Go Back   Cockos Incorporated Forums > REAPER Forums > REAPER Music/Collaboration Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-19-2013, 01:37 PM   #1
pattonfreak1
Human being with feelings
 
pattonfreak1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Posts: 3,245
Default Pattonfreak1 and Shemp - Demiurge (meshuggah cover)

This has been on the burner for awhile now and finally finished it today!
Weird reversing roles with Scott as normally I do rhythm and he does lead but it came out pretty good me thinks.

pattonfreak1 - vocals and lead guitars
scott(shemp)-rhythm guitars and bass
scott jr. - drum programming

I mixed everything and tried a few new tricks so I'm interested in comments mixwise.

https://www.box.com/s/0dmfqboo6cc7c62rkz3t

Enjoy!
__________________
www.reverbnation.com/gigawatt
pattonfreak1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-19-2013, 01:56 PM   #2
ScottyD
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 148
Default

First off, great cover!!! You really nailed it. The guitar tone is great, and I can actually hear the bass (unlike a lot of Meshuggah's mixes). I'm not listening on my monitors, just my headphones at work. I would like to see a little more reverb on the snare (maybe more tail on it). Also I wonder if you compressed the drum buss at all? Overall I think it sounds awesome, I hope you're applying some of these techniques to the next Gigawatt album!

-ScottyD
__________________
-ScottyD (http://www.reverbnation.com/aliensky)
Presonus Firestudio Project, AMD Phenom II X6 Black Edition, 16G RAM, 120G SSD... and a bunch of other misc stuff!
ScottyD is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-19-2013, 02:33 PM   #3
HugoRibeiroDotCom
Human being with feelings
 
HugoRibeiroDotCom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Earth
Posts: 947
Default

Holy fuckin' shit that was AWESOME!!!

cheers
__________________
Get Kick-Ass Drum Tracks @ www.hugoribeiro.com
Macbook Pro | Audient ID44+ASP880 | Apogee Duet 2
Sonor Drums | Sabian Cymbals | Remo Drumheads | Vater Drumsticks
HugoRibeiroDotCom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-19-2013, 02:38 PM   #4
pattonfreak1
Human being with feelings
 
pattonfreak1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Posts: 3,245
Default

thanks guys!
__________________
www.reverbnation.com/gigawatt
pattonfreak1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-19-2013, 11:06 PM   #5
smueske
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,578
Default

Are we listening to the same tune? Something's really weird with the mix. All I can hear is the rhythm guitar, bass, and cymbals. I can't hear bass drum or snare (or any fills), and if I wasn't listening really hard I'd never have heard the vocal. Has anything changed with the post or was this what everyone was listening to?
smueske is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 06:28 AM   #6
pattonfreak1
Human being with feelings
 
pattonfreak1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Posts: 3,245
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by smueske View Post
Are we listening to the same tune? Something's really weird with the mix. All I can hear is the rhythm guitar, bass, and cymbals. I can't hear bass drum or snare (or any fills), and if I wasn't listening really hard I'd never have heard the vocal. Has anything changed with the post or was this what everyone was listening to?
Steve, did you download it or are you streaming it?
__________________
www.reverbnation.com/gigawatt
pattonfreak1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 09:42 AM   #7
smueske
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,578
Default

I streamed it. I'll try downloading later and see if it makes a difference.
smueske is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 10:29 AM   #8
kindafishy
Human being with feelings
 
kindafishy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 4,025
Default

I'm not familiar with the original song, but this sounds great. Steve, awesome job on the scary vocals, although I far prefer your singing to your screaming. It's done incredibly well though. Cuts through everything.

Great clarity on this mix. Whatever new techniques you are using are apparently working, however, I never heard problems with your past mixes per se. You know this genre inside and out, you know how it should sound and you know how to get there. I'm pretty astonished by how well the song gels and the balance you get between clarity/separation and glue/gel on everything, but that again is consistent with all your other mixes.

Tight performances all around, really.

