The WIP Thread

[DamienE7]

Niiice tune brother!! im generally not affraid to use the plugins and what not, but im guessing an update took the ones i usually use away from me.. i plan on working it a bit more once i have that drama sorted, same deal with drums... i ordered superior a couple days ago and wont have any more than the stock kit and stock metal foundry kit until it arrives in the mail... at which time i will be updating my mixes and all that good stuff... still working on my tone a bit.

I do really like your drum preset... makes the wait for my toontrack parcel even more unbearable haha!

 

[theo]

That sounds pretty neat Chi. Everything fits together really well.

The only thing I'd personally do a little differently is have the overheads slightly less prominent.

 

[Chi]

That sounds pretty neat Chi. Everything fits together really well.

The only thing I'd personally do a little differently is have the overheads slightly less prominent.

Yeah, I feel that way myself now that I've listened to it a few times. Will fix that when I continue working on the song again.

 

[Shammas]

Nice cover Damien! I personally don't like that snare at all though, sounds like someone knocking on a door to me.

Chi- That sounds massive! Nice work!

Here's my latest-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/agile-septor-727-test[/SC]

 

[DamienE7]

Nice cover Damien! I personally don't like that snare at all though, sounds like someone knocking on a door to me.

Chi- That sounds massive! Nice work!

Here's my latest-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/agile-septor-727-test[/SC]

Thanks man... I hate the snare too... ill be re working the drums once the superior drummer box turns up, till then i have only 2 kits and that was the better of the 2... Killer tune too, really digging the tone you got there.

 

[JEngelking]

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/chiatphil/catharsis-chi-wip-teaser[/SC]

I've acquired a Pod HD a while ago and this is the first song I've used it for. It's still a WIP, so I'll add a few synths and melodies along with other details. As you might notice, I'm going for a really nasty, beefy tone with the guitars, as well as bringing the bass guitar up a little (which is actually just my pitch shifted guitar, but pshh!). The recent trend in prog-metal really focuses more on the uber-tightness instead of thickness, which I don't really understand. I like some low end, if you catch my cold.

Drums are SD2 with the Metal Foundry basically. I've put a lot of effort into making this kit sound the way it does. I started from the ground up with some random "djent" preset from someone I don't even remember. I was gullible back then, but I shaped the preset to my needs and improved all aspects of it.

Let me hear what you think!

That sounds siiiick. As others have said, guitar tone sounds great! Everything's really nice and full, awesome work.

Nice cover Damien! I personally don't like that snare at all though, sounds like someone knocking on a door to me.

Chi- That sounds massive! Nice work!

Here's my latest-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/agile-septor-727-test[/SC]

I dig it. Drums sounds good to me. My main criticism would be that the guitar tone sounds a little muffled IMO.



Here's the track I most recently finished writing. With the guitar tone I was going for something fuzzy sounding, along the lines of Red Fang and older Mastodon to an extent. As with almost all my WIPs, there's no bass on this one (I really need to buy one of those...). I also need to tweak drum velocities more, as not a lot of adjustment was done and the song started out being written in TuxGuitar.

Let me know what you guys think of the songwriting (mainly) and anything else you've got.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/oceansbuiltonsinkingships/stone-chicken-wip[/SC]

 

[Deepcut]

I Have this song here which I made it's a bit weird sounding that's the whole point really but some CC on the mix would be great, to me sounds like maybe a little too dynamic down low but I don't know.

Edit: Have no idea if I linked the song properly?

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/jamie-denham-2/my-inability-rm/s-dW2fW[/SC]

 

[Shammas]

JEngel- I like the song, pretty catchy. Sounds like a couple of riffs could be tightened up a little. It really gives me that 90s prog rock vibe (Tool, Mastodon) Can't wait to hear it with bass!

I've got another clip today-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/new-black-pasture-demo[/SC]

 

[JEngelking]

JEngel- I like the song, pretty catchy. Sounds like a couple of riffs could be tightened up a little. It really gives me that 90s prog rock vibe (Tool, Mastodon) Can't wait to hear it with bass!

