Feedback Requests

[cerulean storm]

I changed it and it sounds much better

Just gotta render it

[muted breach]

if u are using a drum library those usually dont need extreme compression

depending on which one you are using

[cerulean storm]

I'm using EZdrummer with the "Death Metal" dlc.

[muted breach]

alr that for sure doesnt need a lot of compression

pretty sure ezdrummer is already heavily processed

[cerulean storm]

Yeah

Thank you so much!

[muted breach]

np, your song sounded pretty cool composition wise! very moody (?) (which i like)

[cerulean storm]

Thank you!

Here's the new one @muted breach

[muted breach]

yeah now the double kick sections are way nicer to listen to nice

[cerulean storm]

I'm still working on the vocals, though.

[cerulean storm]

Yes, thank you!

[muted breach]

what i generally do is route all the instruments to a bus as i said

[cerulean storm]

And what do you do with it?

[muted breach]

do some compression on that bus to keep the drums snappy but not "pokey"

i basically just put a couple compressors on it

and then i have the vocals seperate

[cerulean storm]

Aha, I understand.

[muted breach]

as a seperate bus that doesnt get that instrument compression

[cerulean storm]

I'll try it 👍

[muted breach]

so it kinda "stands ontop" of the instruments

[cerulean storm]

That makes sense

[muted breach]

i basically steal all my mixing techniques from nolly so i recommend watching all the videos u can find from him on youtube lmao

thats what i did and im alright now

[cerulean storm]

Okay, I'll check him out. Again, thank you!

[cerulean storm]

Another song on the album I'm working on:

[ashen violet]

https://soundcloud.com/wintermintp/kumi9z-synthv-remove-the-defender-10-pick-parlay-10-string-guitar-original We just fixed the mix from that new release. How does it sound like now?

[finite coral]

finally an export of this

instrumental

[grizzled hornet]

https://youtu.be/q9l520PDAgU?si=w57Sb18Q5ntaSu6M

[round saffron]

Hm

[versed remnant]

Working on properly putting this together with my band, this is early stages of the mix for the song which is basically done i just need to program all the drums in my daw (Everything is finished in a soundtrap project so all the guitar was ripped from that I'm just working on the production stuff rn) and I want thoughts on the mix

[muted breach]

the guitar tone is... interesting? and very abrasive. there also seems to be barely any bass. i would only worry about mixing after the song is actually done (ie drums are finished etc) especially since drums are basically the most important part of a mix

am i hearing wrong or is there bass thats panned to the right?

[kind blaze]

when arch enemy meets bad omens

i really enjoyed every second!

[versed remnant]

it might be idk whats up w my plugin recently, and the guitar tone is all the guitarist LMAO i have no control over it\

I made this today and thought it was pretty cool

[wicked berry]

didn't add bass

was lazy

[versed remnant]

Idk if i need to turn down the bass or not on this but this is probably close to the final mix

[shut igloo]

hehehe

[shut igloo]

you should spice up drums tho

i like the idea behind it

drums sound a bit bland

[shut igloo]

the intro goes crazy

[versed remnant]

@shut igloo can u give this feed back if u have a chance

[shut igloo]

sure

[shut igloo]

turn down the bass
make it more gritty if u can
riffs are nice
id suggest to add some chugging guitar before the vocals
the drums sound a bit low maybe increase em and what kit do u use?
also scream is on point really like it the cleans could get some tuning done to it and maybe open some space for the vocals to fit in i think the bass is taking too much of space and add adlibs and backing vocals too like how do i explain it

like u might have noticed that during screaming there are parts where a particular line or word is also panned with main vocals in center

the idea is really nice

turn down the bass

thoi

and u add a synthish arp after verse 2

make it a hard synth lead

might suit better

for guitar tones it suggest u take suggestions from

weel

cuz he helped get my tone as well

[wicked berry]

songwriting wise the piano is actually the outro to one of my friends songs. thought it'd be fun to extend it sorta

[shut igloo]

What layers are in the intro

With piano

[wicked berry]

it's just a piano and a subtle ambient pad thingy that sort of highlights the melody

[versed remnant]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FEEDBACK

Ill respond to some things in a bit as i’m in a hurry to get ready atm tho!!

[shut igloo]

Id suggest u to use ezdrummer death metal kit

It has a good sound

[versed remnant]

I’m using krihm free for the ohs toms and kick, each one has a custom eq and effects chain and for snare i’m using the liquid death snare

[versed remnant]

Is it free

Im poor

LMAO

[kind blaze]

i dont have other drums :(

[finite coral]

ezdrummer isnt free so

if you know where to look its free

but if youre gonna go that route you might as well get superior drummer since it supports ez libraries

[versed remnant]

I figured

Idk i lowk like my kit setup i probably just need to dial it in more

[muted breach]

there doesn't seem to be very much compression on the drums

[shut igloo]

Piracy exist just teling

[muted breach]

the snare doesnt have any snap which makes it sound pretty like, idk, poppy?

[muted breach]

would not suggest piracy if you ever plan on releasing your music to the public :)

and as for me i'd recommend ggd drum libraries

[shut igloo]

Why tho

[muted breach]

if you actually have to ask that im worried

i mean sure its not like a huge chance of this happening

but if you somehow get caught its gonna cost way more than actually just buying the product

[finite coral]

if you somehow get caught aka admitting to it

[versed remnant]

I might not have any at all

I honestly don’t know how to use compression very well

[muted breach]

i mean it depends on what u are pirating

[muted breach]

compression is probably the most important part in mixing so i'd suggest learning that

[versed remnant]

Any good turtorials?

I know vocal compression and thats about it

Also any good free plugins i could look into because reapers stock compressors aren’t great

[muted breach]

reaper has a good stock compressor wdym

reacomp is just fine

[versed remnant]

Okay yeah maybe i just sont know how to use it

[muted breach]

u can get comper by analog obsession but idk if its gonna help at all if u dont know how to use compressors

[muted breach]

but idk just look on youtube ig?

[versed remnant]

Do u have any tutorial recommendations

[muted breach]

id learn what a compressor actually does first and what the different knobs do

not really i havent looked at that in a long time

[versed remnant]

I know what it does it levels out the audio

[muted breach]

but do you know what different settings sound like

do u know what fast attack vs slow attack would mean

[versed remnant]

Uhhh

Not a clue

[muted breach]

so id just watch a like "beginner tutorial" for compressors that just explains all that stuff

[versed remnant]

Okayokay

[muted breach]

i cant recommend u any sorry

[versed remnant]

Its all good thank you anyways

[muted breach]

but what i just did for actually learning how to use stuff in practice

is watching nolly getgood's stuff

like the periphery v full mix overview video thing

[versed remnant]

Okok i’ll look into it

How do i make my mix sound huge?

