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Guys please do not EVER tell me I'm fucked, or that I should give up. Or anything like that. EVER! I am bad about internalizing that shit. I am here to vent frustration so LET ME DO IT. ONLY positive encouragement from now on.

Bruh, don't say that. It's very easy to convince me I'm screwed. Why would you do this?

No, I have to push back on that. I'm not over analyzing myself. I truly CAN'T come up with anything good, and my recordings truly DON'T sound good or inspiring. It's not a matter of wrong perception on my part. It's not over analysis. My self-assessments are correct and accurate. Weeks on end...

I'm looking to upgrade my studio monitors. I've currently got Mackie CR3s. They've done well since I've had them but I want to upgrade. What is a good set for recording within the $500 range? That's my budget. Are there ones more suited for hard rock music like I play?

Thanks I agree. Is there any constructive criticism you can offer? Should it be more wet/effected? Less treble? Less gain? etc.

I think I actually kind of like this one but my brain is so fried from the past several weeks of immersing myself into this crap and getting nowhere that I've honestly lost all sense of what I like. My brain is fatigued and fried.

One thing I'm confused about is why everyone else's recordings always sound so crisp, clear, up front, defined, warm, etc... Where mine always seem to sound muffled, off in the distance, low-fi, etc... I would think using VSTs would eliminate the possibility of it sounding like it was recorded...

It's been a while, but I've been working on trying to figure this stuff out. Been doing my homework. Its still frustrating me, but... What do you guys think of this tone? What, in your opinion, is wrong/right with it?

Kinda rude

Or this maybe

This is more like a beat I'm thinking of

Thanks. The run at the end will be used as a pause before breaking into the drum beat. I envision an intro groove that it mainly just cymbals and whatnot, and I envision the beat being straight 4/4 rather than the half-time beat you've got here, but this is still not bad. Thanks for your time...

Make whatever changes you wish to the stems. I'm here to learn

Link to stems https://homerecording.com/bbs/threads/stems.413934/

See if you guys can access this. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kja2ssavh4g6pg9/AACXxdYGLITEhqLpNjIIPyXwa?dl=0 Do whatever you want to this. I want to see what can be done with just a simple clip of guitars, bass, and hi hat

Yes, but as guitarist (and a very good one), I can tell you one thing I know for sure is that EQ and tone are not the same thing. Not even remotely. However, this is of interest for me to experiment with on different amps/sims. I'm not exactly trying to match EVH's tone. I would say I'm looking...

What do you mean isolation? This is all the instruments this tune is going to have. It's got guitars, bass, and drums. Of course you can mix this little sample.

Neither one of them were "mastered" (whatever that really means ?‍♂️. I just kind "eye balled" (or "earballed") it with the mixing. Didn't use any plugins for mixing. Just kind of messed around with it. Did tons of mixdowns to see how it sounded, then voila. Not sure if sending it off to someone...

You're just hearing the missing right guitar track and the slightly more right panned left track. Other than than, no difference. Idk, it kind of still just sounds thin and lacking bass to me. It's missing something, but definitely an improvement.

OK ok. Forget the negative crap I said today. I want to press forward. Can you guys please check out these two clips? I've been working on this all night. It's the same riff. One is double tracked (yes, two separate tracks) hard pan L/R Labelled "Holiday HP 5153". The other is just the left...