[valentinbk]

Hey guys, new track is here. This time I was aiming to do sort of a mix between alt rock and heavy metal, leaning more towards the heavy side. Huge emphasis on the bass part here. Ryan Van Poederooyen programmed the drums on this one too, and took it to directions I couldn’t even imagine.

Hope you’ll dig it

[valentinbk]

New track is now up, this one is more on the prog metal side.

Ryan Van Poederooyen programmed the drums on this one as well (and did quite an amazing job). Metalheads expansion for EZDrummer 2 was used for the sounds, for the most part based on Ryan’s actual kit (everything except for the snare).

Hope you’ll dig it

[valentinbk]

onewayout_1 wrote:

valentinbk wrote:

Using EZMix on the master bus, what does the attack variable mean in this one? Smaller percentage = faster attack? Or the opposite?

 

I think it means more limiting. Look at your meters to see if they are decreasing (more limiting) or increasing (less limiting) when dialing that knob

Jeff

• This post was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by onewayout_1.

Not entirely sure. What I was looking to fix is some popping and artifacts caused by the compression, and I read that attack time being too fast could be the cause of it.

I messed around with the attack knob a little, but wasn’t able to eliminate the popping (only by lowering the compression knob)

[valentinbk]

Hey folks, just released a new one, also on the heavy-thrash side.

This one though is a little different from the usual ones. The drums here were programmed by Ryan Van Poederooyen (who did a phenomenal job), and I got the Metalheads expansion for the drum sounds here

Hope you’ll dig the result!

[valentinbk]

markgriffin wrote:

Quite weird but good, heavy as hell, I liked it :).

Thanks! It was quite a project

[valentinbk]

Thanks! Yeah, the similarity really is pretty remarkable. A friend of mine was actually trying to convince me to reveal that the vocals are done by pigs only at the end of the video

[valentinbk]

Hey folks, just got a new release out, this one is on the heavy-thrash side.
As usual, I got EZDrummer 2 (Modern Kit) for the drum sounds, and I used EZMix 2 for some compression on the master bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJPKpQrwBeQ

Hope you’ll enjoy this one

[valentinbk]

Just put out a mini release with an extended, heavier ending for Open Season:

[valentinbk]

Mark Grant wrote:

Phrygian Dominant, ok. I like it. Has that cool middle eastern sound to me

Oh yeah, it’s a really fun scale

[valentinbk]

Mark Grant wrote:

Nice work Valentin,

I like the Harmonic Minor sounds on Sandstorm. At least I think it sounds Harmonic Minor.

Some very cool rhythm riffs later into the 3rd one. Heavy stuff but with a good groove.

I’ll try to check your latest one soon.

Good job with the drums too.

Thanks! Sandstorm is in Phrygian Dominant, a mode of it.

• This post was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by valentinbk.

[valentinbk]

Hey folks, just recently released a new track in the solo project called “Open Season”. The style is somewhere between hard rock and old school heavy metal

As usual, EZDrummer 2 is my drum software on this one.

[valentinbk]

@Brad said:
Clean and smooth, extremely well played. Nice simple, yet compelling visual, fits nicely with the music.
Bravo  

Thanks Brad!

[valentinbk]

New release in the solo project – a melodic metal instrumental track

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