGE2
-If you want traditional, go with Cineperc

Woodwinds:
-CSW

[hollow tulip]

oh wow

that's a lot of reccomendations

I'll keep note of them, thanks

[mortal dock]

All in ones:

-Nucleus. (Nucleus is cheap in general like $250 for that huge orchestra+ their nucleus choir. Nucleus Lite allows you to only write sections aka the violins and violas are together and you can separate them, but it's the best entry level deal you can get. $99 is awesome for the enormous amount of instruments to get. It won't sound as good as specialized separate libraries like the ones above, but cohesively, it can make you sound pro. Sounds very processed out of the box tho.)
-SpitfireSymphonicOrchestra (The new revamp of their orchestra where they package everything together. It's a great all in one. Doesn't sound as processed as nucleus out of the box but it is way more expensive and not that well suited for epic over the top modern.)

[hollow tulip]

you sure know a lot about these libraries

[mortal dock]

I've been researching for years xD

I'm in the orchestral sample library community a lot

And I watch Kevin

https://youtu.be/jz5BwQcD0Kg?si=EBSoSXIsN5ghGv0C

[hollow tulip]

Cool

[mortal dock]

Just go watch Kevin's vids, he reviews these very honestly lol. More indepth than what I told you. They don't sponsor him to talk nicely, it's his earnest thoughts on em

[hollow tulip]

changed the drums and guitar a lil bit
altered cymbals, made kick a bit louder, tuned the snare up
rhythm guitar tone a bit more thrash

[kind blaze]

chat

new snare

https://tenor.com/view/pepsi-king-can-soda-can-of-pepsi-gif-10456870250167415830

[cerulean storm]

I don't know if it's any better, but I added some things.

[cerulean storm]

So, I have an intro-track (Wake Me, When all is Shining) for my album. I just started working on the follow-up song that builds upon it. I haven't made that much on it yet. 🙂

[open canyon]

this is my first attempt in a LONG while making something that is not slam or tech death lol.

mixing and shi also has a long way to go

[hollow tulip]

i love me some djent with atmospheric elements

pretty good, kinda reminds me a bit of Solstice by Starset

[hollow tulip]

Beautiful atmospherics

[kind blaze]

i recorded the guitars drunk lol

[kind blaze]

Really love this solo for no reason

[kind blaze]

i think i fixed the guitar tone for the most part any tips on how i could make it sound better?

[kind blaze]

yeah i turned it up a notch

u can hear it a little better now

dont wanna make it too obnoxious ofc

[kind blaze]

which drum plugin do u use?

[hollow tulip]

that's a bit better now

IMO you should lower the drums a bit since it overpowers the guitars

[kind blaze]

some djent | drums by @kind blaze

drunk riffs / psychedelic sounds. best

[open canyon]

them hi hats fucking quick as fuck lmao

awsome

[shut igloo]

what do u think guys

@tribal orbit @mortal dock @kind blaze @kind blaze

[kind blaze]

nice riffs drums good too i like it,cant say much about mix but sounds pretty good

[shut igloo]

tenks

[kind blaze]

oh yeah

i feel like the snare is just a bit loud here's the isolated drum track

should i lower the cymbals?

[kind blaze]

sounds great the breakcore drums at 1:55 are a bit loud though

[open canyon]

guys new funny mr whiter slam has dropped

[kind blaze]

more low end on the guitars and i love this shit! good stuff

[open canyon]

in case you guys want to you can give me feedback 💀 idk on what you could give feedback but if you want to try blese do

[open canyon]

this shit oldschool asl kinda

love it

[open canyon]

all that you need now is a gallop burst breakdown

trivium style

[shut igloo]

thats kinda intentional to give it that distorted poorly mixed feel ukwim

[shut igloo]

should i add more low end?

[open canyon]

boost the low end by a quadrillion db

[shut igloo]

this track is begging for some vocals ngl

[open canyon]

it do

[kind blaze]

yes

wtf that end breakdown omg

[shut igloo]

end is just a drum solo xD

[kind blaze]

i know, i still have to figure out riffs xd

[kind blaze]

yo where can i get other rolesß

[open canyon]

young strapping lad ahh

[shut igloo]

other roles as in discord roles right?

[kind blaze]

yes

like you got vocals, and bass and other stuff

[shut igloo]

if that then prolly
id:customize

[kind blaze]

thx

[shut igloo]

no worries fam

[tribal orbit]

like for the 808's or for the tracks? The actual drums are UgriTone, but they went out of business. The 808's are just the built in ones from Ableton

[tribal orbit]

Sounds pretty good. A little bright but ye

[shut igloo]

thats the vibe i was going for

[tribal orbit]

understandable

[kind blaze]

i like it bright, and roomy.

still need to figure out some mixing myself. i only dont know how to process drums right.

[shut igloo]

i used that hard panned and 75% panned thingy with different eq on both

it kinda makes it wide asf

[shut igloo]

@tribal orbit what do u say wanna try some vocals xD

[tribal orbit]

depends on the lyrics and if I have time but sure

[mortal dock]

AMENBREAK BRRRRRRRRR

Lmao AmenBreak metal needs to be a thing more often

That was fun

[shut igloo]

IKR

[shut igloo]

Thanks man

Apparently I was today years old when I found that eyeless intro also had amen break

[mortal dock]

Hehe yeaaa

Btw did I get it this time? I tried this one as practice. Phone recordin. Might as well also ping @tribal orbit @fringe geode @kind blaze

[shut igloo]

Satellites p4?