I can’t figure that out either

[muted breach]

https://youtu.be/6MphgmN-uGM

[muted breach]

depends on what u mean by that

[versed remnant]

Like mick gordon huge

[muted breach]

well he uses a lot of synths

to back up the guitar

your guitar tone seemed kinda thin ig?

what do you use for guitar

[versed remnant]

I tried this thing before to beef up my guitars where i put a synth udee it let me see if i can find an example rq

Should be this

[versed remnant]

Gate, overdrive, marshall based amp, trvecab and all double tracked

[muted breach]

well the synths are secondary u can get a huge sounding mix with just 2 guitars u just gotta have a good tone

[versed remnant]

My tone is more deathcore focused

This is the same tone nothing is different

Wait let me get the wav it sounds better

[muted breach]

it doesnt matter that much

[versed remnant]

Nvm i dont have wav for it anyways

[muted breach]

mp3 compression wont affect the guitar tone

that much

[versed remnant]

Yeah it shouldn’t matter too much

[muted breach]

this sounds very "raw"

u cant really get a huge sound with this

[versed remnant]

Honestly when i do deathcore i like the more raw feeling

Heavy into bands like chelsea grin and suicide silence

How do i make my tone bigger?

Should i quad track lead and rythym

I double track each

One panned left and one panned right

For each guiyar

[muted breach]

quad tracking with the same tone is useless

i can explain what i do wait

[versed remnant]

Okok

[muted breach]

ok this is a pretty old mix but it sounds okay

[versed remnant]

I also used to do this thing where i’d have on my tone some light octave shifters to add a lower and higher end to the guitar

[muted breach]

idk what ur definition of huge is but i think this sounds pretty wide and big

so basically what i usually do if i want to sound "huge" is i just have a regular guitar tone

and then a second one that i mix in that uses the octaver pedal from the neuraldsp gojira plugin

idk if there would be any free alternative that sounds usable

[versed remnant]

I have a decent shifter pedal i use but its not great

[muted breach]

and then i just use different cabs on both tones but u can probably use the same ones

[versed remnant]

I’ll look into a free alternative that sounds good

[muted breach]

and the secondary tone is really like "dull" sounding

[versed remnant]

I have different cabs for rythym and lead but not each track

[versed remnant]

More like brick wall kinda tone?

[muted breach]

it has barely any hi end

wait ill send examples

[versed remnant]

What do the eq presets for it look like?

[versed remnant]

Okok

[muted breach]

i dont really do presets i just dial in the eq to sound good

usually for the main tone i just dial the mids down quite a lot and the highs up a good amount

[versed remnant]

Yeah i think for my main tone i do that

I usually keep my mids around 3-4 and my highs 7-8

Bass is usually higher too on it

Around 6-7

[muted breach]

so here is the main guitar tone

and here is the octaver one

this is kind of a bad example actually because these lowkey sound like shit but it is what it is

[muted breach]

oh you were talking about amp eq

i wouldnt crank the bass because at least in my tones i dont really want to have that much bass

it really muddies up the mix if u have too much bass panned to the left and right

also dont be afraid to use a pretty aggressive low pass filter

especially since a lot of the high end on a guitar tone above like even as low as 6khz is just literal noise

[wicked berry]

I'm not condoning piracy but as long as you don't go and literally advertise that you pirated something you're probably good

that being said they probably dont want us talking about that here

[runic adder]

agean music has a free one that's p good

[muted breach]

i mean the thing is getting caught isnt the only issue

but i get what u mean

[runic adder]

yeah pitchproof, used to use it all the time before I bought gojira x and nameless x

[wicked berry]

yep

that one is good for the reflections tapping stuff

[versed remnant]

did i do a thing

[versed remnant]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1phQU9DT67dDUI1PrmJzzq1x5qrhI9SaQ/view?usp=drivesdk

[worn mist]

Hey all! Just joined the discord and love seeing all this healthy feedback. Would love to hear what I could do better in this mix!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/naky7uvennqudu7unc4vb/Cloak-Instrumental-Demo.wav?rlkey=pn4q0ts6v3k0kfzig7t6oqhzx&st=icxegc07&dl=0

[muted breach]

definitely sounds a lot better

the drums still need processing tho for sure

[versed remnant]

Okok

[charred panther]

Rough draft of a new song I’m working on

[runic adder]

this sounds nice

personally I wouldn't have any notes

[kind blaze]

Colab anyone?

[tribal orbit]

the guitars feel like the have no balls

like no bass

and the vocals are not for me tbh. The song overall is bright

that being said, reviving an old song

[versed remnant]

I will add more bass to guitars

Check the google drive link tho bc thats an updated version and i made some changes to the guitar

[tribal orbit]

ight

[kind blaze]

SPIRIT BOXXXXXX

[ashen violet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP6RaST5mL8 Did we cook?

[shut igloo]

I quad track the same time with diff eq

The extreme planned have higher highs and a bit scooped mods and the 75 planned have higher mods and lower highs

Basically extreme have more clarity

[kind blaze]

might do a track with old lyrics of mine

[wicked berry]

mirar if no classical music

[kind blaze]

if anyone would work with me for a single in that direction i would be very glad and may do the mastering as well

[ashen violet]

Funny that everyone is posting here and nobody's getting feedback.

[finite coral]

everyone is perfect 😌

[wicked berry]

lol ik, I normally listen but don't even comment😭 the stuff is good tho

that's how it normally is in these channels

[kind blaze]

160 bpm. C standard

anyone can do something with it lmk!

[lapis ember]

I need some help with vocal ideas and transitions.

https://on.soundcloud.com/yn5Fisf6bQWyGFx2A

[worn mist]

Keep playing around my brother! Practice singing as much as you can and keep working on your song writing. It will be easier to find people to collab with once you get a little more chops. I'm saying this as someone who's in the same boat. For now, just keep doing what you're doing and learning.

[worn mist]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxPO0JWDEzy8yoj1ZZ4DWlUKc-k9cuuIqJ?si=76BW3LOKET2nAGJQ

https://youtu.be/93GOP8rxr1c?si=15-jP-bJWKLYOoYv

[kind blaze]

sounds dope!

[finite coral]

ohhhg

[past plinth]

Did I just accidentally write Shadow by Vildhjarta

[finite coral]

off topic but sick jackson TF2

[past plinth]

Hate to be a buzz kill but it's an Ibanez lmao

[finite coral]

oh

same hardware lol looks exactly like my jackson

[past plinth]

I want a Schechter

Specifically

The Rob Scallon C-7

[finite coral]

that goes hard damn

[past plinth]

There's a Black and White one too hold up

I like the Black and Brown personally

[finite coral]

yea me too

[kind blaze]

Hey man!

and

wtf did i just wrote

[finite coral]

if there was an inverted version id get that

id add googly eyes to make it a badger

[kind blaze]

pc specs?

[finite coral]

16 gb ram

rtx 3060

ryzen 5 5600

why

[muted breach]

why are u asking for pc specs there isnt a crazy amount going on in that song lol

[finite coral]

yea like 😭 thats what i was thinking as well

the thing id be worrying about is the space on my hard disk from sound libraries not my specs

its not a project like this 😭

[real harness]

I decided to experiment with editing a bit more on this one:
https://youtu.be/fq36plqpONg?si=6_Wn4Ljq584nKDwN

[lapis ember]

This hurts my OCD.

[shut igloo]

@runic adder @mortal dock @tribal orbit @kind blaze

@round saffron @finite coral

@muted breach

[runic adder]

I'd lower the guitars and cymbals a little

[kind blaze]

w/ paradise

still need to process stuff some weird shit happening

[shut igloo]

I kinda like overloud cymbals xD

Tho I agree on guitar part

Should I reduce bass asw?

