Some Feedback Please?

[kylerecords]

Hey everyone, just did a short sample of some metalcore stuff to try out some new things, let me know what you think!

drums- sd2 cymbals and slate samples
guitars- poulin 808 screamer and 456 w/ catharsis amp impulse
bass- tse bod w/ big box ampeg impulse
i got the 808s off of freesound.org

thanks

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31445578/metalsamplemaster1mp3.mp3

 

[Pre Studio Productions]

In my opinion, the mix is a little too cloudy. Maybe EQ the bass a little? Your low end is making your mix a little cloudy. Also, the guitar playing is sloppy.

 

[Pre Studio Productions]

And also, your snare isn't cutting through or snapping. It's kinda dry. And try to make your reverse snare effect louder.

 

[kylerecords]

thanks for the help man, I deff was aware of the sloppy guitar playing. I'm not much of a guitarist.

 

[Pre Studio Productions]

haha its all good man. which impulse did you use for this? i know u said catharsis, but is it the s-preshigh?

 

[kylerecords]

awesome4

 

[kylerecords]

Hey guys, if anyone is interested here is my second attempt at it. I turned the snare, kick and reverse snare up. I brought the bass and 808s down. Let me know what you think.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31445578/MetalsampleMaster2.mp3

 

[Pre Studio Productions]

Hey maybe bring the bass back up, but EQ it differently. Because ur guitars would sound bad ass with the bass higher but EQ'd better. Try adding more thmup to your kick (around 60-80hz) and bring that fucking bass up. post another clip after!

 

[SLave_Machine]

I like the sound overall even if the low end needs to be somehow improved, maybe you could try to gently low-shelf your tracks

 

[kylerecords]

completely restarted mixing and mastering, pretty happy with this, especially the drums. Still getting the hang of the mastering thing.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31445578/metalsamplemaster3mp3.mp3

 

[iarebrandon]

is it just me or that guitar way off time of the drums?

 

[kylendm]

is it just me or that guitar way off time of the drums?

I don't think it's that bad. I think it's just the kick it clicking too much and isn't glued to the mix like the guitars are the kick is making it seem much more off than it is. Sounds pretty good though man.

 

[kylerecords]

hey guys, I put up another link in the post above, I didn't real feel like I changed enough to make it another post, but I did make the kick blend in more and I also used a tad of gclip on the master. Thanks! Also I think it feels off timing some, because I'm not much of a guitar player (always played bass and drums in bands) and my recording definitely suffer from that.