Scotty Jr. killed the drums. I'm not sure if they are accurate to the source, but they sound really well done. Dad might get jealous if he keeps this up. He shreds like mad on the guitar too, I recall.
kindafishy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 10:36 AM   #9
zeekat
Human being with feelings
 
zeekat's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Polandia
Posts: 3,578
Default

I streamed it too and everything sounds dandy - there's nice clicky heavy metal kick drum and very good sounding snare. Actually everything sounds impressively close to the original, including delivery of the lyrics in ALL CAPS.
__________________
AM bient, rund funk and heavy meteo
my bandcamp+youtubings
zeekat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 12:19 PM   #10
plgrmsprgrs
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 2,021
Default

I'm not really drawn to this genre and therefore not very familiar with it. But man, I can sure appreciate and enjoy the production value and execution. Everything sounds excellent. Makes me want to practice my mixing all the more!

Kyle
__________________
"Same as it ever was . . . " - David Byrne
plgrmsprgrs is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 12:32 PM   #11
shemp
Human being with feelings
 
shemp's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,157
Default

Thanks guys.

For those curious, Rhythm guitars were recorded with a $180 Douglas (Rondo) 7 string with the bottom 7 strings of an 8 string set on it. Bass was a cheap Ibanez with active pups. Pattonfreak1 really made it sound good.

Drums were programmed pretty much exactly as the original track.
shemp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2013, 04:34 PM   #12
smueske
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,578
Default

So I just streamed it again and now it is fine. It was the weirdest thing, all I could hear was guitar bass and cymbals. I'm just going to chalk it up to voodoo. Anyway, this sounds great! Nice job. Really enjoyed it.
smueske is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-21-2013, 05:40 AM   #13
moio
Human being with feelings
 
moio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Frankfurt/Germany
Posts: 1,008
Default

great work again, guys! f**** tight guitars!

i think the drums could use a bit more dirt/room. maybe a bit more parallel compression?
__________________
Listen to my songs:http://www.reverbnation.com/moio
Get some serious guitar:http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/albertmarkus
http://der-keller.net
moio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2013, 03:44 PM   #14
pattonfreak1
Human being with feelings
 
pattonfreak1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Posts: 3,245
Default

Thanks all for the comments and critiques!
__________________
www.reverbnation.com/gigawatt
pattonfreak1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2013, 04:18 PM   #15
Cosmic
Human being with feelings
 
Cosmic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Online
Posts: 4,896
Default

I just listened to this..and its not my bag at all..but it troubles me not to say that this recording is fucking bad ass.
__________________
it aint worth a bop,if it dont got that pop
Cosmic is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-24-2013, 07:39 AM   #16
j79
Human being with feelings
 
j79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Göteborg
Posts: 1,322
Default

Impressive!

My only "complain" is that i think the kick is sticking out a tiny bit. Maybe too much "click", or perhaps just a tad too loud.

But i think you pretty much nailed the Meshuggah sound. And being able to play it the way you do is pretty amazing.
j79 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-25-2013, 05:14 AM   #17
jax
Human being with feelings
 
jax's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 300
Default

Killer!
Congratulations!
jax is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-27-2013, 02:18 PM   #18
pattonfreak1
Human being with feelings
 
pattonfreak1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Posts: 3,245
Default

thanks again fellas!
__________________
www.reverbnation.com/gigawatt
pattonfreak1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2013, 06:07 AM   #19
Sanskrit
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: in the studio
Posts: 287
Default

Listened on headphones -sounds murderous!! I will not listen on my monitors 'cause I am afraid Great job guys!
Sanskrit is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2013, 05:35 PM   #20
xethicx
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 350
Default

Great job, sounds crushing.
__________________
I love my PGM301!!
xethicx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-09-2013, 01:23 AM   #21
Sambo Rouge
Human being with feelings
 
Sambo Rouge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posts: 1,965
Default

Nice little ditty --- I found myself humming it on the way to the shops this morning.
Sambo Rouge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2013, 09:53 AM   #22
pattonfreak1
Human being with feelings
 
pattonfreak1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Posts: 3,245
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sambo Rouge View Post
Nice little ditty --- I found myself humming it on the way to the shops this morning.
let me guess... The middle part? Lol I do the same thing all the time.
__________________
www.reverbnation.com/gigawatt
pattonfreak1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2013, 03:21 PM   #23
Wolffman
Human being with feelings
 
Wolffman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Down Under
Posts: 2,148
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmic View Post
I just listened to this..and its not my bag at all..but it troubles me not to say that this recording is fucking bad ass.
+1 , awesome job on everything, you guys really have you're shit together


Cheers
__________________
" Serve the song "

https://soundcloud.com/wolffman7
Wolffman is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:03 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.