[shut igloo]

ya'll dw the first note when distortion hits?

@runic adder @kind blaze @mortal dock

@tribal orbit

[main kiln]

We are a ProgMetal Band from Germany, and we just released our first Album on Spotify.
I am the Vocalist.
Feel free to @ or PN me for feedback I can use for the next Songs/Album.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/43I0hWb4VVmCjp2Oaxuneu?si=Bm2sdHyhROCw3_czqfaRtA

[shut igloo]

@chao

[craggy plover]

what happened to the overall volume in the intro

[craggy plover]

ok just read this i guess it was intentional

[craggy plover]

my wifi won't let me listen .wav files i'm sorry

[shut igloo]

Eh?

Why

[craggy plover]

it just keep stopping

[shut igloo]

Ahh

Lemme send u an MP3 then

Holdup tho fornlike 10 mins

[craggy plover]

fornite

[shut igloo]

Forthenite

here

@craggy plover

[craggy plover]

the drums are bit loud

i don't know of it's me but the guitar sounds wrong to me

i love the vibes too

[craggy plover]

only during the first section the notes doesn't seem right

[shut igloo]

YEA THATS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW

The first note

Sounds wrong right?

[craggy plover]

ye

[shut igloo]

Whe the distortion hits the first note is wrong and the others are alright

[tribal orbit]

i think it should be lower

tbh

like it's a semitone or two too high imo

[tribal orbit]

yeah, the distorted parts seem off key in comparison to the rest of the song

[kind blaze]

Idk lol maybe attack buggin😂

[daring saffron]

Here's my wip intro with totally original verse melody as promised https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/andrew-porter-wip-a-violent-transformation-intro-totally-original-verse-melody-tab-s1509010/r2026588

[worn mist]

Some 2009 crabcore for you guys

[shut igloo]

The whole thing or just the initial note?

[shut igloo]

@tribal orbit @craggy plover

[twilit sapphire]

wtf is crabcore

sounds good tho

whatever it is

black metal slam

[worn mist]

https://tenor.com/view/metalcore-asking-alexandria-breakdown-metal-gif-794654536342808050

@twilit sapphire this…

Enjoy my old band’s live version lol

https://youtu.be/DdrIxH4xI0A?si=St2Ywm0FiKNwoY4a

[versed remnant]

kinda learned to sing so weird intro go brr

[daring saffron]

Ok, I think now that I've mostly got the intro figured out, does anyone know how I might turn this into humanly possible tunings? I figure now is better than later at this point.

For this sample, you should look at measure 9 in particular for tuning considerations especially for "primary metal" and then measures 5-7 for the "supporting high soprano melodic metal guitar". I'm completely new to guitar stuff.

Here is the updated intro: https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/andrew-porter-wip-a-violent-transformation-intro-sample-tab-s1524113t4/r2035231

[daring saffron]

Oh, also this I guess for supporting high soprano (though 2 frets apart is quite possible; ignore the octave being B3 and E4: this is my tab "clipboard"):

[kind blaze]

mix feedback pls.

[daring saffron]

I think I hear strange audio ducks

[shut igloo]

I'll look into it as soon as I get home

[shut igloo]

fucks hard

i exported two versions 7 being the one with low gain guitars and 7.1 with high gain

[shut igloo]

snare could sound better tho

[shut igloo]

@tribal orbit @kind blaze

[tribal orbit]

I will listen to it after classes

was busy getting new song set up for release

[shut igloo]

Okayy

[wicked berry]

vocal gymnastics loud asf warning i smashed the mix

[ashen basin]

Don't usually produce metal but I decided to experiment

[versed remnant]

some argent metal stuff I'm working on

[shut igloo]

Alrighty

[kind blaze]

THE POWER :O

[kind blaze]

i love currents and i would love to create some songs in their direction man how i death listened to the band

[tribal orbit]

I think both sounds kinda eh, mainly they're too sharp

I think if you can find the right EQ shape for it, high gain would work

[tribal orbit]

sick riff. The guitars are prett far back in the mix, and pretty dark

[tribal orbit]

Black metal lol

[shut igloo]

So I've boosted highs in extreme panned tracks and boosted mids in the 75 panned

[tribal orbit]

holy compression, toenail

[tribal orbit]

hmmmmm

when you say boosted mids, which freq we talking?

[shut igloo]

Holdup

500-1k

Tho the vol of those 2 tracks is lower than highs boosted track

I heard smwh that for low tuned guitar low gain is good

And it's my first time recording smth in drop e so I really don't know how to EQ that shi

[tribal orbit]

boost more around 500 ish

1000 is that freq you usually wanna cut

[shut igloo]

Okayy

[shut igloo]

What should I do in the high boosted tracks

[tribal orbit]

probs lower how much you boosted it

[shut igloo]

I'll have to look at it but prolly I boosted it a decent amount

[wicked berry]

yeah lol. I don't usually do mixes like these cus they suck but it's really fun every once in a while💀

[golden torrent]

I Call It Arab effing Metal Music (or how it at least should sound like)
I Fully realize my mixing isn't all that good, it makes the presence of each instrument obvious, but highs kinda clip or get too much when too many frequencies are playing at once.
Main issue is that i lost the Project File (stems) So i'm gonna have to start from scratch, but the idea is there.

[viscid raft]

That slapsss😲

[finite coral]

i cant even hear anything

dude

its just noise

if i try hard enough i can hear notes and then i get ringing in my ears

[finite coral]

this is literally ai im sorry

whats the point of asking for feedback if youre gonna send ai music? my feedback is to not use suno.ai

[finite coral]

trying new mixing plugins lol

[gritty crystal]

this is just about songwriting, mixing is secondary, what do you think about this?

[kind blaze]

man i cant sleep tonight

[kind blaze]

Experimenting with some stuff here and there.. Drop A to A#

[real harness]

Some a bit more basic modern rock/metalcore

https://youtu.be/fZkXVf4xa2w

[finite coral]

idk cant tell what the lead guitar is doing in the chorus 😢

[shut igloo]

This is such a bop

I think the Synth in chorus is a bit too loud

And I'd still suggest to get a better kit

And this is very diff from what u usually make

[finite coral]

ok i might have figured it out, better than before anyways

[kind blaze]

i know! this track is very special.

[kind blaze]

its now called heaven dies, lyrics recorded mixing soon

[kind blaze]

im not the guy who's doing the drums but i can tell him.

[shut igloo]

Sure

[compact raft]

Looking for a Vocalist 👀 and of course some feedback on the mix, since I am a one man show inside my own echo chamber

https://open.spotify.com/track/2SbzZyrkc2NRLMOmij0hVP?si=cbc9e11fdaff4c67

[narrow trail]

Yo, I'm a vocalist, and I love this thall/industrial mix! I'd love to hop on a track and lay down some growls.

On the technical side of things, I'm not sure if the mix is good or bad, but I do love the instrumental. It's rather punchy.