[mortal dock]

Yea. Did I nail it?

[shut igloo]

Pretty much but I think the really high parts were Lil bit off
Tho m not a vocalist so its better to ask someone else xD

[kind blaze]

Lmao
I wonder why everyone pings me lol
I'm like a worse musician than 90% of people here (This doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it, I'm just surprised)

[kind blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-blingee-dolphin-picmix-gif-12978169509439366364

[kind blaze]

I think more work is needed on the highs but otherwise it seems good

[shut igloo]

+1

@mortal dock
How do you record vocals in a track
Like how many layers of vocals should be recorded

Like atleast 2 hardpanned channels for guitars etc, in that context is there any basic ruleish type thing?

[mortal dock]

https://youtu.be/jZaoucs40W8?si=-gv9_mKSfyJ9lWLu

[mortal dock]

https://youtu.be/iqUU8NyWXUw?si=_est4egKT3HklXdc

[mortal dock]

In general as you can probably see from all these Vids

https://youtu.be/yzHv42zWdAk?si=dpYo3D7sKQ1mKe0Y

It depends on what you're wanting

The standard tends to be that you at least do two takes and double them

Or do 3. One center, one L, one R

If you want way more thickness you can do a shit ton of more layers and go wild with their panning, but that's the minimum standard

Unless you want to be way more straightforward and just do single take centered, which is more old school

[shut igloo]

Alrighty

Thanks

[tribal orbit]

Uh. Idk how I feel about the vocals, personally. I think part of it is the technique and the rest is the equipment/mixing of it

[finite coral]

need thoughts on this

on the mix, not my ass guitar playing 😭

[shut igloo]

guitar sounds noice

[hollow tulip]

the mix sounds neat
I think the drums could be a bit more louder and the snare could sound more snappy/punchy tho, since it kinda sounds more on the background rather than giving the song a clear pulse IMO
vocals should be a bit louder, most metalcore songs you hear the vocal clearly through the instrumentals

wip redoing from scratch
sounds wildly different from original project

[tribal orbit]

It’s very dark, and lower mid heavy. Levels on the vocals could be adjusted a bit higher

[tribal orbit]

The snare is really out of place, sounds like a snes or n64 sample imo

Buy the rest of it is really kewl

[finite coral]

ill consider this, thanks

[finite coral]

very dark? is that bad 😭

[tribal orbit]

Dark as in the bass and lower mids overpower anything in the treble and high mid range

So you’re left with something that’s not bright, but dark

[finite coral]

i guess i got too cocky when people told me my mixes have no bass 💀

[tribal orbit]

There’s always a balance to achieve

The bass should occupy, well, the bass

The kick and part of the snare sit in that same range too

[finite coral]

im mixing with a normal cheap gaming headset too so im hoping that isnt holding me back, i dont wanna use that as an excuse tho

[tribal orbit]

That can hold you back

[tribal orbit]

Depending on the make and model, it’ll have a diff freq response

[finite coral]

its a hyperx cloud stinger lol

[tribal orbit]

I don’t know it, you’d have to search it up

And usually a dark mix isn’t caused by the bass tone

It’s usually an over tuned guitar and vocal tone that cuts too much high mids and trebles

[finite coral]

ooh

[tribal orbit]

You can probably see what your mix looks like using a multiband EQ to show the response and you’ll see that your bass is definitely overpowering the treble

[tribal orbit]

Hm

Then ig there are things happening in the treble

I just can’t notice them lmao

Uh what does your guitar tone and EQ look like?

Like do you have a high pass at around 120 hz?

[tribal orbit]

You aren’t shaping the EQ?

In just that file, I can tell you need to shape it better. Clear up the mud in the mids and maybe add some high mids and treble

[finite coral]

i also have this in my program that i use to turn my interface sound as an input

lol

[finite coral]

i tried the drum thing idk if its what u meant😭

methink too loud drums now

okie im closing this project for now heres the latest 💀

[cyan spear]

https://youtu.be/Jbi7EocXWKU what y'all think?

i think it's the best "song" i made, the one i like the most

[hazy tundra]

A wip from my band

[cerulean storm]

So, I have a harsh vocal concept now. Any tips on how to improve it? Gonna add cleans too when I muster up the courage. 💀

[runic adder]

drums are fine here, actually

sounds nice

[runic adder]

i love the clean tone at the beginning, track sounds good

gonna extend it? or will it be only 45 seconds?

