Need Help - Basic Instrumental Metal Song Home Recording

[canerakcil]

My recordings sounds really weak. I don't hope creating miracles immediately but if there is a routine process that i should know, i will be glad if you help me.

I play guitar and i want to make instrumental metal songs. I use Logic Pro X, EZdrummer2 and EzMix2.

Basically i use 1 track midi drums with EZdrummer 2 (stock metal drum preset), 1 bass guitar track, 2 rhythm guitar tracks (panned %100L-R) and 1 lead guitar track on my recordings. I don't do any post processing except a little low end cut from the rhythm guitars but my whole mix sounds really weak compared to any kind of this style tracks. My track make me feel like listening to a song with ipod earphones after listening it from powerful studio monitors.

This is the link of a very short part of an old track. The guitar tracks were recorded with my Boss GT-001 processor and i know that guitar tone isn't right too. But not only guitar, every instrument sounds weak.

I don't know the process to make the whole thing alive...

Thanks,

 

[mjbphotos]

1) Instead of outputting EZ Drummer to one track, send each drum 'mic' to a separate track in your DAW (I don''t know EZ Mix, so not sure what you are doing with it). Using the EZD2 mixer, turn off the room/ambience mic and remove the reverb plug in that is default on the sounds. If you're not using one of the Heavy Metal drum kits in EZD, change to it.
2) Get a guitar tone you like before starting recording - much easier to get it right when tracking than trying to fix it when mixing.

 

[canerakcil]

1) Instead of outputting EZ Drummer to one track, send each drum 'mic' to a separate track in your DAW (I don''t know EZ Mix, so not sure what you are doing with it). Using the EZD2 mixer, turn off the room/ambience mic and remove the reverb plug in that is default on the sounds. If you're not using one of the Heavy Metal drum kits in EZD, change to it.
2) Get a guitar tone you like before starting recording - much easier to get it right when tracking than trying to fix it when mixing.

Thanks a lot for your support.

I have already separated the drums but i will try this details. ''turn off the room/ambience mic and remove the reverb plug in that is default on the sounds''
I hope it sounds more powerfull...

EZmix2 has ready presets for mastering or shaping the tone but i didn't use it in this little demo. I don't want to use anything before learn to make a basic decent sound.

Is there anything special to do with the bass guitar track?


I would like to make a recording like that. Simple,powerfull and rich..

The Haunted - Bullet Hole cover - YouTube

 

[Schwarzenyaeger]

Separating each drum part is very essential. If your PC can handle it, create the drum in one MIDI track and then duplicate it x amount of times and deactive all the stuff that you don't need per track. Turn off the internal mixing stuff, it's all hooey.

Play tightly. That's all metal is. Tight things going fast.