[hollow tulip]

IMO the mix is pretty solid so far, sounds professional. The kick is thumpy and the cymbals are loud enough to cut through the mix. Really like that industrial metal feel.
What I'd change tho is that the snare doesn't sound loud and punchy. You should try making the snare louder or changing the snare. otherwise, good work!

i've already shared this before but whatever, i'm sharing it again
this one's a WIP 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)
i tried to give it that 2000s melodic metalcore mix and feel. partly inspired by Killswitch Engage

[finite coral]

new mix idk

i think cymbals too loud

[finite coral]

oh my god i think im adding this

[kind blaze]

we'll redo the drums asap

[shut igloo]

Feels so much like killswitch

[hollow tulip]

yeah

[shut igloo]

Well it is the inspiration

Very smash stuff

Would listen to this a lot if it had vocals and was on streaming platforms

[shut igloo]

Absolutely love the drums did u program?

I wanna more bout fills

They go hard asf

[hollow tulip]

know more?

[shut igloo]

Yes

*know more

[hollow tulip]

how do i describe them they're all programmed

i only program them by feel, what sounds good is good. i also like having small blast beats for fills

sorry if this answer isn't satisfactory enough, i'll find a way to articulate my thoughts clearer soon

[hollow tulip]

yes

mixture of EZDrummer Drums of Destruction, EZDrummer Metal! and EZDrummer Big Stage

[shut igloo]

Interesting

Those are midi packs or kits?

[hollow tulip]

i like frankensteining them to a custom kit with different drum tones

[hollow tulip]

kits

[shut igloo]

I see

I just use ezdrummer death metal

Kit

[fringe geode]

Im gonna be honest I have no idea wtf Im doing.

My first attempt at quad tracking rhythm guitars in a while too.

[kind blaze]

can someone help me finish this

[kind blaze]

turn the drums up, and a little less reverb on those cross sticks

[meager sandal]

I got bored, so I decided to cover Heart Shaped Box. Any advice or feedback would be very appreciated. :)

[kind blaze]

Nice

Tune the g string

Turn the drums up

Or gets down

Gtrs*

Add some reverb to the snare

[cerulean storm]

I've begun to add vocals to it. Any advice?

[kind blaze]

maybe the vocals a little higher,

compress the tthe vocals

and add more reverb

can you send me the project file and ill fx it for you

ive just quickly mastered it for you

[kind trail]

Wanna try to make this a single in the next few months. Is the mix and master ready for streaming in y'all's opinions?

[kind blaze]

@cerulean storm what daw did you use

[kind blaze]

lil more reverb on that snare and durn the the gtrs up abit

@kind trail ill mix and master it for for you if you could give me your project file. if thats ok with you

like this

thats the the best i can do for now but ill keep working

[kind blaze]

Is this better @kind trail

[finite coral]

i would recommend getting an artist as well, the cover arts look like ai, but the music is killer man

at least youre not huge like ink and use ai 😭

[cerulean storm]

Interesting, I'll see what I can do to mimic this🙂

[cerulean storm]

I use reaper

[runic adder]

holy pump

kicks making it sound like I have the windows open on the highway

[surreal trail]

Dose anybody wanna hear my songs iv wrote but I used music app and stuff note there gonna be a real song once my band is formed in have one member

[runic adder]

Sure

[lapis ember]

https://on.soundcloud.com/PTP3zLlUgLQOKNPfZM

I made a song only using my bass guitar for even the actual guitar parts.

I need some vocal melodies and ideas to fill in the voids.

[kind blaze]

yippie

[surreal trail]

https://youtu.be/jGDt4u-B3qo?si=XRmC6ziubsdaWaJu

This is a song I made

Im making a real band soon. I have a bassist so far were going to turn thease into real songs lyrics I had help with

[runic adder]

chat i don't think this is an instrumental im ngl

very metalcore, nice

[runic adder]

I think guitars and bass could come up, cymbals could go down a little

also is the kick ducking the cymbals just off the limiter or is that happening in the mix too?

[surreal trail]

https://youtu.be/JSqRKWVPWbY?si=nITzAaiZLR3-prCv

This is my other one

[runic adder]

I can see the slipknot influence for sure

[narrow trail]

If you ever need some sweet vocals (or want a feature), I'm your raccoon for the job!

[desert tartan]

That’s gonna come in handy

Also hey

I’m alive :P

[surreal trail]

Also back up vocals

[narrow trail]

Unfortunately I am not in Pennsylvania at all

[finite coral]

why ai

what feedback are we supposed to give bruh dont use ai idk

musician talk needs an ai channel atp cuz ive seen too much ai in here

[ashen violet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lIUhoeAhgk

[muted breach]

or ban ai :)

"made by" in the title but its the most obvious ai song ever

[finite coral]

I knowww I hate it so much

[finite coral]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1074899722097143858/1377769243092713643/2025-05-29_23-26-59.mp4?ex=683a2b19&is=6838d999&hm=6591d401f480a18f356894a179aea7bc96c05c3239a4a128d25bf23d624ff1cc&

[real harness]

A more Deftones’ish/Thornhill'ish song with some wargasm influence: https://youtu.be/Lkb-pR7yUr0?si=8O0f5zLT1SeqdzWD

[lapis ember]

Clean vocals no fx

I know I suck at singing

[cyan spear]

I have absolutely no idea what i wrote, but i kinda liked it tho, is it good? https://youtu.be/IPdzBnbLm0Q

[lapis ember]

How do my clean screams sound?

[wicked berry]

i never really mix orchestral stuff but i guess i gave it a go

[kind blaze]

ya'll might like this one

[wicked berry]

yeah dude thats fun

[dusk junco]

just looking for help on where to go from here.

[fringe geode]

@wicked berry

@tribal orbit

[wicked berry]

sick riffs bro

imo needs a little bit more low end

[fringe geode]

Yeah I kinda figured. Usually I double track guitars so I don't have to push the low end so much. This is the first time in a while ive quad tracked.

[kind trail]

Anyone want to tell me what they think about this?

I'm particularly worried about the mix, in which I'm mainly concerned with the vocal mix

For some reason that's something I have a hell of a time trying to get working

Vox start at 0:29

[fringe geode]

This is AWESOME. Been tryna learn how to get this level of mixing

[kind trail]

In your case

Add more Kick and Bass

Notice how my track is laden with tight but full and pumping low end

I also used Double Tracked guitars

Quad tracks are finicky because unless you're as tight as an industrial vice it sounds super sludgy, which is a great sound in certain cases, but might not always be what you want

[fringe geode]

Yeah. I guess my issue is I'm not exactly great with mixing low end. I can never tell if I'm adding too much or too little. Especially since I mix with headphones mostly cuz I live with other ppl.

[kind trail]

What headphones?

[fringe geode]

Audio Technica MH40s

[kind trail]

Those are definitely decent headphones

I have the M50xs

And funilly enough, back when I used those mainly for mixing I think my mixes sounded the same as yours lol

[fringe geode]

The 50s sounded way too bright to me and flared up my tinnitus when I tried em.

[kind trail]

Fair enough

Comfort is King

[fringe geode]

INDEEED

[kind trail]

But yeah, if you prefer headphones

I cannot stress just how useful and powerful a Pair of Steven Slate VSX headphones are

[fringe geode]

Ive heard of those.

[kind trail]

They're incredible

[fringe geode]

@kind trail Cuz like this was my last mix and it came out great in my opinion. Not as good as yours but def closer!