[runic adder]

12 minutes...golly. For the harsh vocals, how do you have your tracks panned? I'm finding it hard to hear and focus on them, and it kinda feels like there isn't a center track, though that could also just be from the level so bumping them in the mix could help a little as well. Also try lowering the reverb a little

sounds interesting so far, though

[shut igloo]

@runic adder what do u think of this

[runic adder]

loud jumpscare 💀 came straight off spotify lmfao

give me a sec

[shut igloo]

hahaha

[shut igloo]

aight aight

[runic adder]

guitars could use a little more mids, and the bass could come up a little. cymbals could come down juuuust a little, but Im a sucker for loud cymbals lol so I like it. The electronic segments, to me at least, feel a little too loud? just feels like a definite volume shift between those and the non electronic sections. song sounds good though

[shut igloo]

if i had to lower the electronic bit by how much dbs should i

[shut igloo]

well m also a sucker for loud cymbals xD

[runic adder]

good question

play around with it

[shut igloo]

alrighty

[runic adder]

start with like -2 id say

[shut igloo]

tho i think the synths and all are pretty low
just that amen break sample is a bit too loud

[shut igloo]

alright

[runic adder]

could also feel that way because the guitars feel thin

[shut igloo]

nah
i think the main cause is that the sample is a bit louder

just listened to the switching from electronic bit to drum

[runic adder]

sure

but also the guitars are thin

[shut igloo]

so i have quad tracked the guitars the extreme panned have highs boosted with lows cut of

and the inner tracks are75% panned and they are mid scooped

and highs rolled down a bit

might increase the mids

to make it feel

a bit heavier

gonna try that after i come back from school

xD

today's my eng final exam of my final year at school

[runic adder]

nice

good luck soldier 🫡

but definitely try either

a. increasing the mids in the guitars
b. lowering the trble and presence and raising the level of the guitars a little

when you get the chance

something like this as maybe a jumping off point

@shut igloo

[shut igloo]

Okay

Hat

That

Sounds instantly better

[runic adder]

mids bump and highs lowered a little, though this is on the full track so you'd be able to change it a lot more

[shut igloo]

Alrighty I'll try that when I come back

[runic adder]

do the changes at the source tones though, don't just eq the master

[shut igloo]

That sounded way better

[runic adder]

actually lowering the cymbals a little bit and tweaking the guitar tone a little can get great results

[shut igloo]

Yeet

Thanks man

[runic adder]

no problemo

[cyan spear]

Noo, i'm making like rlly short tracks for the moment now, it's like better for me cuz i don't have too much time to put into making music so i do what i can LOL

thanks man! i got that clean tone with archetype gojira

the shimmer delay effect is awesome

[cerulean storm]

Ah, oke. I have one center track and two of another track panned left and right. I have also found it difficult to make them cut trough, in other words, sound clearer. Though I've had a tough time with it, even after watching countless videos. Mainly because they always have 15 + plug-ins I don't have. 💀

I've never really mixed vocals before, I'll see what I can do.

[hollow tulip]

now this one sounds more like it

[hollow tulip]

I was going for a Lamb of God vibe with the snare, though I kinda wish the snare could be a bit more ringy
I'll try experimenting with different snares though

[tribal orbit]

I see the goal, yeah

I think it needs to be mixed in more? Maybe have some humanization one the hits themselves

[hollow tulip]

I'll try

i've been studying the sound of the Ashes of the Wake album recently and i've been trying to recreate the mixing of the album

[tribal orbit]

[hollow tulip]

anyone know some good drum libraries for that LoG type snare besides Drums of Destruction

[hollow tulip]

updates

[craggy plover]

when did the trackspacer became free?

[hazy tundra]

Never, hence the 90%

Should I have said 80% to be absolutely exact?

[tribal orbit]

ear fatigue

I think there is something wrong with the vocals

Maybe its a level issue? I think there's something going on in the EQ too, but I'm too lazy to fix it rn. Maybe tmr or later tn once my brain starts working again

[tribal orbit]

nvm, I think I figured it out

exporting a new version now

[tribal orbit]

audio driver completely shit the bed

[finite coral]

been trying some stuff with this again, wanted to make lead guitar more present

[lapis ember]

Please check out my Screamo / Emo song 🙂

https://on.soundcloud.com/YW5S3Y4n9wY8ggrA6

[lapis ember]

I need to know if things are level.

[shut igloo]

I think you should either tune your snare down

[shut igloo]

And make drums a little bit

Idk how to say it

But

More interesting ig

Like they sound very basic

Vocals sound fire asf

Yea drums are too bland

Maybe use a better kit too like ezdrummer death metal pack

Idk what u use it sounds very basic tho

[tribal orbit]

Yeah that's fair. I'm waiting on my drummer to actually write the stuff, so atm, it's my basic preset kit

[lapis ember]

Always the drummer xD

[tribal orbit]

oui oui

[lapis ember]

I'll listen to your songs if you check out my new one xD

[tribal orbit]

Probably will at some point today. Am in class (not paying attention)

[lapis ember]

This is actually stiff I grew up with. Killswitch meets I Killed The Prom Queen to me

The clean vox remind me of power metal and I like power metal xD

[tribal orbit]

So, the chill parts are a completely different style of mixing than the aggressive parts and it's a little distracting

like the clean is wide, atmospheric and pretty smooth mix wise

once the dist guitars and vocals come in, everything becomes really mid heavy and narrow

not sure if that's a design choice but its a little weird, yknow?

