Hey guys,

I did a quick recording over the latest metal drum track that Cosmin shared. It's just a rhythm guitar for now. I will work on this more after i have done with my finals Hope you like

Dogukan,

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sweet!! some nice licks and the timing is really tight!!

Sounds like one of your strings is out of tune though!

Nice work so far.

Clean up that tone, work on some palm muting (with both hands) to get it tighter and it would sound pretty sweet.

Nice writing and playing! I think Tyler is right, your strings do sound out of tune. It's a good idea to fully tune up before recording anything. Really, before even practicing. If you get used to playing on a guitar that's out of tune, your ear get's used to it as well. It's easy to fix but an important habit to remember.

Hey man!

nice one! I think Todd and the guys just about covered up what was important about the take I am hoping to hear each take done by you over this track and get to see the improvement

Otherwise, tomorrow I am having a video chat and in order to give everyone a boost, we could discuss around the drumtracks!

Composition and riffing will be on the menu

cheerios and hope to have you on the chat tomorrow evening

Cosmin

Thank you very much guys! As i wrote on the first post i will work more on this song after i have done with my finals

And i will try to join you in video chat Cosmin, i don't know if i can because i need to study a lot these days.

Dogukan,

Hey guys,

Here is the most recent version of this song. I will try to make some bass lines and some guitar solos soon

Dogukan,

great job and great improvment over your first attempt

Hey mate gonna have those drums tomorrow so you're gonna have to re-record

Nice job man! Although the tone is not that great, what's with the mix, it sounds overcompressed?

Thanks man!



Hehe But i will re-record the other one



Thanks Ivan. I think it's because overcompression. I mixed this with my laptop's monitors And i am also new to mixing But i have the original recordings in my computer so i will try until i get the perfect tone. Can you give me some advice if you don't mind?

Dogukan,


edited for language - tony on behalf of the moderating team

Not had a chance to listen to this but by overcompressed I'd assume Ivan means that you've killed the natural dynamics. That's probably because of several things -

1/ you have your levels too high and so either hit digital zero or have to limit the track to avoid it.
At tracking and mixing IMHO you rarely, if ever, need to use a limiter if you get your levels right for guitar. If you're using one then stop, take it off and sort out the levels properly. Don't go for volume at mixing - that's done at mastering - go for a clean, dynamic, undistorted mix.

2/ you have a compressor on the track and have the ratio setting and makeup incorrect.

3/ as above but also with the attack and release.

4/ if you are using a compressor you're not mixing into it but mixing and then adding it and then adjusting the mix again.

5/ similar to 4, you have the compressor set post something and then adjust that thing but don't adjust the comp accordingly.

6/ the mp3 encoding has added to much additional compression and summing gain. You need to account for this prior to rendering to mp3.

Sure you know this but mixing on laptop speakers isn't likely to lead to a good result as they simply can't reproduce the audio well enough. If you can't hear the mix clearly and acurately you can't make properly informed decisions about what to do.

Thanks for the advices Tony I know that mixing on laptop speakers is not an option to get good sounds. But since i don't have professional monitors i have to mix this on laptop until i get some