[kind trail]

Yeah this is generally nicer to me except the occasional low end flub

[fringe geode]

I manually mixed the bass using Darkglass instead of using Parallax.

[kind trail]

I used to use both for my Bass tone

Then I recreated the tone to my best ability using Saturn

Which cut down the CPU load like crazy

[fringe geode]

Fabfilter?

[wicked berry]

i use mammoth for bass. its the goat

scratch mix

[kind trail]

Yep

[fringe geode]

I see

[fringe geode]

How do you do this?

[kind trail]

So

Basically I split the signal into 3 parts

I'll send the chain later in the morning

[kind blaze]

@kind trail mastered your song for you

[tribal orbit]

This is sick. Ingrown said exactly what I was thinking of the low end needing some beef.
The drum samples are a little distracting. I can’t quite figure out exactly what it is though

[runic adder]

I’m ngl I think the kick is pumping the mix too hard

[kind blaze]

yeah its on my list dw

[cerulean storm]

Released my single "Arctic" on all platforms. It focuses a lot on isolation and the effects of depression. The cold & crippling feelings of emotional distress; hence the name.

https://open.spotify.com/track/5mRAFM95J70kBkX88XWJzK?si=a6070c6f69a447b8

Thoughts?

[kind blaze]

nice i wish i could upload on spotify

im planning to i just dunno how

[cerulean storm]

I'd recommend checking out DistroKid. It's really cheap. 🙂

[kind blaze]

thaanks

ive gotten into mixing recently are there any projects that you want mixed?

@kind trail

masterd more stuff

@fringe geode

[fringe geode]

Damn whatever you got going is PUMPING. I like tonally what it's doing but it's basically ducking everything on some drum hits.

Hey @kind trail is it just me or do you think Darkglass has a richer low end than Parallax.

[kind blaze]

im thinking of releasing this soon, mixing tips and song writing tips would be very much appreciated

[finite coral]

snare sounds too quiet against the guitars

[austere stag]

hi am new here, what'd you think of these tracks? production isn't quite there yet but it's good enough for demos
https://on.soundcloud.com/sUwsl9N7GOD2rQuttI
https://on.soundcloud.com/uEY6JF4aySoJlFogP2

[lapis ember]

I think I finally mixed better. If anyone can let me know if I got better. Appreciate your time and feedbaack.

https://on.soundcloud.com/PQCRTTwjFpXZV9EUg9

[naive owl]

thall

[finite coral]

chat i tried heavy idk

😨

[finite coral]

i rarely do these kind of mixes 🥴

[humble condor]

I cooked a mix

[round saffron]

yooo slaps

[finite coral]

Is there anything too loud or annoying? Cymbals? First time using getgood drums, can't lower hi hat volume separately bruh

Can't get kicks to sound louder without ruining the mix

[finite coral]

Also feel like the guitars are weird

[humble condor]

Oblivion breakdown x slaughter to prevail shadow of intent

[round saffron]

Nah All g

[finite coral]

i did end up lowering cymbals a bit, tried to fix the kick too
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1074899722097143858/1380173933533462618/2025-06-05_15-16-21.mp4?ex=6842eaa4&is=68419924&hm=37458a64a4940181831f7b7ceaa0ab008f6e40d9eb36b339814f84875695c983&

[fringe geode]

@wicked berry @tribal orbit

I actually changed the bass plugin all together.

Instead of Parallax, I used Darkglass.

I keep finding that Darkglass (with the distorion turned off), has a much richer low end.

@kind trail

[wicked berry]

yeah, low end is nicer

[tribal orbit]

sounds kewl. I think the guitar is a little to scratchy, and theres a part in the intro and around 0:50 where the noise gate wasn't set right

[fringe geode]

I think it's cuz the saturation plugin I got is either too high or is conflicting with the amp sim.

I normally use Neural's Mesa Mark IIC+ plugin which is naturally a little scratchy is the high end due to the gain structure. But Soldano has a different gain structure and is smooth and not very harsh.

I use BPD Saturation which has tube and tape saturation options. I'll fiddle around with it.

[fringe geode]

This sounds cool af. Idk what it's a remix of but damn. How'd you get your tones man?

[finite coral]

Not a remix, and Its just a preset I made in guitar rig with a few eq tweaks

[finite coral]

i was told my limiter gain sounds too high by someone in another server, is it?

its at +5.2

is this bad?

[kind blaze]

i dont see the pronlem so i guess its fine

or her it

sounds great'

[finite coral]

i did try to switch the limiter to a normalcompressor instead since i think thats a better choice 😭

[kind blaze]

i love pumps but no-one else likes my mixes

not my song but i just stole it and mixed it for my own entertainment

[finite coral]

might be the style but i feel like the sidechaining is too hard

[kind blaze]

yeah

[finite coral]

this is what i needed i think

[kind blaze]

yeah

lil more reverb on those vox tho

i thinks

on that fade out make white noise go louder and louder and maybe have those voocals absolutly smashed with reverb

[finite coral]

like this ?

[kind blaze]

hell yeah!

vocals overall might need to be a little louder

have you compressed them?

[finite coral]

yea

[kind blaze]

oki

sound good tho

if your ok with it ) can you send me the stems so i can experiment with it and make some mix changes

[finite coral]

theres like 16 drum tracks i dont feel like it 😭

[dusky bane]

little demo that makes no sense

[real harness]

Is this too similar to deftones? Because I was just trying to make a vibey banger.
https://youtu.be/eLU3v3SPY5A

[kind blaze]

i dont know which song but the intro sounds like a spiritbox song

[dusky bane]

it's a random serum preset i found on internet so they might have used the same lol

[fringe geode]

I wouldn't say I dislike the pumps. Its just sometimes it just doesn't work.

[fringe geode]

Like this one works surprisingly well for this. Kinda reminds me of P1.

[fringe geode]

Mine doesn't quite work as well. I was going for a 90s style of mix.

[naive owl]

Cleans and rhythm tones are pod farm

[mortal dock]

"CAST OFF THE END OF THE RIVER I FIND MYSELF, ON MY KNEES TO A LECTURE"

"THERE STANDS A GIRL! REFLECTING MY PAST. MY WORDS IN A MIRROR!" 🗣️ 🔥🔥

[versed remnant]

Two Concepts i had tonight that i've been working on

[shut igloo]

guys i wanted to ask if anyone can help

how do you overcome writer's block

i dont know if this is the right channel to ask this ques but yeah

genuinely need help

kinda getting sick and irritated of not getting ideas and creating new music

[kind blaze]

hello, can someone plsssss do vocals on this track

ill give you mixwave mike stringer as a thankyou present

if you want it

[kind blaze]

fuck your original genre

do somthing else

like dis

[hollow tulip]

is this the track "The Yama King" :o

[hollow tulip]

chug chug chugga chug 🔥
don't have any constructive feedback in the moment (sorry), i might think of something later

short snippet of upcoming artcore metal project while i think of how to progress it
it's more artcore than metal i think bc i purposely moved back the guitar to a more background role
i reused the melody from my older abandoned artcorey metal song lololo
potential title candidate(s) for this song would probably be "Chime of Frozen Aeons"

[mortal dock]

Yes!!