[tribal orbit]

The overall mix is pretty muddy?, especially when it comes to the way the vocals and guitars interact. Also need to widen the guitars

[finite coral]

i think theyre hard panned

and yeh i wasnt mixing the instrumental with vocals in mind so makes sense lol

[tribal orbit]

They sound maybe 75% imo

[finite coral]

i dont even remember imma check rq

should i always hard pan them lol i sometimes do 70 sometimes hard idk what to pick

[tribal orbit]

Hard pan is always the move

Also if you’re using any reverb, make sure to use one for each track so there’s no bleed to the center

[finite coral]

the entire track is panned not just the recordings

i have this on master

mono under 100hz

[lapis ember]

Do you have any pointers in Mixcraft

[lapis ember]

That's how I usually write my emo songs.

Light verse then heavy chorus / breakdown

Honestly a cross between Hawthorne Heights and Silverstein

[lapis ember]

There, I edited it a bit.

Makes that squier sound way better now xD

[lapis ember]

Listen to Family of Faces by Hit With Friendly Fire on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/8e6QUkznqUtqaHTp6

Should I redo this one?

[fringe geode]

So

I have a test song

And I want opinions

@tribal orbit @mortal dock

Got a min?

[mortal dock]

Maybe when I'm back home xd

I just went out wHEEZe

[fringe geode]

RIP

[fringe geode]

Well just in case, this is it.

[eager sphinx]

switching from a 1.5mm pick to a 4mm pick was actually way more comfortable than i thought it would be

[lapis ember]

Need a big intro scream after the first guitar rift

[mortal dock]

Could be hella fun with some vocals, I agree with ABCSoup

Gives me slight 2008s metalcore era

[fringe geode]

I didnt know what I was doing. I was messing around with Arc Rabea and did some stuff with the octaver in some areas and was like "YES"

[fringe geode]

I wanna add vocals but it's incomplete as of rn and a test.

Working with a friend to see if she likes it.

[mortal dock]

How about trying to do something like Raven Age meets 2010s OM&M?

Maybe that gives you ideas

[fringe geode]

If I can play it that might not be a bad idea.

[mortal dock]

Oh that's a good point. What can't you play?

You got any hard limits?

[fringe geode]

Uhhhh dj0nt

And prog.

[mortal dock]

Can you do solos? How complex can you do leads and riffs?

[mortal dock]

So, slow and more straightforward things only or letting ambience fully take over with patterns?

[fringe geode]

My solos aren't complex. Not a shredder, but I gets the job done.

[fringe geode]

I mean I can play quite a number of Tremonti songs if you count that as straightforward.

[mortal dock]

Ooo icic

[fringe geode]

I can do some tapping but that's about it for complexity lol. I can't trem pick or do legato or sweep or anything like that for the life of me.

I've tried.

Like seriously tried to learn, but riffs guide me.

[runic adder]

Ooooh this is nice

Kinda volbeat vibes

[fringe geode]

Thanks man! That's a big compliment!

[tribal orbit]

me when video

[mortal dock]

The feels when
@fringe geode @tribal orbit @lapis ember

CARCINOGENIC IZOTOPES, WE NEED THE A-TEAM MONTAGE

[kind blaze]

how depression would sound like

[lapis ember]

Wanna collab?

[mortal dock]

Maybe if I ever get more free, I've got 10+ projects with people that I still need to finish xdddd

[lapis ember]

Haha

Mike checking out my new instrumental?

Mind

[mortal dock]

Wher

[lapis ember]

One sec

I suck at mixing so sry xD

[mortal dock]

I've never taken drugs, but I feel like listening to this is how taking acid would feel like, lmao
That intro is trippy

[mortal dock]

Dw I'm not great at mixing either xD

[lapis ember]

I only smoke weed haha

I need lyrics now xD

Omg OmFG

[mortal dock]

Nah am boring, no drugs, I don't smoke, I don't even drink alcohol, not even at parties lmao

[lapis ember]

AcidCore

Let's goooo

[lapis ember]

I had to mix it again, it was bad, lol.

[lapis ember]

Listen to Nightmare On Acid Ave by Hit With Friendly Fire on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/esiSWD3U2NAUPLWk9

Now completed with vocals.

[lapis ember]

Breaking Benjamin Vibes!

Listen to Devils Eye by Hit With Friendly Fire on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/azUph5TtyMpCB8SWA

And SOAD

[finite coral]

eugh

[hollow tulip]

the drum tone is really reminiscent of AILD's Frail Words Collapse album

what drum library is that? cool wip btw

[hollow tulip]

its definitely hearable, i should probably suggest you scoop the rhythm guitar's mids to let the midrange of the lead guitar come through more easily

it also helps to try adding slight amounts of delay and/or reverb to the lead to make it a bit more stereo besides also letting it be more present

update
added intro, still need outro tho
took me this long to stop being a lazy ass and get some work done

[fringe geode]

Man I would love to make music like this.

Actually I found an old project

@mortal dock

[mortal dock]

U missed what I sent earlier xd

[fringe geode]

Oh this? I totally forgot to respond to it cuz I was playin REPO but I loved it.

Like the transition from Kellin Quinn cleans to disgusting vocals was awesome.

It's like hearing 2 totally different people when it's actually the same person.

[mortal dock]

Lmaoooo, "Ah, yes, my favorite, them disgusting vocals"

[fringe geode]

Disgusting in a good way :3

[mortal dock]

Hmmm this sounds like

Like something it's on the tip of my tongue!

