Hill Valley sound critique

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:00 pm

Hey guys, this is me and my buddies band: That Bears Repeating
The song is Hill Valley
I just have the instruments up right now

I used a firestudio project
Mics:
D6
57s
M160
M280

hill valley.wav - 67.93MB
hill valley.mp3 - 7.08MB
But please don't hold back on anything you have to say (sound wise)

Thanks in advance

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:15 pm

Got an mp3?

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:25 pm

I do- it's fixed now

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:33 pm

Could do with a tiny amount of punch.
It's cool stuff though. The things the drums are doing that sound like split triplets (pause and then two fast L R on the kick) they're weak.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:16 pm

For the "punch" how would you suppose I add that?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:06 am

Walk into a bar, find a big guy and call him ugly?

Punch on a kick is generally the low end - before you get past human hearing. Get yourself a bit of parametric eq, and move it around the low frequencies. Find something that sounds like it wants to implode your head, turn the boost down a little and if it sounds good, that's it.

General tip: slacking off on the compression (if you use it) really helps, especially on snares. So I've found anyway.

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:43 am

okay awesome that helps thanks.

One of my concerns is that the song isn't that loud
I've got it turned up almost to the point of clipping, but it's still not loud

I miss something?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:52 pm

"I miss something?" Mastering.

You get the song sounding good, then a mastering engineer can slam it against the clip wall like you slam a pint glass onto a bar when you're angry.

If you want to DIY, get a compressor, apply it to the stereo mix and fart around with the settings. Compare it with the original (bypass it) often to make sure you're not murdering the sound.
For more info, search the mastering forum.

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