I love that track so much

[lapis ember]

Should I keep making songs on just my bass?

https://on.soundcloud.com/YjGAoOfOlhsSRp8Fdh

[wicked berry]

dw lol

this is a loathe track I'm attempting to mix

[ashen violet]

https://soundcloud.com/wintermintp/hxvoc-remove-the-defender-sicilian-defence-10-string-guitar-original

We took a whole new mixing approach on this track.

Guitar tones were Fortin Nameless Suite and IIC+ blended together.

[crimson sand]

WIP that's drivin me crazy atm i've listened to it so much - anything stick out to u guys with fresh ears/thoughts on the vibe im going for

[finite coral]

not many complains i can give, sounds pretty good, maybe just needs to be mastered

[crimson sand]

cheers bud! appreciate any nitpicks if you have em. how are u finding FL for producing metal? i cant remember why i stopped using it - i think the rack/playlist stuff got confusing for me

[finite coral]

playlist as in like where you place patterns?

[crimson sand]

yea

[finite coral]

idk i just have one track for everything, makes recording guitar easier, i named each track with the insert number that the guitar is in the mixer, although not metal, i used these guys videos for learning FL https://www.youtube.com/@inthemix/videos

i rarely organize stuff but when i quad track i just have to or ill just get lost

idk what issues you were having with the playlist so idk how to help besides recommending that channel

[crimson sand]

maybe ill give it another shot i loved the patcher and stuff

[finite coral]

i actually dont think ive ever used the patcher

[lapis ember]

Can anyone check out the trippy pop song i just made?

I actually sing a bit in this one.

https://on.soundcloud.com/6VKOHCYBfaDuprai4w

[crimson sand]

sounds cool man old thievery corporation kinda vibes

[kind blaze]

pls helkp

[lapis ember]

Ty. Appreciate it.

[versed remnant]

thoughts on the track

[lapis ember]

I need vocal ideas.

https://on.soundcloud.com/DB5jQg0dvUTUa6iLx1

Its a cross between Breaking Benjamin and Coldplay.

[fossil yoke]

Any criticisms welcome https://cloudblood.bandcamp.com/track/deny-defend-depose-free-luigi

[shut igloo]

this bangs

[real harness]

https://youtu.be/jRw79Trxm0w

[fathom jewel]

fellow Hxvoc user , your whole new mixing approach has produced piercingly high frequencies from the vocals, cymbals and lead guitar panned on the right side especially during the solo

and the whole mix sounds thin and squashed, maybe because of something on the master track

[ashen violet]

😰😰😰😰

[fringe geode]

How do you like this @fathom jewel

By the way wassup bruh I don't see you in this channel often :3

[fathom jewel]

compostion sounds badass, just a nitpick but maybe turn down the overheads a little bit, high end from the cymbals is clashing with your lead guitars

[fringe geode]

Yeah I actually have that problem a lot. Still trying to master that part. But thanks for the kind words!

[shut igloo]

@tribal orbit @wicked berry @fringe geode @craggy plover

i tried vocals for the first time what do y'all think

[VERSE 1]

The world goesssss,
Into non existenceeee,
No screams left—only silence burns,
A thousand suns, yet none return.
Scorched roots in hollow graves,
We carved our fate with ashen spades.
The breath we stole from sacred land,
Now slips like ash through dying hands.

[VERSE 2]

Winds whisper in forgotten tongues,
The earth laments what we’ve become.
We laughed as oceans cried in waves,
Built shrines of glass on shallow graves.
Truth eroded, soul betrayed,
Nature bled while we prayed.
Fires raged, the forests wept,
We tore the world, now there's no turning back.

[BREAKDOWN]

You sowed the fracture
now reap the quake

You carved the wound
now feel the pain!

The price of destruction now you got to pay.

The skies have shattered
the ground has cracked,

A world reclaimed
without the man.

You lit the flame
now watch it burn,

thousand embers rise
consuming plight.

these are the lyrics if anyone is interested in what i yapped

[tidal stream]

Working on a song about a local myth/legend. I have a lyric in mind where I can't tell if it's cheesy or great. This will be the call out to a breakdown,

"Twisted creatures feed on pain, Strip your soul and leave thy name"

[tribal orbit]

The vocal mix is a little

Uhh

Mid heavy and over compressed/over distorted

[shut igloo]

Well I literally don't know how to mix vocals

[shut igloo]

I just have howard benson vocal vst and I just used in built presets

[real harness]

https://youtu.be/53LvqZo8dlA?si=Z11uh6F63aQ4xstb

[shut igloo]

do u have a tut where i could learn how to record vocals and mix em?

[kind blaze]

1 compresser

2 deesser

3 saturation (for screams)

4reverb

5delay

do 2 takes pan l+r

add another one smashed with distortion

and anotherone smashed with delay

9 fuck with the levels until it sounds good

10 enjoy

[crimson sand]

if you are new i would spend a decent amount of time working on EQ and compression before getting into any other weeds - find a reference you wanna sound like and learn what the knobs do and mess around with em

the problem with following a tutorial, particularly with vox is like 90% of the work is addressing the issues specific to your recording environment

[shut igloo]

Wanna sound like vocal randy blythe

[crimson sand]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTHHezKuqfY few snips solo from various sections of redneck in here

[shut igloo]

Thanks broski
Also is there a way to set up mic for recording screaming vocals? Like I have a dynamic and condenser mic, which is better for recording screams ps. I do inhale screaming

[crimson sand]

i'd ask in vox thread cos i'm not experienced at all with it but my two cents is that condenser would be a lot easier for beginner - can record further away with pop shield and less proximity effect. randy uses a dynamic on that record though, might as well experiment with both if you have em

i think bands that prefer dynamics usually it's because the vocalist has good technique from live shows and knows how to use axis and distance to get the sound they want

[tribal orbit]

Everything everyone else has said is pretty much what I would’ve said lol

Sorry for the late response

[shut igloo]

I see thanks for explaining

[shut igloo]

No worries broski

[kind blaze]

in the outro the piano plays the windows 10 notification sound

3:05

[kind blaze]

i like knocked loose

[wicked berry]

cool song

I like the mood

[kind blaze]

thoughts?

[runic adder]

sounds cool to play around with

[surreal sluice]

My first ever song came out today, only been playing guitar for a bit over a year, lmk what yall think! https://open.spotify.com/track/0dTB5rLPAaS7SwedoX6BHn?si=oUF11ySCSsG0c4Zm35Ce2Q

[kind blaze]

can someone help with this?

[craggy plover]

is it mixed?

i really dig with the atmospheri thing in the background

try to be more dynamic with vocals

riffs are good

forgive my sloppy ass playing I will eventually record it better (the tone is ass I know but my guitar produce a lot of buzz and hum so the di is very noisy)

[shut igloo]

Can u Elaborate a bit

[craggy plover]

Try to change flow and to be less repetitive

in my opinion

[shut igloo]

okayy

what do u think i should do in terms of mixing wise

[lapis ember]

Is this too much like Breakong Benjamin?

https://on.soundcloud.com/1CtQGdDfiAnEukh470

[craggy plover]

i'll listen on headphones later

but i'm not the best in mixing

[shut igloo]

okii

[shut igloo]

same broski

[crimson sand]

any tips on mixing vox? i tried sidechaining with soothe on the guitar but still strugging to have it intelligible without dominating the mix

[kind trail]

Any idea what the weakest link in this is?

