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Broken Glass

By myfirstpunksong on September 15, 2024 9:32 pm

All feedback on performance and mix much appreciated.

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Note to self:
Get in the 'studio', you always get sucked in and enjoy it there, just so much inertia beforehand which prevents geting started.

Wanted to do something with a really simple riff, this was it! Wanted something driving like QOTSA Millionaire

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Enjoyed this.

EBI
I'd prob do different less screamy vocals next time, something with a bit more body and accent and character. I wanted something a bit fuller but come recording (late Sunday evening) this was all seemed appropriate to record. Ironically, they are quiet to record, cause I do them as low level faux screams with lots of intensity.

Could've done with a better lead guitar part maybe.

Fun one to do.

Mp3 seems quiet, how do I make it louder on garageband? Anyone?

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.

Paisleyfrog wrote:

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 smile

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.

myfirstpunksong wrote:

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

myfirstpunksong wrote:

I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.

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

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

holy hell, this RIPS

Paisleyfrog wrote:
myfirstpunksong wrote:

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

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


Paisleyfrog wrote:
myfirstpunksong wrote:

I've shared with a few friends and no one commented on it. Easily my favourite part.

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

yeah sometimes its the devil in the details smile

jwh wrote:

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

holy hell, this RIPS

smile

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!

Thank you, sometimes this is just what you need to balance all the lofi ambient instrumental hip hop like stuff I'm usually listening to.  Just listened again, no issue with the volume, I just cranked it up louder!

woah! yikes The wall of guitars sounds awesome when everything kicks in.  Love the vocal breakdown with the drum build up too.  Those screams are haunting at times \m/  Nice work!

rplktr wrote:

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!

Yeah its so cool to hear how many different types of music being made here. And everyone so nice, a great community for sure.

Thanks for your comment. Yeah I think I've gotten quite good at doing these really intense yet quiet screams. I feel smile



Jason Nijjer wrote:

Thank you, sometimes this is just what you need to balance all the lofi ambient instrumental hip hop like stuff I'm usually listening to.  Just listened again, no issue with the volume, I just cranked it up louder!

Haha yes good to have a mix. Thank you for cranking! That is the best solution, but you can't always rely on nor expect people to do it!


Tone Matrix wrote:

woah! yikes The wall of guitars sounds awesome when everything kicks in.  Love the vocal breakdown with the drum build up too.  Those screams are haunting at times \m/  Nice work!

Thanks for the comment. Yeah I like some of the guitar sounds I got here smile Thanks for listening!

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