Oh kinda like

Picturesque-ish ?

U know em?

[fringe geode]

Nope

[mortal dock]

Omg u don't

Wait wait lemme just

[mortal dock]

https://youtu.be/bC9ze99N6m4?si=8iA3zrHrderM77Qo&t=170

Lmao if u think Kellin has a high af voice

Wait till you've heard this fella

Kyle Hollis from Picturesque

One of my influences

[fringe geode]

I can hear the Sleeping with Sirens influence.

It's like a modern version of SwS.

[mortal dock]

He goes waaay higher tho and adds more grit

I've heard him belt a B5

Close to my highest limit

Which is more like D6

But anyways I was speaking more about your instrumentals kinda having the same "thickness" style

Though you had a bit more old school rhythm going on

I really like ur track btw it's really fire

[fringe geode]

Thickness style?

[mortal dock]

The rhythm is very bold and feels very full in the mix, there's soaring lead and added atmosphere

The sound is very rich in a lot of near pad-like texture from all the overtones

And it's very reverby

[fringe geode]

Really? I didn't add many leads that I remember o.o

I use big chords sometimes and let the high strings ring out. I guess the overtones from way I play feel very pad like lol.

Also each rhythm track was done in one take.

Like I double tracked it but it was one take.

[fringe geode]

Can't help it man I feel like tone is dead without the reverb lol.

And a lot of that thickness can be attributed to meshing a Mesa Mark sim with Parallax. So the Mesa has some oomf to the low mids while the bass supports it.

[fringe geode]

BTW I listened to the whole thing. It's like Sleeping with Sirens but more metal and less hardcore.

[mortal dock]

I feel like you could really go bolder

[mortal dock]

I like it tho it was a compliment xD

Everything I mentioned so far was stuff I liked, sure, you might adjust like -5% of all that reverb if you manage to make the tone a bit stronger, but it's not bad in any way, it's very nice actually

[mortal dock]

Yeaaaah
So I like it more hehe

It's almost Dance Gavin Dance -ish at times

[fringe geode]

Thanks brotha! Honestly there are times I don't really think about doing stuff an octave higher or reinforcing things because the things I write are very raw and in the moment. There are very few things that I've written that I'm thinking from a technical perspective. The Break the Glass stuff is very much written in the moment and loosely mixed. But all of the stuff you mentioned I will take to heart and try out!

[fringe geode]

https://youtu.be/EiMRvdjNnIk?si=-bwVOUxuERE6kE8C

This is one of my biggest inspirations, it's just one dude from Australia and this was off his 2nd album. His 1st album really made me pick back up the guitar at 13ish and this kicked it into overdrive.

I have a weird variety of inspirations. From Mark Tremonti's stuff in AB and his solo stuff which Alt. Metal and Thrashy, to Crush 40 which is more 80s inspired, to Rabea which is just BIG CHONKY RIFFS. Then there's PT, which I never knew what to make of.

[mortal dock]

I have way too many from a ridiculous amount of different genres

[fringe geode]

You a pop punk fan?

[mortal dock]

Punk goes pop? The series?

I like one or two songs from it

[fringe geode]

No it's a genre Pop Punk.

Think of bands like Blink-182, Simple Plan, Yellowcard, Sum41 that kind of thing.

[mortal dock]

Hm I don't like pop in general so no

It's the antithesis of everything I like lol

I like bands that have clean vocals that feel very groovy and almost poppy at times

Like Dance Gavin Dance (I love them)

But it needs to have a very powerful instrumental backbone for me to really like it

[fringe geode]

The Swan-core thing takes some inspiration from Pop Punk.

[mortal dock]

Yeah, but there's def a reason I LOVE Swancore and not the other way around

Though I tend to stick a lot to aggressive melodeath and metalcore/deathcore too. It can be either the simplistic old school, the technical over the top of the present, or the more emotional and introspective mature kinds, I can vibe with all

And some blackgaze and blackened stuff

The occasional Brutal Slam or goregrind thing too, but that's a bit more rare

[fringe geode]

Yeah I getchya. If you listen to Easycore like ADTR and Neck Deep they took heavy inspiration from it. More specifically the more aggressive bands in Pop Punk like New Found Glory or Sum41.

[mortal dock]

I don't

[fringe geode]

More on the New Found Glory side of it tho. Sum41 has HEAVY thrash metal influences and it shows on albums like Chuck.

New Found Glory took more to the post hard-core stuff like DGD did.

[fringe geode]

Damn.

Well it was a popular genre when I was a kid so I took it.

That and nu metal.

[mortal dock]

I like Linkin

That's about it
Never delved much into it. I think it's fine, but I don't go ham over it

[fringe geode]

But I liked the more aggressive side of Pop Punk that spawned Easycore (and eventually Swancore) rather than the Blink/Green Day side of it.

[mortal dock]

I was into the alt heavy rock thing

Three days Grace, RED, Skillet, Nine Lashes, Breaking Benjamin, Framing Hanley

Now, THAT was my fire childhood

[fringe geode]

RED AND NINE LASHES. Nobody EVER mentions them.

