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HangDawg
bUnGhOlIo
I like the tune itself. Needs vocal of course. The guitar on the left is too loud in comparison to the right side. The guitar tone is pretty nasal/harsh.
Pinky
and The Brain...
Toms weren't mic'd very well. Probably a limitation of your microphone supply 
. And REAL drums! 
The actual recording quality is pretty good. The bass is a little lost in the mix, most of the emphasis seems to be placed on the 2 guitars and the bass just plays the bottom note. There's lots of room in there for some basslines. I agree that the guitars are a little too panned. Drums needs some panning, a crash left and right and roll to the toms.
I dig the style of music. Has moments that remind me of Rush (stop action) and others that have a more 80s punk thing happening.
My only major gripe is that it could be 2 minutes long. You put us through the paces of the 3 main parts 2.5 times before doing something new at the end. I'm slowly learning that if you have 2 minutes of material, then it's a 2 minute song. Stretching it to 4 minutes just because that's standard is just being cruel. lol
I don't know if you would need vocals, but shortening the song and maybe having a fat lead on it would earn a few listeners.
Nice work!
. And REAL drums! The actual recording quality is pretty good. The bass is a little lost in the mix, most of the emphasis seems to be placed on the 2 guitars and the bass just plays the bottom note. There's lots of room in there for some basslines. I agree that the guitars are a little too panned. Drums needs some panning, a crash left and right and roll to the toms.I dig the style of music. Has moments that remind me of Rush (stop action) and others that have a more 80s punk thing happening.
My only major gripe is that it could be 2 minutes long. You put us through the paces of the 3 main parts 2.5 times before doing something new at the end. I'm slowly learning that if you have 2 minutes of material, then it's a 2 minute song. Stretching it to 4 minutes just because that's standard is just being cruel. lol
I don't know if you would need vocals, but shortening the song and maybe having a fat lead on it would earn a few listeners.
Nice work!
jake-owa
Banned
Sounds better than most of the crap on this site first off...
I have mix ideas and suggestions but really if this had vocals few of them may matter. The composition is nice and the song goes somewhere. The gripes I would probably go into are that ...well, one the left guitar is kinda hashy compared to the right which is not bad but panned a bit too hard. And also, it's waaay too short for the instrumental it wants to be. Some of the drum editing in the beginning is too obvious. The snare could be whittled down a bit more to fit in better.
Ect...I am putting lyrics on this for fun...whether you like or not. In fact I am almost done.
I have mix ideas and suggestions but really if this had vocals few of them may matter. The composition is nice and the song goes somewhere. The gripes I would probably go into are that ...well, one the left guitar is kinda hashy compared to the right which is not bad but panned a bit too hard. And also, it's waaay too short for the instrumental it wants to be. Some of the drum editing in the beginning is too obvious. The snare could be whittled down a bit more to fit in better.
Ect...I am putting lyrics on this for fun...whether you like or not. In fact I am almost done.
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elementary
New member
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I have a pair of groove tubes gt33s which i used as overheads, an AKG D112 on kick and a 57 on snare. I would like to be able to mic the toms individually but cant afford it yet lol. anyone know how i could get them any louder with my current setup? The song has vocals but i Havn't been able to record them yet. I'll post up a final mp3 when its done. thanks again and if anyone else has any opinions please share.
I'd also be interested to hear your lyrics
my band is called Ego btw and we have more mp3s on our site we payed to get recorded ego
I'd also be interested to hear your lyrics
my band is called Ego btw and we have more mp3s on our site we payed to get recorded ego
Pinky
and The Brain...
I've recorded live sessions with only 2 drum mics, both in front of the kit and facing opposite parts (meaning left/right). Creates a stereo effect for the cymbals and toms (since the snare and kick are center anyway). The kick was deep enough that raising the lowest frequencies a bit made the punch acceptible.
Not ideal, but worked better than I would have ever imagined. Hell, I remember one session in college putting the bass amp to the right and guitar amp to the left of the drum kit and we got a pretty decent recording that way as well. Only issue is the bass amp causing the snare to vibrate on the lower notes. But if the drummer uses a tight snare that shouldn't matter.
Both of these methods are ghetto and not to be tried as serious alternatives to proper mic'ing techniques. But poverty has a way of making necessity work.
Not ideal, but worked better than I would have ever imagined. Hell, I remember one session in college putting the bass amp to the right and guitar amp to the left of the drum kit and we got a pretty decent recording that way as well. Only issue is the bass amp causing the snare to vibrate on the lower notes. But if the drummer uses a tight snare that shouldn't matter.
Both of these methods are ghetto and not to be tried as serious alternatives to proper mic'ing techniques.
But poverty has a way of making necessity work.