New song: "Firaga" Checkitoutguyz! axe fx, sd2.0-metal machine omnisphere

[GATA4]

This is awesome dude. Very original stuff. The ending's freaking cool too haha. Great job all around

 

[smarek88]

thanks gata4!

okay i had a look at my sd2.0 setup.

its the avatar kit... but ive brought drums over from other kits with the x-drum feature.
including the kick and snare from metal machine.
as for the ride, its from the metal foundry kit - and its the 22" sabian tomas haake custom powerbell ride.

also, i bus them out seperately (kick, snare, hats, toms, overhead) so i can mix in logic. i use eq and compression on everytrack.
then i bus THOSE tracks to a single drum bus, aswell as a ANOTHER bus where i use parallel compression. sounds like shit on its own but together it brings the drum mix up abit.
i also send the snare and toms to a seperate reverb channel.

hope that helps guys

 

[smarek88]

*accidental double post

 

[fickfack09]

Man thanks for all the info! this really does sound great and i look forward to hearing more from you

 

[TGN]

Smarek, I was more thinking about the mix than about the composition, i.e., the trickiness of making the mix sound like one whole being played at the same time in the same place rather than a bunch of instrument tracks layered on top of each other.

 

[smarek88]

Well.
Everythings quad tracked
Excepttt te chorus is:
Rhythm: 1 hard left 1 hard right and 1 center
And the harmonised leads there are one mid left and one mid right...
Hope that helps

 

[fickfack09]

So then were the rhythms panned 2 guitars hard left two hard right?

 

[smarek88]

Soz by quad i meant one hard left one hard right and one midleft/onemidright

 

[fickfack09]

im sorry for the amount of noob questions but were the tracks all recorded separately or did you just duplicate two of the tracks then pan them like that

 

[smarek88]

All tracks were recorded seperately...
I found out if you copy paste tracks you get a yuck almost chorussy effect... Even just quad tracking properly sometimes does that... Just record WELL tight and if it aint tight dont stop until it is. Very important.

 

[fickfack09]

sweet titties

 

[Fiction]

Yeah never copy paste tracks, its just an exact replica, so you'll get a raise in volume, but if you record twice, the guitars then differ even by milliseconds in the time you hit the strings and the dynamics are different, even just slightly.

... and Awesome track as well.

 

[broj15]

drums sound great (especially bellhits and snare); guitar tone was pretty spot on too (good amount of "grind" while still maintaining clarity and articulation). I can respect the music in the way that obviously required talent/ effort to compose/ record, however it's just not my thing stylistically. Not trying to dis or anything. it's like if someone turned this on i wouldn't bitch but i probably wouldn't listen to it of my own accord. Nice title btw. It's good to see another FF fan

 

[smarek88]

Thanks heapsman

 

[nojyeloot]

Song writing, production, mix: Out-standing

*slow clap

 

[manana]

Do you think you can post a wav of just the guitar track playing the first riff?

 

[smarek88]

sure not gonna bother remixing or anything... just gonna bounce with muted drums and bass guitar...

 

[manana]

Yes please! Just one stem is fine, your tone is drool worthy!

 

[smarek88]

Ss.org doodz - firaga guitar first riff by smarek on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

here you are, hope its what you wanted
hearing this on its own really emphasises how important bass guitar is!!

cheers.

 

[manana]

Thanks a lot man! Is this in drop A by any chance?