[mortal dock]

Then I switched to the metal scene

With the arrival of the peak of the Scene era

We talking og Of Mice & Men, Asking Alexandria, Bmth, Of Machines, stuff like that

Then I got into atmospheric melodic metalcore thingies, and other stuff like SEVEN and The Raven Age, then deathcore, and that opened the doorway to extreme metal and death metal. Then dipped into Swancore too. Then got into some melodeath

Black metal was one of the last I got into. Thanks to stuff like Ulver Bergtatt, Lantlôs, Cân Bardd, Gallowbraid, etc

I tend to alternate between all these genres, there's a couple others but those are the main I stick to

[mortal dock]

I love em so much

[fringe geode]

I didn't really get into death metal much minus maybe early Gojira and Opeth stuff. And black metal never appealed to me at all but it was fun to laugh at it cuz it's so ridiculous. Melodeath is hit or miss but when it hits it HITS. Took me a long time to get into metalcore though, and only when djent hit did I really do a double take and eventually got into Swancore when I discovered Eidola.

[fringe geode]

The scene stuff never interested me at all. BVB, SwS, PTV, ETF, OMAM, Asking, BMTH I didn't really understand when I was young. I was so into big into the Alt Rock/Metal and Nu Metal scene with Breaking Ben, Linkin Park, Incubus, and Pop Punk with Sum41 that the scene stuff just wasn't my thing. Minus maybe Underoath.

It took me a long time to really appreciate metalcore as a genre too. I don't think I did, even after being big into djent until Spiritbox hit the scene.

[mortal dock]

You probably haven't found the right one for you

Those genres are so big you're bound to find something you enjoy at some point or another

[mortal dock]

That's very interesting

I never got much into Spiritbox

[finite coral]

do the guitars sound a bit muffled here

heres maybe better idk, thought its missing some highs

[hollow sorrel]

How are these mixes/masters? Song 13 isn't done yet but I sent the 12 that we finished so far

[kind blaze]

Testing the new plugin

[shut igloo]

@runic adder what dou think of the mix now

does this feel a bit dark?

@tribal orbit

[shut igloo]

@mortal dock

Do u think the guitars are a bit darker than previous version

[shut igloo]

This being the previous version

[tribal orbit]

Gimme 5

[shut igloo]

Listen to this instead

[tribal orbit]

The kick is a little out of place EQ wise, same with the snare, but the rest sounds pretty good

I'm guessing the main riff was like 2-2-0-0

?

[shut igloo]

2-2-1-1

xD

[shut igloo]

How would I fix that

[tribal orbit]

They cut through the mix a little too much, so maybe widen their eq profiles?

[tribal orbit]

eh, close enough lmao

[runic adder]

Sounds good

The guitars aren’t dark

For the kick, you could give them a little more high mid

Thinking 1.2-2K

[naive owl]

I'm a bit iffy about this riff, any feedback would be appreciated!!

[shut igloo]

Okok

[open canyon]

babe wake up new funny slam has dropped

[shut igloo]

"how to fuck a bitch and kick her out"

-Mr. White (2025)

[kind blaze]

random slam

[lapis ember]

https://on.soundcloud.com/irxJL1osxkwx3Dud9

I made a psychedelic rock song. Check it out plz 🙂

[open canyon]

ong

[kind blaze]

just finished this demo

[shut igloo]

junt asf

holy cow

the drums go hard

and vocals

fucks

dont ask me for eq and shit

the idea and execution is pretty solid asf

[kind blaze]

At the moment there is no mixing at all and I am not a vocalist at all, in the final version our vocalist will sing,I sing only demo
I write instrumental usually but still thank you❤️

[shut igloo]

solid af

do u have a band?

[kind blaze]

Yes
We mostly doin Metalcore but sometimes things like that

We are a multi-genre band

[shut igloo]

your drummer can play that stuff?

[kind blaze]

I'm the drummer

And guitarist

[shut igloo]

OH HAHA

[kind blaze]

And bassist

[shut igloo]

oh wow

so

its just u and yoiur vocalist

[kind blaze]

So far yeah

We just started band

[shut igloo]

and u can play those drums

[kind blaze]

About a month ago

[shut igloo]

ohh

interesting

where are u based

[kind blaze]

In this song yes, but I'll be honest, I can't play all of our songs yet and I definitely need to improve my skills lol

I'm still torn between being a guitarist or a drummer

[shut igloo]

even playing that is a level

[kind blaze]

Oh and also our sound engineer

[shut igloo]

oh

interesting

[kind blaze]

Guys from Germany
I'm from the Czech republic
But we don't live very far from each other
A few hours drive

[shut igloo]

hows the music scene in germany

[kind blaze]

Next month we will release 3 songs if you are interested I will be glad if you listen to them haha

[shut igloo]

yup

i will listen fosho

[kind blaze]

Hand to tell
I can only say that in the Czech Republic it is dead

[shut igloo]

my band will release an ep in april stay tuned for that

[kind blaze]

Forgive me all Czechs but 90% of Czech music is crap

[kind blaze]

Nice

[shut igloo]

ah well

[kind blaze]

What music do you do?

