SD 2.0 MF Dropped Tunings and yes, another take on the mix

[VOLiTiAN]

Hello again all!

Well time has flown by and we’ve been locked in front of the workstation trying to find that elusive sonic holy grail and here’s our latest attempt. We’ve stripped it right back to basics and started from the ground up again using SD 2.0, MF and a sneaky sample from Evil drums, coupled with some minor outboard tweakage but predominantly all the processing for the drums was internal to SD (although it’s gotta be said the FabFilter Pro-Q is a god-send).

If anyone could have a listen, see what they think and maybe fire some opinions on how it’s all sounding, We’ve taken onboard a lot of input which has been really appreciated and hopefully we’re a lot closer this time

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9305133

Hope you guys like it and aren’t too sick of the same song, believe us there are plenty to follow once we get this as close as we can.

Take it easy y’all

David @ VOLiTiAN

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[jboeke]

Hey David,

I haven’t heard the previous mixes, but here I my thoughts:

I think it’s a great song. Acyually it’s not a song, it’s a piece. Very rich. My suggestion would be: stick a bit longer to one idea in the song, and build a bit more dynamics into them. To keep the listeners attention you might increase the tension – relief. If you switch too often between parts, you loose that build up.
I love the intro, outro and weird breakes, very surprising and original.

Mix wise:
I think the drums are a touch too much in the front, it’s almost like a promotion mix for SD. Also, it seems that all snare hits are 127, wich makes them slightly mechanical.
I love the bass sound!!!
Guitars sound a little like a wall, and lack definition in some parts: compressors too fast maybe?
The overall sound is amazingly clear. Actually it might add even some more punch too the mix if you allow a bit more mud in the low mids, a little bit of chaos, as if the band is almost too forceful to be controlled by an engineer.

Great work!!!!
Thanks

Music for Motiion

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