I think it's the vocals but not sure

[crimson sand]

idk about weak link but the vocals are a bit loud, kick could use a little more transient imo

[kind trail]

How are the performances?

[crimson sand]

sounds dope to me

[kind trail]

Fair enough, I might just be super perfectionist

[kind blaze]

@kind trail i think you might need more reverb on the vocals

[cerulean storm]

Updating this one. I'm never satisfied 😭

[fringe geode]

A song I initially wrote for a college class. Couldn't put all the bells and whistles I wanted on it intially when I handed it in so I went back and did it.

[fringe geode]

@wicked berry @tribal orbit

I made a big improvement with the drums and it almost completely transformed the song.

[kind blaze]

good spellung

[craggy plover]

I don't know how to keep control on snares in fastest partsss

[tribal orbit]

just got to this now, listening

ooooh

I like

the tone is nice, the mix feels full. I'm not noticing any like off frequencies

The ambient lead is a nice touch too

[fringe geode]

.O.

FUCK YEA

[tribal orbit]

upon a second listen, I think the only thing is the mix could feel a little wider, but given I don't know your master chain and all that, I couldn't exactly tell you how

it feels nice and wide once the ambient lead comes in, but before that/after it's a little (like I'm talking maybe 97% of the way from width) narrow

[fringe geode]

I don't put anything except one compressor on my master bus. All the mixing I do is on individual busses.

[tribal orbit]

that being said, here's a demo of my own

[tribal orbit]

ah, maybe look at the JST maximizer. I really like that one

[fringe geode]

I have been ngl. There's a trick I like to do that my professor taught me sometimes when im unsure. I put a eq on the master and high pass up to 100ish and low pass up to maybe 8k. If everything sounds good in the middle then it's all good. His logic is that bass and high frequencies can sometimes distract you from the meat in the middle.

[tribal orbit]

This is very true

That’s not bad advice at all

[fringe geode]

Guys got stories too. He's been mixing since the 70s!

[tribal orbit]

He’s old!

Jkjk

[fringe geode]

Lol

He actually told me on my last day to start looking into more psychoacoustic mixing.

Things I can do to trick the brain into thinking my mixing sounds wider or than it actually is.

[fringe geode]

As for your mix, your mixes are always awesome af.

I'm not exactly sure what you could add.

I will say I find that if you have a comp on your master bus it'll either help or hinder your drums. And if you use some kind of limiter it'll sometimes fight the comp even if you're barely using it, not really a way around it.

[tribal orbit]

Never really thought of that. I rarely run compression in the master

[fringe geode]

Yeah it's something I've learned on my own. I only use a tiny bit of comp too. I don't push it, just to use it as glue to bring everything together. It'll end up messing with the drums a little bit too. Just kinda the nature of the beast.

[tribal orbit]

I usually group similar freq instruments and then use a glue compressor to hold it all together

[fathom jewel]

noice

any opinions on the mix/master?

[fringe geode]

This is fucking awesome as shit. I'd want just a bit more smack on that snare but that's just personal preference as I like a big snare with lots smack.

[fringe geode]

I am curious as to how you got your bass to meld so well together. I struggle with that.

[twilit sapphire]

any tips on how to make clean vocals cut through the mix on this

[fathom jewel]

I used a saw synth to layer the bass notes, maybe that helped

[stuck forum]

Guys, any help..? I wanna last the piece but dunno how

Dont mind the name, I’m writing this for a musical :]

[cerulean storm]

I never really get satisfied with it

[gritty goblet]

Is this a decent/heavy riff?

[kind blaze]

jesus crist

thoughts?

[kind blaze]

suona come i Lorna Shore. Il tuo suono di chitarra sembra un po' troppo forte. Ti consiglio di aggiungere più strati come ambienti e bassi in caduta.

[craggy plover]

I don't know if you are italian but thanks you anyway! My guitar has an annoying annoying noise which I don't still figured out how to fix, so the tone is the cleanes i can obtain I believe, looking forward to add more stuff

[craggy plover]

I think the it misses the enrgy in the low end

I don't know if there is a bass but I can hear something low

i like the adrupt pauses they add character to the song

you did a good job at creating atmosphere

[kind blaze]

sounds great!

[kind blaze]

@craggy plover MAY I ASK WHY IT SAYS YOUR A TERRORIST?!

[runic adder]

because its funny

[runic adder]

I don't work much with clean vocals, but I'd assume just leveling and maybe a small dip in the mids of the guitars could help

it'd be a lot easier to know what you need to do once the vocals are in the track

[runic adder]

breakdown

always

just some chugs on the low string

(idk much about orchestration but that sounds sick af)

[runic adder]

sounds decent, could use some work and maybe the context of a song around it though

[runic adder]

this sounds awesome

[runic adder]

what are you referring to when you say weird noises?

[runic adder]

sounds nice

[craggy plover]

what message are you refering too?

[craggy plover]

thanks you!

[runic adder]

Referring to this

[runic adder]

Which was part of this

[craggy plover]

my bad I read weird notes

there is a sort of hum, you can hrar it in in the breakdown at the tail of the chugs

di is really noisu though

[cerulean storm]

Thank you!

[grave kestrel]

short mix test

[lone spade]

massive

[versed remnant]

Something I'm working on, still have to add a breakdown at the end

[real harness]

Some octane core:
https://youtu.be/SzQeBgR6UgE?si=wOYkkfWl2blB9JdM

[kind blaze]

damn bro my band name is seraph null lol

[shut igloo]

goes hard af

[lapis ember]

Could someone check of my mix has gotten better?

https://on.soundcloud.com/TmAZVx0NEFVlMJnKn1

[lapis ember]

Love this type of metal

[fringe geode]

Thanks man! I just kinda made it randomly not knowing what I was doing!

[fringe geode]

@shut igloo You might like this one too.

[shut igloo]

Sounds nice asw

Honestly tho a personal pref ig I'd make the rhythm a bit brighter

Riffs are cool asf

[runic adder]

it's a good start. snare could come up a little, and I think the lead at 0:50 is a little loud

also lacking a lot of low end, is there a bass at all?

otherwise on the right track tho

[runic adder]

the vocals are too loud, drop em down in the mix a little and it'll be good

cymbals also lacking high end, could use a shelf boost above like 12k or 16k

[lapis ember]

No base yet. Usually do bass last.

After vocals.

[runic adder]

Interesting choice

[lapis ember]

Because im equally good at bass as I am guitar.

I try to do solo / fills through my lines.

I suck at making drums. So I try to go all out on bass

[runic adder]

Whatever works, that just isn’t an order I’ve seen or heard before

[lapis ember]

Haha

Well, when I self taught and learned how to record through YouTube. Just how I do things.

Ive made complete songs with just bass and used distortion when my guitar was in the shop

[cerulean storm]

Something new I'm working on, a bit more progressive than usual.

