Rate my song and my mixing ! (X3, Gods Cabs, Poulin)

[Larcher]

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I recorded this work in progress yesterday and I thought it sounded pretty good ! So I wanted all of you pros from SS to rate my stuff

critiques, good or bad & comments welcomed !



edit: There is no bass, yet !

 

[ChainsawVsGod]

Song sounds very cool. The mixing sounds great too. It blares a tad though.

 

[Hourglass1117]

Did you intend for that bass drop to clip when it hits?

Edit: is that even a bass drop? i just hear clipping, that's the main thing.

 

[Larcher]

Yea it's a sub drop thing, but I can never EVER get them to sound nice

@Chainsaw thanks ! But what does "it blares a tad" mean? lol

 

[ST3MOCON]

i think its kind of cool that it clips lol but if you want to avoid clipping with 808's then you need to turn it down in your mix. they dont need to be turned up very much. cool tho =)

 

[Iheartmidgetbooty]

Is Poulin a good alternative to Amplitube? I mean, on your end it sounds like a killer amp sim. Amplitube has been good to me, but there are some things that drive me crazy. Is there a decent noise gate with it?

 

[Larcher]

Is Poulin a good alternative to Amplitube? I mean, on your end it sounds like a killer amp sim. Amplitube has been good to me, but there are some things that drive me crazy. Is there a decent noise gate with it?

I barely used the LeXtaC in this track, I added it over my already recorded guitar tracks (pod X3) but I have heard some people use only poulin's amp sim in some recordings and it sounds amazing, and also I've never been a fan of amplitube so ;P

but I don't think it comes with a noise gate (I used the one in my X3)

cheers

 

[danieluber1337]

LINK

Go to that link and look at LIGHTWEIGHT DYNAMICS.

It's got the best gate that I've ever used. There is also a "Lightweight Gate," but it is buggy. Just set the comp ratio to 1:1 and you'll have a good gate. My settings are usually these:

Attack - 5ms
Release - 7.5ms
Thresh - -40dB
Ratio - 2.5:1
Soft Knee - 2dB

 

[Iheartmidgetbooty]

I am grateful for that gate, my good sir

 

[Iheartmidgetbooty]

I barely used the LeXtaC in this track, I added it over my already recorded guitar tracks (pod X3) but I have heard some people use only poulin's amp sim in some recordings and it sounds amazing, and also I've never been a fan of amplitube so ;P

but I don't think it comes with a noise gate (I used the one in my X3)

cheers

Btw, i love the music - only thing u need to work on is your levels and that would be a sick mix

 

[Larcher]

yeah, I have alot of problems with my levels I'll try working on it !

 

[Jims]

love the writing and the tones quite nice, seems really tight!

 

[Larcher]

thanks man !