NIN cover.

[TerraMortim]

Any feedback? (except telling me it's really distorted, and compressed to hell, that was intentional..more like... on the balance of things, conceptual stuff, etc..)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jzhymnwqmtm

 

[jmxdrummer]

I really digging the song. Im quite impressed.

peace

 

[DavidK]

on the balance of things, conceptual stuff, etc..)

Its hard to comment on the balance without commenting on the other stuff. If you wanted distortion, you certainly got it. Whats missing (on headphones) is low end. The whole thing is really blurry panning wise, there isnt a whole lot of stereo separation.

Then again, you may want that. I dont know NIN at all. I cant say that anything you did was "wrong" for the genre: for all I know it could sound exactly like the original. Theres a time and place for everything, and if the genre calls for muddy distortion, you nailed it! Thats not an insult BTW.

 

[TerraMortim]

Well that's good to know that I got something of what I was going for. lol.

Most stuff was panned fairly center. Just some panning on the guitars and some on the chorus vocals.. but I put them through slight reverb to make sure they weren't too separated. Sounds a little bit like the original... just a little different. Glad I nailed it, then =D

I noticed the same thing as you about lack of bass..are you talking about pretty much in the chorus? I think the verses have a pretty good amount of bass, but it does thin out quite a lot in the chorus... I was trying to figure out how to thicken it up. Do you have any suggestions as to how to remedy that a bit?

Anyway, thanks for giving some feedback dude.

 

[TerraMortim]

I really digging the song. Im quite impressed.

peace

thanks man!

 

[DavidK]

I noticed the same thing as you about lack of bass..are you talking about pretty much in the chorus?

I dont think its a lack of bass as much as an over-abundance of treble. There is a lot of stuff in the mid-upper range that is competing, and the balance between low and high isnt working because of it. Defining the bass will help, a little eq work might bring it out.

Most stuff was panned fairly center. Just some panning on the guitars and some on the chorus vocals.. but I put them through slight reverb to make sure they weren't too separated.

Basically, I would call this music a "collage". But each element has to be clearly defined to make it more interesting, there is a lot of stuff going on. You do that by panning, eq, and arrangement. Also, by figuring out what truly is important and what is not. I do dense music too, and at some point I figure out what is essential for the listener to hear, and what can go into the background.

 

[NL5]

I like it from a conceptual standpoint, but I kinda agree with DavidK. It's overly bright and overly distorted IMHO. I like early NIN, and am not familiar with that song, but I compared it to "Last", and it was way louder, but far less impactfull. I don't know if NIN got more distorted sounding later on or not, but I can't imagine it was as distorted as you have it.

 

[timthetortoise]

Should have chosen a better NIN song to cover
But, definitely sounds well done. The chorus is a little anticlimactic for my taste (the NIN version seemed to bring a lot more energy in). Not a fan of the vocals, but oh well. Decent job.

 

[g0dmoney]

i think it was executed excellently. there are an abundance of highs, maybe too much, and the bass kinda drops out on the chorus, but other than that a+

 

[TerraMortim]

Should have chosen a better NIN song to cover
But, definitely sounds well done. The chorus is a little anticlimactic for my taste (the NIN version seemed to bring a lot more energy in). Not a fan of the vocals, but oh well. Decent job.

it's the one we were asked to do for a tribute disc. I didn't even know this one very well before working on it.

 

[TerraMortim]

anyway thanks for the feedback folks. I had to do a massively rushed job on this to get it out by the deadline, so I'm no where near as confident that this is a good mix as my usual stuff. I'll try to thin out some of the high end a bit, I think I know what your talking about. I was thinking of playing with some synth bass an octave lower than the bass guitar for the chorus just to beef things up a bit.

The original isn't AS distorted, but is one of their more distorted tracks. I kind of wanted it to be ridiculously rude and face peeling sounding, overly compressed and overly distorted. Almost like early Chemical Brothers or something like that. So, at least I got that right!

 

[Mish]

You're a chick?! Or I'm so completely stupid

I love the cover. Moreover that I can't stand Nine Inch Nails but your version sounds lush.

 

[zazz]

like it ...but where is the bottom end.....thats where satan lives!!

 

[TerraMortim]

You're a chick?! Or I'm so completely stupid

I love the cover. Moreover that I can't stand Nine Inch Nails but your version sounds lush.

that's our singer. I'm as dude as they come Thanks man!

 

[TerraMortim]

I'm going to see about fixing the bottom end issue and re-post it to here to see what people think. As I said, this was a MAJOR rush job, so I figured the mix would probably suck quite a lot.