God damn, this is great. Guitars are great, like a freakin' buzzsaw. Love the boomy drums. Really impressed with the vocals, the wide panned scream sounded great. That break and vocal change at 1:15 really elevated the entire track - and that drop to silence with the distant scream at 1:45? Perfect. Layering the two vocal styles was a nice touch. Awesome...favorited!

I thought the levels sounded pretty good. Are you using the GB compressor and limiter on the Master panel? You can give your track some more gain from there.

God damn, this is great. Guitars are great, like a freakin' buzzsaw. Love the boomy drums. Really impressed with the vocals, the wide panned scream sounded great. That break and vocal change at 1:15 really elevated the entire track - and that drop to silence with the distant scream at 1:45? Perfect. Layering the two vocal styles was a nice touch. Awesome...favorited! I thought the levels sounded pretty good. Are you using the GB compressor and limiter on the Master panel? You can give your track some more gain from there.

Thank you dude! Massively appreciate your comment!
Yeah I think the screams sound so much better with two hard panned than one

Thanks for the tips on the level in the master panel, I haven't used the GB compressor so I'll def look at that, thanks! I could prob crank the limiter a bit more, I'm not sure if there's a downside to doing that though?

And mostly, thank you for appreciating the distant scream before the drop back in. I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.

[quote=Paisleyfrog]God damn, this is great. Guitars are great, like a freakin' buzzsaw. Love the boomy drums. Really impressed with the vocals, the wide panned scream sounded great. That break and vocal change at 1:15 really elevated the entire track - and that drop to silence with the distant scream at 1:45? Perfect. Layering the two vocal styles was a nice touch. Awesome...favorited! I thought the levels sounded pretty good. Are you using the GB compressor and limiter on the Master panel? You can give your track some more gain from there.[/quote] Thank you dude! Massively appreciate your comment! Yeah I think the screams sound so much better with two hard panned than one :) Thanks for the tips on the level in the master panel, I haven't used the GB compressor so I'll def look at that, thanks! I could prob crank the limiter a bit more, I'm not sure if there's a downside to doing that though? And mostly, thank you for appreciating the distant scream before the drop back in. I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.

A little bit of compression and then adding gain on the limiter is the quick way to getting things to sound louder - your ears will tell you when you've overdone it (which is sorta easy to do). Too much compression and gain and things won't "hit" anymore, because you squashed all the transients and dynamic range. It'll actually start to sound "squashed" and flat with no space in the mix. That's all part of mastering, which is a fucking black art LOL

[quote=myfirstpunksong]Thanks for the tips on the level in the master panel, I haven't used the GB compressor so I'll def look at that, thanks! I could prob crank the limiter a bit more, I'm not sure if there's a downside to doing that though? And mostly, thank you for appreciating the distant scream before the drop back in. I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.[/quote] A little bit of compression and then adding gain on the limiter is the quick way to getting things to sound louder - your ears will tell you when you've overdone it (which is sorta easy to do). Too much compression and gain and things won't "hit" anymore, because you squashed all the transients and dynamic range. It'll actually start to sound "squashed" and flat with no space in the mix. That's all part of mastering, which is a fucking black art LOL

I totally get that - little details like that just make a song...even if some listeners don't necessarily directly notice them

[quote=myfirstpunksong]I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.[/quote] I totally get that - little details like that just make a song...even if some listeners don't necessarily directly notice them :)

gonna come back when i have time for a more thoughtful comment but just wanted to say

holy hell, this RIPS

gonna come back when i have time for a more thoughtful comment but just wanted to say holy hell, this RIPS

This is really useful thanks! I will look at learning how to use the compressor! Mastering - black art, hahaha can believe that alright.

yeah sometimes its the devil in the details

[quote=Paisleyfrog][quote=myfirstpunksong]Thanks for the tips on the level in the master panel, I haven't used the GB compressor so I'll def look at that, thanks! I could prob crank the limiter a bit more, I'm not sure if there's a downside to doing that though? And mostly, thank you for appreciating the distant scream before the drop back in. I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.[/quote] A little bit of compression and then adding gain on the limiter is the quick way to getting things to sound louder - your ears will tell you when you've overdone it (which is sorta easy to do). Too much compression and gain and things won't "hit" anymore, because you squashed all the transients and dynamic range. It'll actually start to sound "squashed" and flat with no space in the mix. That's all part of mastering, which is a fucking black art LOL[/quote] This is really useful thanks! I will look at learning how to use the compressor! Mastering - black art, hahaha can believe that alright. [quote=Paisleyfrog][quote=myfirstpunksong]I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.[/quote] I totally get that - little details like that just make a song...even if some listeners don't necessarily directly notice them :) [/quote] yeah sometimes its the devil in the details :)

[quote=jwh]gonna come back when i have time for a more thoughtful comment but just wanted to say holy hell, this RIPS[/quote] :)

I'm amazed at the range of this community. You have lofi beats, chiptunes, singer-songwriters, ambient, and screamo. All under one roof. Like wow.

The song's properly energetic, I'm surprised you said the vocals are quiet to record. They sound like proper screams!

I'm amazed at the range of this community. You have lofi beats, chiptunes, singer-songwriters, ambient, and screamo. All under one roof. Like wow. The song's properly energetic, I'm surprised you said the vocals are quiet to record. They sound like proper screams!