19-03-2021, 01:35 AM
Thanks for checking back.
Yeah I just did a quick general raise and lower of the vocal automation that was there already. I should really go back through and redo all the automation, etc properly.
I think my ears are more than a little off, and they get burned out quickly with these kind of guitar tones. I dunno, the guitar kind of feels a little bit dull now maybe, but it did feel ok when I did it... I'd had a decent break from it before I revisted it though.
If I listen to tracks like Sum41 Fat Lip I kind of want to add a bit more 3k to the guitar here, but I think the issue is adding more 3k or more 6-8k means it kind of fights with vocal too much.
Maybe just boosting those kind of freqs for the intro, where there is no vocal would work though, as I think the guitar eq is ok during the chorus parts, etc. I guess it's probably easy to keep wanting to pile on more top end to the guitar as my ears get tired.
I find that I generally have no luck trying to match guitar tones. I'm thinking spending some time tomorrow playing about with the guitar tone with a few of the more 'fixed frequency eq' types (neve 1073 type of thing, api graphic, maybe ssl channel also) might help. I suppose it is a bit of a juggling act anyway to get it right in the context of genre and the song itself. Not to mention taste (or lack thereof) too.
I have found that listening at quite a low volume does seem to help somewhat with setting volume, tones and balance. I just need to figure out the rest of it... I do honestly really struggle with this kind of guitar tone.
I find I am somewhat happier with snares recently though, so I guess heavy guitars is just something else that I need to keep plugging away at!
Cheers!
Yeah I just did a quick general raise and lower of the vocal automation that was there already. I should really go back through and redo all the automation, etc properly.
I think my ears are more than a little off, and they get burned out quickly with these kind of guitar tones. I dunno, the guitar kind of feels a little bit dull now maybe, but it did feel ok when I did it... I'd had a decent break from it before I revisted it though.
If I listen to tracks like Sum41 Fat Lip I kind of want to add a bit more 3k to the guitar here, but I think the issue is adding more 3k or more 6-8k means it kind of fights with vocal too much.
Maybe just boosting those kind of freqs for the intro, where there is no vocal would work though, as I think the guitar eq is ok during the chorus parts, etc. I guess it's probably easy to keep wanting to pile on more top end to the guitar as my ears get tired.
I find that I generally have no luck trying to match guitar tones. I'm thinking spending some time tomorrow playing about with the guitar tone with a few of the more 'fixed frequency eq' types (neve 1073 type of thing, api graphic, maybe ssl channel also) might help. I suppose it is a bit of a juggling act anyway to get it right in the context of genre and the song itself. Not to mention taste (or lack thereof) too.
I have found that listening at quite a low volume does seem to help somewhat with setting volume, tones and balance. I just need to figure out the rest of it... I do honestly really struggle with this kind of guitar tone.
I find I am somewhat happier with snares recently though, so I guess heavy guitars is just something else that I need to keep plugging away at!
Cheers!
Just uploaded a mix/master? Waiting for comments? Why not give back and critique a mix/master, or two!