[shut igloo]

we're just metalcore with thrash and some indian elements (mostly in vocals)

since i dont know how to record indian instruments even tho i can play few

[shut igloo]

theyre acoustic

[kind blaze]

Interesting

[kind blaze]

Probably just a microphone, like acoustic guitar
But for this you need a good room without noise

[lapis ember]

Did I argue with someone last night about iPhones being crap and most of their product was made by Android?

Or was that a dream.

[shut igloo]

no idea bruv

[lapis ember]

Lol xD

[shut igloo]

yea well need to try

will do someday

for now we'll just add indian elements to vocals only xD

dont wanna be too bloodywood

xD

[kind blaze]

Still cool

[shut igloo]

thenks

[kind blaze]

I sometimes sing Russian in our band

Cause I speak 4 languages

[shut igloo]

we havent recorded any vocals yet
just written lyrics, produced tracks and practiced live
otherwise id send u my demos

[kind blaze]

(we will definitely be compared to Slaughter to prevail)

[shut igloo]

cool

[shut igloo]

indeed xD

i speak 3 languages

including english

[open canyon]

this MIGHT be bloodywood

[thorn dock]

Some advice on how to make my vocals at the beginning sound less harsher would be appreciated

[shut igloo]

They have a lot of indian stuff in their instrumental plus their music is more towards nu metal sorta

[mortal dock]

Well I'm no mixer but I think those guitars are way too high EQ. Might need to darken them by A LOT

Hm... What are you using for the orchestra?

[tidal wasp]

wanted to make a metal song but didn't have money for new strings so i made one with synths what do you think?

[shut igloo]

Well I darkened it tho

[mortal dock]

Guitars sound super bright

[shut igloo]

Compared to previous version those were brought af

[shut igloo]

How do I fix that

[mortal dock]

Uhh idunno an EQ shelf to lower all of the high range a lot maybe?

[grave kestrel]

mixing and overall thall test

[naive owl]

I love that tone

I would appreciate some feedback on the composition and riff

[kind blaze]

any thoughts

training some long screams

and this is by far my best take

[dusk siren]

Can anyone give me any feedback on my bands song we're currently writing?

[cerulean storm]

Latest project:

[versed remnant]

@tribal orbit @runic adder Can i get some advice on this mix?

There is no bass yet

[fathom jewel]

the high end is too much, noisecore in a metal soundfont

[runic adder]

I’d turn down the high end on the guitars and make them a little louder

Song sounds cool though, ping me again when there’s bass

[fathom jewel]

clicky kicks

[versed remnant]

is this better?

Also is there any bass players here willing to lay down some bass for this i really don't wanna program it

[finite coral]

mix is really harsh sounding in general

the 5k hz is painful

doesnt something like this sound better

put a soft low pass and removed a bunch of 4khz-6khz

not really a low pass just a slope down after like 1khz

maybe too low idk i did it in like 20 sec

idk

[versed remnant]

Yes actually

I’m still learnong how to mix properly

Idrk what i’m doing so thank you

[finite coral]

me neither XD

[versed remnant]

You got more of an idea than i do

I still have no post eq

Only individual channel eqs atm

[finite coral]

i dont master eq in my stuff either mostly just basic stuff like limiters duh

but if something is harsh id adjust the instruments seperately until it sounds good

[versed remnant]

Do the vocsls sound fine? I’m more worried about locking those in for this than guitsrs atm bc i feel like i can find more guitar eq turtorials than vocal ones if it comes to it

[finite coral]

i dont really do vocals so i cant give that much help

the first scream tho is a bit irritating i cant lie

idk what could fix it

i used to have this stupid low pass on my guitars, should i remove it lol

[shut igloo]

rate this

@tribal orbit @mortal dock @kind blaze

@kind blaze @open canyon

[mortal dock]

Feels a bit bright and harsh but I do like the composition :D

Kinda clips a bit at 1:30 ish

[shut igloo]

well brightness was intended but how do i fix harshness

[mortal dock]

Well am not a mixer. The most I can really mix is super basics and vocals

But what I can say is too much brightness can cause that if u don't surgically cut a lot of EQ stuff xd

Learned that the hard way

[shut igloo]

okok

ill try

do smth

[tribal orbit]

The cymbals are really bright. Could probably do with shaving off some of the harsher treble freq

but the track is neato

[shut igloo]

i have one more ver without the booist in highs lemme send that

[fossil yoke]

About halfway done with this track (minus vocals) https://app.sessionstudio.com/studio/play/2fLxGbAew9B

[kind blaze]

I'll listen in the morning, I'm just going to bed

[shut igloo]

Aight bro

Same
(Its 6am for me)

[versed remnant]

did i fix it

@tribal orbit @runic adder could you look at this for me?

[tribal orbit]

Still very bright

[versed remnant]

How make less bright?

Here's an upadted version w more shtuff

[versed remnant]

@tribal orbit I'm thinking ab this for the final mix does it sound good

@runic adder can you take a look too

[runic adder]

Yah i can look

Gimme a seed

Sec

[versed remnant]

TY

Okok

Im giving car test rn and lowk i think this is my best mix i’ve done

[runic adder]

I’d still give the guitars more body

[versed remnant]

How so

[runic adder]

Mids

Mids mids mids

[versed remnant]

I do have the mids turned down a bit

Lemme make the change and rip it bc i wanna start the upload tonight

What do you think of the song as a whole?

