Weekend Of Noise - Mundane

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:21 am

This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers copyright © 2004 JME Digital _____________________________________ Quite sometime ago I posted up a small portion of a recording of a young band "Weekend Of Noise". The average age of the band was 14. The drummer was 13. Here is the full pre-production instrumental recording of the band (no vocals). It uses an earlier version of the 2448 mixer (Version 3.01) with the stock eq and compressors found on that mixer. It's all live instruments tracked through a vm200 digital desk straight into pulsar. It is not mastered so the 2 trk level is low. I auxed out 1 reverb though an Ensoniq DP2. The only other external thing I did was run the 2trk through a stereo class A valve pre-amp.
For their age, these guys were really impressive. They were a pleasure to work with too as they were too young to drink!

Cheers,
Stu.

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katano · Post by **katano** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:23 am

hi stu

i really like the overall drum sound! well balanced! was it a copper snare, or a steel one? btw, the snare you liked in my song was wood...

i'd like to hear the distorted guitar starting at 1:35 a bit more present, compared to the drums. you said, you double tracked the guitar. it was also my intention to do it that way, but the timing of the guitarist was to bad for it...

last but not least, i like the clean guitar sound around 2:50. only critic, sometimes i was not shure if I hear a little click in the left channel.

do you have a finished mix of this track now, with vocals?

greez
katano

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bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:57 am

Click? You have good ears! The drummer did miss and hit sticks a couple of times.

I'll try and dig up the final version (with vocals) and post it up.

I'm hearing you on the presence at 1:35, but i think it's more a problem of too much compression on the master buss as the balls kind of dips there.

Oh, it was steel snare btw.

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nprime · Post by **nprime** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:09 pm

Very nice recording.

14 eh?

well, now I really feel old...

give us more of the same please!

R

Liquid EDGE · Post by **Liquid EDGE** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:52 pm

wot a talented bunch of teenagers.

well recorded. i really like the sound of the kick as well.

Keep Rollin'

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http://www.mutationrecords.co.uk

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bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:01 am

Thanks for the comments. I think I was sitting in front of an old Lowry organ practicing "when the saints..." when I was 14.

I like the sound of the kick too. It sounds pretty earthy and not overly clicky as the trend seems to be these days.
The hi-hat sticks out like dogs balls though! But I couldn't really do much about it at the time.

Cheers.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:48 am

I thought that was a pretty smooooth mix! My only critism would be that it could do with a bit more dynamics, perhaps a touch of brightness too, but having read your notes on how you recorded it - damn good job!

That, and...I think your genre clasification is a little different to mine...

Royston

Post by **hubird** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:37 am

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bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:06 am

Thanks Royston/Hubird.

Genre probably should be "alternative/grunge".

Cheers.