Djent, dubstep, and rap?

Shawnn · March 15th, 2012, 07:35 PM

This is a collaboration I did with someone a few months ago back in 2011. Can you guess who it is? Hopefully you can tell by the voice; it's a dead giveaway assuming you've heard his music beforehand.

Anyways, we thought of creating a djent metal dubstep rap song, and the end result was this thing. Can't show you the whole enchilada, but here's a little piece of it for now. Hope he doesn't mind.

http://soundcloud.com/sssshawnnnn/metal-vs-dubstep-snippet/s-9lGa8

Guitars - TSE X50
Bass - TSE 808, Guitar Rig 4
Drums - Superior 2.0
Synths - Massive, Reason

Criticism/comments on the mix/song itself? Unfortunately everything's already bounced out and heavily resampled, so I can't do too much in terms of mixing. But little eq/comp/etc. stuff here and there will suffice. I don't know how to mix vocals either, so I just did what I could until it sounded good.

Thanks in advance!

Backe · March 15th, 2012, 08:02 PM

epic stuff as always, shawnie! i'd def load this into my ipod and pump it while doing drugs/beating people up/riding the bus

haha

(your stuff is so goddamn original i don't even care about the mix lol!)

Shawnn · March 16th, 2012, 07:40 PM

Yayayay you're awesome thanks Backe! We should make something together some day.

MarcMullingar92 · March 17th, 2012, 07:15 AM

Loving this! So original, and jumpy as hell.
The synth comes through really clear, and the tone is sweet as..
Nice work

Headof75 · March 17th, 2012, 08:03 AM

It sounds great. Only thing I would say is perhaps not to use double tracking constantly on the vocal.
In traditional rapping (!?) mcs only double up for emphasis on certain words or phrases, and doing it throughout kinda lessens the impact.

March 15th, 2012, 07:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shawnn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 100	Djent, dubstep, and rap? This is a collaboration I did with someone a few months ago back in 2011. Can you guess who it is? Hopefully you can tell by the voice; it's a dead giveaway assuming you've heard his music beforehand. Anyways, we thought of creating a djent metal dubstep rap song, and the end result was this thing. Can't show you the whole enchilada, but here's a little piece of it for now. Hope he doesn't mind. http://soundcloud.com/sssshawnnnn/metal-vs-dubstep-snippet/s-9lGa8 Guitars - TSE X50 Bass - TSE 808, Guitar Rig 4 Drums - Superior 2.0 Synths - Massive, Reason Criticism/comments on the mix/song itself? Unfortunately everything's already bounced out and heavily resampled, so I can't do too much in terms of mixing. But little eq/comp/etc. stuff here and there will suffice. I don't know how to mix vocals either, so I just did what I could until it sounded good. Thanks in advance! __________________ My YouTube

March 16th, 2012, 07:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shawnn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 100	Yayayay you're awesome thanks Backe! We should make something together some day. __________________ My YouTube

March 17th, 2012, 08:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Headof75 Somewhere in Brum Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 227	It sounds great. Only thing I would say is perhaps not to use double tracking constantly on the vocal. In traditional rapping (!?) mcs only double up for emphasis on certain words or phrases, and doing it throughout kinda lessens the impact. __________________ Oceans rise to swallow the land

March 17th, 2012, 07:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
MarcMullingar92 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 26	Loving this! So original, and jumpy as hell. The synth comes through really clear, and the tone is sweet as.. Nice work