Like non production standpoint

[runic adder]

The mix sounds fine, def good to upload

[versed remnant]

Specifically the part right before the ending breakdown

I want it to be catchy as hell

[runic adder]

But the guitars could use more mids

[versed remnant]

I’m hoping i caught that

[versed remnant]

Gochan

Gocha*

[runic adder]

Part before the breakdown sounds fine

[versed remnant]

Is it catchy

[runic adder]

Personally not the best songwriting coach/feedback guy but I’d say yeah

[versed remnant]

SWAG

Hold up i’m about to rip hut how much more mids?

[runic adder]

That’s not something I can quantify 😭

[versed remnant]

Fair!

[runic adder]

This is amp level

Lower treble and presence slightly, raise mids a bit

If you could show me the amp settings I could recommend something?

I’m currently not in the same state as my studio so I can’t boost the mods as a demo

[runic adder]

Mids to 4, treble to 6

Try that

[versed remnant]

Rendering

@runic adder

[runic adder]

Sounds better

[versed remnant]

SCORE

[mortal dock]

Do you like Chameleons? I feel like one after attempting this song where there's 2 vocalists and I ended up just switching between both of them back to back lmaooo what do u think? @runic adder @tribal orbit @shut igloo

^Also gotta ping too @fringe geode @kind blaze @versed remnant

Oh and @kind blaze
I also did this other take with the music in the background what do u think? all on my phone lol

[versed remnant]

You sound really good bro i wish i could do clean singing like that tbh i suck at tit

[runic adder]

Damn, your head voice is much better than mine

[runic adder]

Good control (I think? Idk much about clean singing I’m a screamer lol)

[runic adder]

Maybe

[runic adder]

Ah

I see

I have a much lower voice so it’s a little more difficult for me

But yea sounds good

[kind blaze]

i really enjoy this kinda stuff a lot. my adhd braincells sais APPROVED!

[shut igloo]

with the backing track your voice sounds on point bery nice

[shut igloo]

aye thanks man

[kind blaze]

My first pig squeal lol

[kind blaze]

peak

[shut igloo]

vreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[shut igloo]

:>

didnt think this track would receive this positive response

[primal tide]

Hey everyone! Wanted to share this my band 3-piece out of New Jersey any feedback is appreciated 🤘🏻

https://open.spotify.com/track/6C44BEwytrj0CmFbYOnZbV?si=RveQqjVQRdq75ENQ6-D9cg

[fringe geode]

You're a legit chameleon

[kind blaze]

Bro send me how he plays piano
And I did slam with it lol

[kind blaze]

Love your voice

Some peak Metalcore material
With huge clean choruses fr

[mortal dock]

Lmaoooo that's glorious

[kind blaze]

Yeah maybe gonna do a full song

[mortal dock]

I've got this one from today! Idk how tf I managed to get this out of me but it happened lmao
@fringe geode @shut igloo @versed remnant

@runic adder
And here's another take with the backing music track in the background lmao

[kind blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-blingee-dolphin-picmix-gif-12978169509439366364

[kind blaze]

Damn
Sound really good
You're amazing dude
I don't think I know anyone who can sing as high as you

[mortal dock]

I managed to record this one too

[kind blaze]

Solid too 🔥

Damn I need to learn to sing

I can scream a little bit

But I suck at cleans
And I need them cause I am doing Metalcore

[mortal dock]

That's a vibe! Space-y

The vocalist is groovin
That lead guitar part at the end is really fun too

[mortal dock]

I learned screams way before I started my clean singing training arc, so I do feel ya there xd

[opal condor]

Hey guys, planning on releasing this song soon, any feedback on the mix?

Intrumental thall btw

[kind blaze]

random ass black metal

[open canyon]

i know the EXACT vibe you are going for, and im going to give you a song to give you alot more inspiration to take from 😭

https://open.spotify.com/track/1HEWmqU97hyVKcTN6qh2as?si=d049a973d2eb4be8

either way nice

giving alot of periphery and what i just sent there vibes

[shut igloo]

Very

Smash

[hollow tulip]

Gahhh muddafuggin Dayum
shit hits hard yo, i also love that eerie outro part

So far I haven't had any complaints about the mix yet (at least, for thall)
the drums are snappy, the guitar hits hard while the bass gives the guitar its fatness

a lil wip metalcore project
this one's a rearrange based off Komachi's theme, "Higan Retour ~ Riverside View" from the OST for Phantasmagoria of Flower View
some parts are empty because that's where i imagine the vocals to be (can't do vocals)

[kind blaze]

finished russian black metal

[hollow tulip]

neat and dark black metal 👍
don't have any feedback for the mix since black metal is supposed to be raw sounding n stuff

[kind blaze]

true

i dont even listen to black metal

lol

just had idea to did it for fun

[hollow tulip]

me neither
i listen to black metal SOMETIMES but rn it's just the hi-fi sounding ones like Kanonenfieber and 1914

[kind blaze]

good riifs

[kind blaze]

same

kanonenfieber peak

[kind blaze]

yo guys any thoughts to this? im having a blockade. its fucking me up, because i think its gonna be a showstarter, the way it sounds like.

[fringe geode]

Let that swancore flow through you.