i finished recording a new tune

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:10 pm

rough mix, give me teh feedbacks please and thank you

https://soundcloud.com/brad-williamson-4/human-error-1

https://soundcloud.com/brad-williamson-4/my-song

edit: before and after

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:18 pm

bump'd

Filter500 · Post by **Filter500** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:24 pm

I'll be honest, I don't think the production does it justice. My very first impression was that it's all mids/low mids, and no bass or highs. Mabye that can be fixed with some additional eq work. I can imagine it sounding much better with the same song/playing. The eq is suffering, though. Steve Albini might approve of the rawness, I just think it's too narrow eq-wise.

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:30 pm

Filter500 wrote:I'll be honest, I don't think the production does it justice. My very first impression was that it's all mids/low mids, and no bass or highs. Mabye that can be fixed with some additional eq work. I can imagine it sounding much better with the same song/playing. The eq is suffering, though. Steve Albini might approve of the rawness, I just think it's too narrow eq-wise.

i totally agree. like i said, it's rough. i posted it up so i could get some feedback like yours. it's got some tweaking that needs doing for sure.

thanks!

RaceU4her · Post by **RaceU4her** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:38 pm

song and playing are great, but yeah needs some highs and lows

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:48 pm

RaceU4her wrote:song and playing are great, but yeah needs some highs and lows

thank you man, it is a bitch to play!

'63-Strat · Post by **'63-Strat** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:15 pm

Cool, sounds very old megadeth to me other than the outro. Agree about the EQ'ing but it's got it's own vibe going I dug it.

benjamin801 · Post by **benjamin801** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:23 pm

This song kills. "Old Megadeth" is the perfect way to describe everything but the vocals, which are pure late 80s proto-death metal. Really like it.

skinsscalper · Post by **skinsscalper** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:27 pm

I agree with everyone about the mix. I actually kind of dig the music, though. Takes me back to when I used to listen to Venom non-stop. Thanks for the time travel trip! :thu:

'63-Strat · Post by **'63-Strat** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:32 pm

benjamin801 wrote:This song kills. "Old Megadeth" is the perfect way to describe everything but the vocals, which are pure late 80s proto-death metal. Really like it.

Yeah I obv didn't mean the vocals

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:40 pm

thanks fellas.

where exactly should i change up the eq? meaning--do the guitars need more treble, the bass less of it, more umph to the kick, etc?

and you know you love my voice.

benjamin801 · Post by **benjamin801** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:45 pm

wrongnote85 wrote:and you know you love my voice.

I wasn't knocking your voice at all! I was just saying it made me think of Possessed, Venom, and Death.

As far as the mix goes, it needs more highs and lows, but it's because each individual instrument needs more highs and lows. You could salvage it with EQ in mixdown and mastering, making it a listenable product, but for it to really kill, you'd probably need to re-record at least the guitars and drums.

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:49 pm

benjamin801 wrote:
wrongnote85 wrote:and you know you love my voice.

I wasn't knocking your voice at all! I was just saying it made me think of Possessed, Venom, and Death.

As far as the mix goes, it needs more highs and lows, but it's because each individual instrument needs more highs and lows. You could salvage it with EQ in mixdown and mastering, making it a listenable product, but for it to really kill, you'd probably need to re-record at least the guitars and drums.

i know mang, i was just kidding. i'm really glad you dig the tune.

i have everything to where i can tweak it after the fact without having to rerecord everything, so i can make it work by just dialing in each track individually. it's like a built in re-amp. thank god for garageband!

as for the drums, i only have seperate tracks for the kick and then everything else is all on one track, unforgettably. that's the only draw back i have with that. i can still mess with the eq on them though.

by the way, if you guys don't know this already, this is a one man band thing i've got going on. i'm playing everything and there isn't any programming or any of that nonsense.

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:38 pm

starship shirt

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:26 am

nightflameauto wrote:Sweet playing, man. Can't wait to hear it mixed up a little fuller.

thanks, it's hard as hell to play really even though it doesn't really sound like it.

any advice on the mixing?

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:56 am

bump for the morning folk.

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:48 am

alright, please check the OP for the before and after.

again, post your comments and critis on it so i can make it better!

or just troll the shit out of if, whatever.

benjamin801 · Post by **benjamin801** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:52 am

wrongnote85 wrote:alright, please check the OP for the before and after.

again, post your comments and critis on it so i can make it better!

The "after" mix is definitely less murky, which is a good thing, but now that clicky kick drum is front and center. Me no likey.

wrongnote85 wrote:or just troll the shit out of if, whatever.

Need moar starship t-shirt. :cop:

Wax Lyrical · Post by **Wax Lyrical** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:08 am

How are you doing your drums? Is it software?

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:15 am

Wax Lyrical wrote:How are you doing your drums? Is it software?

no, i'm playing them.

Markdude · Post by **Markdude** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:17 pm

I'm surprised no one's asked this yet...what's the recording setup? The song is awesome, but honestly, it sounds like it was recorded with a really cheap mic with a really limited frequency response. I think the problems aren't with your choice of tone or even mixing techniques, but rather the recording gear.

soundgardener75 · Post by **soundgardener75** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:28 pm

That vox... :rawk:

wrongnote85 · Post by **wrongnote85** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:37 pm

Markdude wrote:I'm surprised no one's asked this yet...what's the recording setup? The song is awesome, but honestly, it sounds like it was recorded with a really cheap mic with a really limited frequency response. I think the problems aren't with your choice of tone or even mixing techniques, but rather the recording gear.

the only time a mic was used was to do the vocals, and yea it is a cheap mic. everything else was done with my phone and garageband--guitar bass and drums. the drums are electronic so i was able to just plug them straight in to the irig and record them like that.

i know i'm not going to be able to make an amazing sounding recording, but i'd like to get them as good as i can with what i've got.

and holy shit, you should check out some of the stuff i recorded before this one, when i didn't have garageband or an iphone and had do do it all gorilla style. :lol:

and thanks brolando.

CTN · Post by **CTN** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:46 am

Good mix of early Megadeth and Death. Sounds great! Vox remind me a lot of Ihsahn/Emperor, not the growling, but the enunciation.

Cool mix of styles

VTM · Post by **VTM** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:24 pm

It's cool you're able to pull this off all by yourself without any programmed drums. A lot to be said for that.

:thu:

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