I've got another clip today-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/new-black-pasture-demo[/SC]

Thanks dude! Yeah that chorus part has some hybrid picked string shipping that definitely could be cleaned up, I got tired of tracking so I went with the cleanest takes I had haha.

Gonna listen to your clip later and edit this comment with some feedback.

 

[DamienE7]

JEngel- I like the song, pretty catchy. Sounds like a couple of riffs could be tightened up a little. It really gives me that 90s prog rock vibe (Tool, Mastodon) Can't wait to hear it with bass!

I've got another clip today-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/new-black-pasture-demo[/SC]

I love the bass in this track! i wasn't really feeling the guitar tone at first but its grown on me after a couple of listens

That sounds siiiick. As others have said, guitar tone sounds great! Everything's really nice and full, awesome work.



I dig it. Drums sounds good to me. My main criticism would be that the guitar tone sounds a little muffled IMO.



Here's the track I most recently finished writing. With the guitar tone I was going for something fuzzy sounding, along the lines of Red Fang and older Mastodon to an extent. As with almost all my WIPs, there's no bass on this one (I really need to buy one of those...). I also need to tweak drum velocities more, as not a lot of adjustment was done and the song started out being written in TuxGuitar.

Let me know what you guys think of the songwriting (mainly) and anything else you've got.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/oceansbuiltonsinkingships/stone-chicken-wip[/SC]

Dude, I love this track... its got an awesome groove too it... +1 for wanting to hear it with bass!! haha


[SC]https://soundcloud.com/damien-evans-7/thrown-to-the-wolves/SC]

I got a new computer, old one kept crashing every 5-30 mins which was frustrating as hell... and upgraded to cubase pro 8 from elements 7... big difference as far as i am concerned

 

[DamienE7]

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/damien-evans-7/thrown-to-the-wolves[/SC]
link didn't work on previous post i guess...

 

[JEngelking]

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/damien-evans-7/thrown-to-the-wolves[/SC]

I got a new computer, old one kept crashing every 5-30 mins which was frustrating as hell... and upgraded to cubase pro 8 from elements 7... big difference as far as i am concerned

I'm digging the structure of the song here... Guitar tone could be better IMO, but definitely a good start!

I've got another clip today-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/new-black-pasture-demo[/SC]

This definitely had me banging my head a little... Really nice groove here. All the instruments blend together nicely and there's nothing really glaring as far as the production goes. It's probably just a matter of taste, but I think the snare could sound fatter. I'm excited to hear this as a full song!

 

[DamienE7]

I'm digging the structure of the song here... Guitar tone could be better IMO, but definitely a good start!


thanks man! I've had a lot of dramas with tone over the last year or 2... so i finally did a bit more research.. Im pretty happy with this tone... but its forever getting tweaked too and this is only the first iteration of it... I agree wholeheartedly that it is a good start!!

 

[Deception]

I've got another clip today-
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/new-black-pasture-demo[/SC]

I really like this! Awesome riff.

I've been working on this over the past couple of days - I'd love to get some feedback on it, mainly for the songwriting, but stuff about production would be cool too. I don't have access to a bass at the moment, so it's just a VST bass for now

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/exmersionmusic/eventuality[/SC]

Thanks

 

[DamienE7]

I really like this! Awesome riff.

I've been working on this over the past couple of days - I'd love to get some feedback on it, mainly for the songwriting, but stuff about production would be cool too. I don't have access to a bass at the moment, so it's just a VST bass for now

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/exmersionmusic/eventuality[/SC]

Thanks

I like it... it flows nice enough, I can't quite put my finger on it though... maybe the riffs go too long or something... probably work a lot better with lyrics... the tone reminds me of old lost prophets for some reason.

 

[Shammas]

Damien- That's a pretty sweet song man, you've got some serious chops from the sound of it. To improve on it, I'd say the drums could use more punch and the guitar tone could use less mids, it's starting to take on that "cell phone" sound. Also, I'd make the bass more present. But that's a freaking kick ass song if you can get a professional quality mix and master for it.

