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Here, the next song I am working on. very slightly different direction to the last but still grindcore.
http://moshman.shackspace.com/canonise.mp3

needs an assload of more compression, drums need some force behind them, and that guitar tone induitably needs a helluva lot more crunch

I agree about the drums needing force and some compression, but the guitars need less gain imo.

also: cut me some slack, it's just me in my room doing it all by myself

nrich wrote:needs an assload of more compression, drums need some force behind them, and that guitar tone induitably needs a helluva lot more crunch

HELL NO! sounds real! theres far too much clicky sound in death metal. its got a dynamic sound to it! Dr. Mosh, great job. dont change it coz i said so

I agree with SJ, keep the drums the way they are. The guitars could be a fair bit quieter though, to let the drums come through a bit more instead of just compressing them. Also maybe cut off some of the guitar's low end, let the bass handle that (or give the guitars a little boost around 3-4 kHz and take off some of the gain). Lead guitar during the sweep parts sounds great.

Cool tune overall, nice job.

~Josiah

sj_2150 wrote:

nrich wrote:needs an assload of more compression, drums need some force behind them, and that guitar tone induitably needs a helluva lot more crunch

HELL NO! sounds real! theres far too much clicky sound in death metal. its got a dynamic sound to it! Dr. Mosh, great job. dont change it coz i said so

haha and how long have YOU been producing music?

Look out, we've got a condescending producer in the house...

~Josiah

nrich wrote:

sj_2150 wrote:

nrich wrote:needs an assload of more compression, drums need some force behind them, and that guitar tone induitably needs a helluva lot more crunch

HELL NO! sounds real! theres far too much clicky sound in death metal. its got a dynamic sound to it! Dr. Mosh, great job. dont change it coz i said so

haha and how long have YOU been producing music?

Just because you produce doesn't mean your opinion on how things should sound is right. No one is doubting you know more about production and what sounds good from a certain standpoint (commercial release or nu-metal or whatnot) but that might not be what other people think sounds good.
What music HAVE you produced if I may ask? Judging by the fact that you are 18, it can't be all that much.

Josiah Tobin wrote:I agree with SJ, keep the drums the way they are. The guitars could be a fair bit quieter though, to let the drums come through a bit more instead of just compressing them. Also maybe cut off some of the guitar's low end, let the bass handle that (or give the guitars a little boost around 3-4 kHz and take off some of the gain). Lead guitar during the sweep parts sounds great.

Cool tune overall, nice job.

~Josiah

Thanks! I actually turned the drums down a bit from another mix I had And the guitar doesn't have all that much low end, it is mostly handled by the bass but I will go back and take another look at it. Thanks for the tip.
Unfortunately the 3.4khz region is very very fizzy because I recorded through a Palmer amp sim, so dunno about boosting that. The Palmer lends itself much better to lead guitar than rhythm it seems. Oh well, but I might be getting a sweet iso cab soon.

Dr.Mosh wrote:

nrich wrote:

sj_2150 wrote:

nrich wrote:needs an assload of more compression, drums need some force behind them, and that guitar tone induitably needs a helluva lot more crunch

HELL NO! sounds real! theres far too much clicky sound in death metal. its got a dynamic sound to it! Dr. Mosh, great job. dont change it coz i said so

haha and how long have YOU been producing music?

Just because you produce doesn't mean your opinion on how things should sound it right. No one is doubting you know more about production and what sounds good from a certain standpoint (commercial release or nu-metal or whatnot) but that might not be what other people think sounds good.
What music HAVE you produced if I may ask? Judging by the fact that you are 18, it can't be all that much.

exactly. go suck timbalands balls nrich

Yeah, guitars kinda overpower drums, but it may be shit soundcard I have in my workputer (rather useless even with decent headphones), I'll check it at home.

I like that loud, clicky drums, by the way

i call those drums tickpop. coz they usually go tick-pop-tick-pop-tick-pop-tick-pop! < kick-snare-kick-snare etc

Yeah, whatever happened to the good old thump-crack-thump-crack etc?

~Josiah

BrunoN wrote:Yeah, guitars kinda overpower drums, but it may be shit soundcard I have in my workputer (rather useless even with decent headphones), I'll check it at home.

I like that loud, clicky drums, by the way

Yeah, sounds off on my speakers at work too. But sounds fine on my monitor speakers at home. I will have to do another mix

Yeah, sound better @ home, though guitars still appear bit too loud.

I like the drums, by the way (now when I can hear them properly). They have this classic death metal vibe.