Hardcore.

[jpaudio]

Sending out to mastering Monday (BB), will post mastered version when received (if requested)...

[frist44]

hey jp-sounds great. could you elaborate on your signal chains? I think the bass has a really great sound and helps to carry the whole song especially for this style.

best,
Brandon

[jpaudio]

Originally posted by frist44
hey jp-sounds great. could you elaborate on your signal chains? I think the bass has a really great sound and helps to carry the whole song especially for this style.

best,
Brandon

Thanks Brandon, the bass was very important to me as it's usually the weakest link in most hardcore-type productions. Spent a while getting it right, so I'm glad you noticed!

Bass was a Warwick Corvette w/active electronics, EQ set flat, into a Little Labs MultiZ DI set for mid Z. From there it went to an Ampeg SVT3 with a LOT of tube gain (7-8 or so) into an Ampeg 2x10 cab, mic'd with a Soundelux U195. The mic went into a Phoenix DRS-2 and Distressor, not sure of the compression settings off hand. I think it was around 6-7db of reduction on average, really grabbing hard. Then I multed the DI yet again and ran it through a Sansamp bass driver DI for a little overdrive. In the mix, all of the bottom from about 250hz-down was rolled off both DI tracks, and everything above 4k was rolled off the Sansamp track. The blend was: SVT track at 0dB, Little Labs DI at -15dBm Sansamp at -10dB. The Ampeg track also fed a bus output to a Peavey Kosmos subharmonic generator, which was blended in just enough to add some "floor" to the sound.

[frist44]

what about guitar and vox?

[jpaudio]

Originally posted by frist44
what about guitar and vox?

Guitars were an SG into either a Dual rectifier or Marshall JCM800 depending on the riff/part/section, into a Marshall 4x12 with a 57 on the best-sounding speaker. Nothing fancy at all, DRS2 as preamp, Distressor set at 1:1 with Dist 3 engaged, Urei 546 trimming the fat. Left all the guitars alone during the mix.

Vocals were also a 57, handheld, through the DRS2, Distressor and Manley ElOp. In the mix they hit the Distressor again, and were multed out into an Ibanez Tubescreamer, which was blended underneath the original vocal (blend was approx 2/3 original, 1/3 Tubescreamer). Found a cool vocal delay and left it on the whole time for every song (lazy but it seemed to work well).

[frist44]

I guess it makes mixing easy when you use good techniques and take your time through the process. I love the guitar sound. Excellent job, I know their probably super excited about the mix.

Brandon

[jpaudio]

Originally posted by frist44
I guess it makes mixing easy when you use good techniques and take your time through the process. I love the guitar sound. Excellent job, I know their probably super excited about the mix.

Brandon

Thanks man! Mixed it on spec so they better like it, lol!

[Curve Dominant]

I like it.

It reminds me of the really raw sounding punkcore I used to mosh to in the Philly underground clubs.

[DanV]

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