soundvile
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Alright I'm new, just to put that out there (first post). I'm going to go ahead and link you to something recent I worked on, a metal piece done by a few kids I know.
It's called "bewilderment of smoke" and is located here: soundvile myspace
apologies if the page has any problems, I just made it. You can also check out the "demo montage 1" file posted on the flash player just below the song I want some feedback on. It's all little clips of older stuff.
My mixer is currently being repaired (it also acts as a decent soundcard my software and monitoring works thru) ---so I have not completed all the final ajustments I want in there, and there ARE some important ones, e.g. making thebass drum sound less harsh (well it is death metal stuff, so basicaly just sonically better in the mix.) and getting some of the uneeded boosts and appropriate cuts ajusted in there so it's not quite as "squashed" as it is, which I don't think is that bad right now, however I appreciate dynamics, even in this "wall of sound" kind of music - which you can kinda tell in that old demo reel in the first clip (all of that is me playing the instruments, or singing -just once thank god-). there is other stuff, but whatever.
oh, and by the way, I know a lot of metal guys out there use triggers or whatever else gear to get a certain sound, but I don't and am proud of how it sounds without that ...stuff... I might appreciate it for some project eventually but yeah. Another special note is that a lot of people I record are ages 15-18 like these guys and I aim to make them sound much older in terms of quality.
[edit] also, what you hear is mostly the drumkit I own in my studio miked with mostly audix d series and adx 51s for the overheads. It's really a simple setup/path, granted its a 10 peice with cymbals fricken everywhere. the technique is simple, not so much the positioning of mics and whatnot. all the other gear is theirs with the exception of the vox tonelab se on guitar and bass pod live for the clean section in the middle. oh and I used my bass cab, swr goliath sr 6x10 w/ horn..
--in the middle of the song there is a cool retro-ish calm area that I really REALLY enjoyed working with, for you non-metal guys.
So I'd appreciate you guys' feedback on anything you feel would help me become better at this. apologies for being long winded. just don't wanna be like "herez mah shit flame me"... I have some dignity reserved for this stuff heh.
edit 2 - damn if you get the routine maintainance thing try reloading the page or re opening the link entirely, sry.
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It's called "bewilderment of smoke" and is located here: soundvile myspace
apologies if the page has any problems, I just made it. You can also check out the "demo montage 1" file posted on the flash player just below the song I want some feedback on. It's all little clips of older stuff.
My mixer is currently being repaired (it also acts as a decent soundcard my software and monitoring works thru) ---so I have not completed all the final ajustments I want in there, and there ARE some important ones, e.g. making thebass drum sound less harsh (well it is death metal stuff, so basicaly just sonically better in the mix.) and getting some of the uneeded boosts and appropriate cuts ajusted in there so it's not quite as "squashed" as it is, which I don't think is that bad right now, however I appreciate dynamics, even in this "wall of sound" kind of music - which you can kinda tell in that old demo reel in the first clip (all of that is me playing the instruments, or singing -just once thank god-). there is other stuff, but whatever.
oh, and by the way, I know a lot of metal guys out there use triggers or whatever else gear to get a certain sound, but I don't and am proud of how it sounds without that ...stuff... I might appreciate it for some project eventually but yeah. Another special note is that a lot of people I record are ages 15-18 like these guys and I aim to make them sound much older in terms of quality.
[edit] also, what you hear is mostly the drumkit I own in my studio miked with mostly audix d series and adx 51s for the overheads. It's really a simple setup/path, granted its a 10 peice with cymbals fricken everywhere. the technique is simple, not so much the positioning of mics and whatnot. all the other gear is theirs with the exception of the vox tonelab se on guitar and bass pod live for the clean section in the middle. oh and I used my bass cab, swr goliath sr 6x10 w/ horn..
--in the middle of the song there is a cool retro-ish calm area that I really REALLY enjoyed working with, for you non-metal guys.
So I'd appreciate you guys' feedback on anything you feel would help me become better at this. apologies for being long winded. just don't wanna be like "herez mah shit flame me"... I have some dignity reserved for this stuff heh.
edit 2 - damn if you get the routine maintainance thing try reloading the page or re opening the link entirely, sry.
[r]
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