Deception- That song has a cool structure. I really like how it flows and doesn't really fit one metal "niche" for more than a riff or two at a time.

Here's my latest, I've been busy working on my production skills and I've been writing super simple metal riffs as practice.
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/mixtest-121414[/SC]

 

[DamienE7]

Damien- That's a pretty sweet song man, you've got some serious chops from the sound of it. To improve on it, I'd say the drums could use more punch and the guitar tone could use less mids, it's starting to take on that "cell phone" sound. Also, I'd make the bass more present. But that's a freaking kick ass song if you can get a professional quality mix and master for it.

Deception- That song has a cool structure. I really like how it flows and doesn't really fit one metal "niche" for more than a riff or two at a time.

Here's my latest, I've been busy working on my production skills and I've been writing super simple metal riffs as practice.
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/mixtest-121414[/SC]

Thanks for the kind words man! I've since done work on the mix to pull the bass up... it has a bass part in the slow section that really didn't come through at all on this mix, sounds overpowering in my headset and home stereo but on the car stereo etc it mixes better... kinda hard work getting the balance right... I'm going to adjust the tone and re record one of my other songs this week at home and see how that goes... still working out the balance with the drums also you guys get heaps out of them... i think i still have the guitarist mentality of the guitars have to be loud as hell haha... hopefully i get my toontrack package this week too!!

also I don't know if its just my laptop speakers but your tone doesn't seem to have a lot of clarity... can be hard to tell whats going on.

 

[Deception]

Thanks both for the feedback. I would definitely like this track to have vocals, unfortunately have to find a vocalist first

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/damien-evans-7/thrown-to-the-wolves[/SC]
link didn't work on previous post i guess...

Some really cool riffs in this song, I like it a lot

Here's my latest, I've been busy working on my production skills and I've been writing super simple metal riffs as practice.
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/mixtest-121414[/SC]

Really like the overall drum sound, the kick and snare in particular, and how the instruments fit together well

 

[afouch1]

[SC][/SC]

That sounds siiiick. As others have said, guitar tone sounds great! Everything's really nice and full, awesome work.



I dig it. Drums sounds good to me. My main criticism would be that the guitar tone sounds a little muffled IMO.



Here's the track I most recently finished writing. With the guitar tone I was going for something fuzzy sounding, along the lines of Red Fang and older Mastodon to an extent. As with almost all my WIPs, there's no bass on this one (I really need to buy one of those...). I also need to tweak drum velocities more, as not a lot of adjustment was done and the song started out being written in TuxGuitar.

Let me know what you guys think of the songwriting (mainly) and anything else you've got.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/oceansbuiltonsinkingships/stone-chicken-wip[/SC]

I'm really diggin' the feel of this. Also can't wait to hear it with bass!



Here's something I started working on a few days ago.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/aaron-fouch/circumvent[/SC]

 

[Stijnson]

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/exmersionmusic/eventuality[/SC]

Really like the song and the style, but Its hard to judge the mix without the bass in it. It kind of makes or breaks the mix. Although the drums already sound very good to me. Some slight honkyness in the guitars maybe? Might just be me!

Here's my latest, I've been busy working on my production skills and I've been writing super simple metal riffs as practice.
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/michaelaverymusic/mixtest-121414[/SC]

Mix wise it sounds great, especially the drums. But, the guitar tone sounds like its a POD. And yes I read a few posts up that it was indeed a POD. I used to have one too, and I immediately recognise its peculiar midrange character. It doesn't sound like a real guitar tone. And sorry to be bashing that, not really your fault obviously! Besides the guitar tone that I'm not a fan of, your mixes overall sound very good!

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/aaron-fouch/circumvent[/SC]

Sounds great! Very Plini like! Drums sound good, albeit slightly compressed sounding but thats not too bad. Only thing is the mix seems to have a slight harsh high-end if you ask me. Good stuff nonetheless!

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/stijn_bos/laney-ironheart-metal-mix-test[/SC]
Not really a WIP, as this is not a song I'm working on, but some riffs and chugs to test my mixing. I recently got a Laney IRT studio and SD2.0, and this is basically my first mix test with those.