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new song - Crushed

bstewartbstewart
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Ok heres a 170 bpm song I came up with. 2 guitars mic'd through Marshall JVM. 1 guitar on heritage spkr and 1 recorded through the vintage. Sounds kinda buzzy to me but I cant seem to clear it up. This is definitely a nod to Metallica. recorded though GNX4 and added a slight chourus with para EQ and normalized in pro tracks plus.

Let me know honestly what you think, playing recording whatever. The recording sounds off to me but I don't have anything but computer speakers to mix out of. Help me out here. Thanks for listening and critiquing!

http://www.digitech.com/soundcomm/guitar_view_music.asp?productid=199&music_id=3643
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  • RawbRawb
    I liked it stew. a little long for not having any embelishments :lol:
    Didn't sound bad over all a little bassy.. maybe bring the guitars out a bit more but keep the low end.

    It's better than I can do .. thumbs up mate
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  • bstewartbstewart
    hey rawb thanks for the comments! I agree it is a tad bit long without any \"embellishments\" lol! I can hear the solos in my head but im not able to bring it out of the guitar, i pretty much stuck as a rhythm player. anyways its hard to stop when you're going that fast! thats all downstroke picking too. :lol: just thought id throw this song idea out there and see what it needs.
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  • thatsastratthatsastrat
    You should try a low pass EQ filter on this to take away some of the rumble. I downloaded the file and played with it some and that cleared alot of it up. If you like I could e-mail the file and let you give it a listen?
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  • bstewartbstewart
    thatsastrat, i may have to give it a run with the low pass EQ. I'm stilll learning alot about the recording process, heck I was looking right at the LP EQ when I decided to try something else! :oops: thanks for the tip!
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  • BlackIbanezRG270DXBlackIbanezRG270DX
    i guess theres some things wrong with the mixing but i say work on the song more first. i can only hear a few parts to it and the distorted parts are very similar, even hard to tell when you play something diffrent. with your permission id like to write a part to this song, ive been wanting to write a metallica/megadeth style song for a while. if it turns out to your liking you can gladly have it.
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  • bstewartbstewart
    BlackIbanezRG270DX, hey feel free to mess with it. im sure if the mix was better it would be more clear. For some reason i can not figure out how to mix this stuff with out it sounding cluttered. It sure as heck doesn't sound that way when I record it.
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  • BlackIbanezRG270DXBlackIbanezRG270DX
    yeah i spent awhile listening and playing to your song and all i could come up with was a completely diffrent song and after listening to your song i think if you could make the parts you have clearer it would be a good rhythm, i tried to put a solo on top of it but the rhythm changes too much for my limited abilities to keep up. overall i say its a good song that does just need cleared up a bit, and after trying to rewrite it i ended up with a completely diffrent clean song that ill try to put up eventually. try and get a good recording software or just have that guy who put it through an eq send you a copy
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  • partchpartch
    Yeah that Boomy bottom end is anoying! Maybee try to EQ that? I wonder what caused that? The way you miced the amp? I think this deffinetly has a Metalica vibe. I agree with Rawb without some other things going on vocals lead bass drums that change up more.. this deffinetly dragged some at 4 plus min long. I liked it though Brad Nice tight Rythem!! 8)
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  • phatsackphatsack
    \partch\ wrote:
    I wonder what caused that?


    maybe you need to bring the bass down on just the guitar tracks. if the guitar and bass are taking the same space, they'll get crowded.
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  • bstewartbstewart
    Hi all, thanks for the tips. The tracks are all guitar only, but when I miked the cabinet it was probably to close to the edge of the speaker, dont know why this became so bassy on the final mix. I still haven't had any time to remix this set, but when I do I will try and repost to see what you guys think of the mix. :?
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  • AntonyAntony
    Cool riff, I really liked it. As far as the mixing goes, I don't know much, I have enough trouble with my own tunes, but lately I've been trying to find a spot for each track to sit comfortably with each other. For example, bass in center, guitars panned left and right 40% or so, kick in center, ect. You can use various plug ins to accomplish this.

    Anyway, I thought it was good, just thought I'd give you some direction even though I'm a newbie.

    Robert Anthony
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