[versed remnant]

A little different from what i normally do, this is my first fl project to try and learn music more on the electronic side

[pseudo rain]

First time mixing guitars xD

[tribal orbit]

the weird pluck is kinda distracting cuz otherwise it's cool sounding. reminds me of MegaMan Zero music

[kind blaze]

added some big hits

[lone spade]

have this for a project, not super confident in the breakdown transition?

[lone spade]

love that riff

[lone spade]

that dissonance is nasty 🙏

[cerulean storm]

Thank you!

[lone spade]

very like

Pet - APC and sextape - Deftones

[cerulean storm]

Made the solo a bit longer and some other minor changes.

[cyan spear]

https://youtu.be/g4BEeitnyAs first time using archetype nolly

[kind blaze]

like?

[hollow tulip]

i deadass thought you were tryna make a My Curse recreation with that intro 💀

pretty gud 👍

would pass off pretty well as one of the slower 2000s melodic metalcore songs imo

some experiment djentcore thing
made this to screw around with the Mixwave Sleep Token II drums and also Synthesizer V (no lyrics yet, also i'm using ||Kasane Teto||'s voice)

[hollow tulip]

i like how that ongoing lead guitar w/ reverb in the background serves fits well even though it's playing through almost the entire song

[fathom jewel]

legit I thought kasane teto was a guitar

[hollow tulip]

💀

they should do a Kasane Teto guitar pedal like that Hatsune Miku one

[gritty goblet]

Anyone able to help with adding like stuff in between or overal improving this riff? I really like the melody and stuff, but feel like it could be improved a lot. Like I'm at 60% of what I think it could be

[kind blaze]

ok jesus that is very compressed

i recomend

not doing that asmuch

[cerulean storm]

What is compressed?

I barely use compressors.

[cerulean storm]

Here's a newer version

[kind blaze]

hats better

drums need to come up aswell

[cerulean storm]

Just volume-wise?

[kind blaze]

yep!

cool song tho

lil colab i did with a friend

[scarlet brook]

some chunky shit i made the other night. any tips and/or feedback (mainly on mix stuff, i know i could improve with songwriting) would be greatly appreciated

[hollow tulip]

damn this bihh compressed af
production (and some of the riffing) kinda reminds me of August Burns Red's Messengers album

i'm personally a fan of this kind of in-your-face master

but if you're looking for a more professional mix, IMO I could suggest lowering the bass guitar a bit. I think it causes that overall clipping when put through the master. also tone down the kicks and snares, it kinda has this sidechain effect on the mix

[hollow tulip]

gives me some Periphery - Blood Eagle vibes imo

an attempt was made.
influenced by the Diablo Swing Orchestra

[hollow tulip]

update
now tuned to drop f# and also added chorus in the latter half (which there is no vocals yet and also haven't written the verses and the like)

[versed remnant]

Working more on my mix, I think this is my best to date

I still would like thoughts on it however, so any feed back would be appreciated

[granite mist]

ouchy riff

[kind trail]

I started watching this show called "Gachiakuta". Absolute Peak. Wrote this

Needs a little work for sure

But I think I'm on the path to peak

[kind trail]

Drop F# is a lot of fun

So much thickness to it

Once I tuned down to F#, I never tuned back up

[kind trail]

It sounds like you're slamming whatever clipper you're using

I'd bring it down

It's really hard to pick out details in your mix when I can barely hear anything clearly, right?

[finite coral]

idjk

[craggy plover]

I like the industrial sounds

[craggy plover]

everytihng is too squashed

I agree with scout-173

[craggy plover]

nice

[craggy plover]

guitar and vocals are fighting for the same frequencies spot, they clash

overall the vocal mix is weird

[hollow tulip]

some fuckin 2000s melodic metalcore thing
i tried to make the screams using synthesizer v thats why it sounds so shit 💀
and there's lyrics (still using synthesizer v) here but rushed ones b/c i had to make some vocal pieces eventually
not used to mixing vocals

[versed remnant]

Thoughts on this mix?

[naive owl]

I factory reset my pc and of course didn't save any of my presets so I have to mix from scratch 🥲

[finite coral]

😓

[hollow sorrel]

How is this instrumental mix sounding?

[finite coral]

everything is so dark

that snare is so wet

[naive owl]

I might change the chorus cause I kinda don't like it, thoughts?

or maybe I should remove the chorus

[finite coral]

no bass?

o wait i hear it now its just really bright

[fathom jewel]

You are on the right path

[hollow sorrel]

I actually didn't have reverb or anything on it, just EQ and compression 😭

Here's the previous mix of that song. I genuinely can't tell which is better, ear fatigue is a bitch

[finite coral]

well it sounds so dark and far

idk how to explain it

[hollow sorrel]

To be fair, it is a darker song

[finite coral]

objectively

[versed remnant]

I think my mixes are finally decent

[muted breach]

there is basically no bass and the guitar tone is very harsh on the ears

the compositions are pretty sick but the mixes definitely still need a lot of work

[muted breach]

the only high end in this song is coming from the cymbals

the drums sound like they are coming from a concert hall across the street and im not sure how u achieved that

if that was intentional then i guess its cool but if you are going for a regular metal production it definitely sounds off

[tribal orbit]

Everything onyx has said I agree with

Me when blitz and ff still need finalized drums but you get the idea

[versed remnant]

Should I turn up the sub layer a little bit?

I have an electric bass with bass turned down for the sound and sub bass that provides the bass

[muted breach]

well in general there is just barely any bass

listen to songs with good mixes and try to "aim" for something like that

ie. use references while mixing

[versed remnant]

okayokayh

thank you

[finite coral]

tone is weird

[finite coral]

is this mix good?

[hollow tulip]

update
no extensions

[hollow sorrel]

Definitely not going for typical modern production, I'm not the biggest fan of the kick sound but I actually really liked how the snare sounded EQ'd this way

[hollow sorrel]

I took the regular drums, mixed them in. Then I low passed them around 200 hz and mixed that in. Had another layer with a very mild overdrive on the low pass. And I compressed the whole mix and mixed it with the uncompressed mix for that one

[narrow trail]

Yo, I'd like some feedback on this, something I need tips on. Is the mixing all right here? Are the vocals as well?

[fringe geode]

@tribal orbit @fathom jewel @wicked berry

A project I shared here only once before. I improved it. The whole concept is it doesn't have any high gain only some crunch or low gain (minus the solo).

[tribal orbit]

ohh I like it so far

very recession rock esque

I think the only tghing I'd touch up compositionally would be the drums. They're a tad repetitive

I also think some daughtry/shinedown styled vocals would be sick on it

[fringe geode]

Vocals are next actually! I got start writing them which is a biiitch TwT

[fringe geode]

Will do!

[tribal orbit]

Real

[tribal orbit]

[finite coral]

i need help is it good

[kind blaze]

COOL LITTLE THING

[kind blaze]

ive been trying to add more triplets and tempo changes in my songs, tell me if the song sounds good

[finite coral]

idk why it was in 128kbps last time so here

[kind blaze]

vocals are a little to loud and sound liquidy

but the instramental is sick

[finite coral]

if u mean reverby, thats the stems 🥀 cant really do anything ab that

[kind blaze]

oh is it a master?

[finite coral]

no

vocal stem from original song but the instrumental cover is mine

[kind blaze]

ahh isee

@finite coral

i quickly mastered it for you its sending now