Life Gets In The Way - Topvega

Thanks for all the kind words my friend. Always nice to get some positive feedback. Yeah I need to sit down and really try and fine tune the whole drum thing. I think if I took the time to EQ and mix all 16 tracks of the Drums and add the right touch of effects I can get them to sound good. Will be working on that.

Thanks again for giving it a listen and leaving some kind words.

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Let me see if I can break down my set up for this track.

I use Reaper as my DAW. Love it and it is very reasonably priced.
Guitar is an Ibanez N427. Bass is an Ibanez GSR200.
My Line in is a Presonus Audiobox USB.
I run my guitars and bass Dry and use VST effects. I very rarely record anything that is not dry because I love being able to try different effects in the mixing stage.
I would say 95 percent of the time I use Guitar Rig 5 VST. Absolutely love it.
On this specific track the rhythm guitars (There are 2) Are panned 51% on the right and 60% on the left. Right is using an effect called Black Malcom Rhythm. Basically it is a close simulation of the rhythm guitar on Back in Black. Left is using Foo Monkey Ultra. A semblance of Foo Fighters Monkey Wrench I believe. Both guitars have also been EQ'd separately to bring out the tone I wanted.
2 lead guitar tracks are panned 51% each. On those we have Right side Foo Monkey Grat and the Left is Tweed Delight Sweep Delay. It is one of my favorite effects and is what gives the guitar a psychedelic feeling. Both of those are EQ'd as well.
Bass is panned Center and using an effect called Precise Bottom. It is EQ'd as well.
Then once I get everything sounding good I drop Izotope Ozone 5 on the Master channel and I am using a 4 band called Precise Bottom. Hope that helps.

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Thanks Wayne and I am with you on tweaking the master a bit. I would love to get more separation. I had to look up what an artifact means in regards to recording music. I am still new to a lot of this recording stuff. I will be going in and cleaning up some rough spots and fine tuning the mix a bit.
Thanks kindly for taking the time to give it a listen and for the feedback.

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Thanks ER. I am quite obsessive when it comes to guitar tone. I am always trying to get it just right. It does have some rough spots that need to be redone. Most of the guitar and bass parts were done in one take so things are a little off in spots. Drums are always my weak spot. I need to spend a ton of time working on their tone and then save it as a template so I have good drums. Appreciate you listening and leaving some feedback.

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Thanks. Always nice to get positive feedback.

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Thanks for taking the time to give it a listen and leave some feedback. It is appreciated.
I obviously love guitars myself. I am a bit obsessive over tones sometimes. I am going to clean this up a bit and maybe rework the ending.

Thanks again.

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Thanks...Tone is something I always strive to obtain.
I agree the ending needs to be reworked with either a long fade or a new ending.
Thanks for the kind words my friend.

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Thanks...I actually have tried to lower the amount of "shredding" as I feel I have a knack for over doing it. :)

I really try to focus on tone and the Final Mix, but I always appreciate a kind word or two on the guitar work. Thanks.

I am in the process of making more room for music as it makes me happy. :)

Thanks again.

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Thanks, part of my problem is I will spend lots of time working on tone. It can get tedious but I love getting Great Tone.
This track seemed to open itself up to me for a more leadish lead, if that makes sense. :)
I always take any mention of sounding like RATM as a big compliment so thanks for that.
I wanted an awkward end to the run at 2:35 but didn't exactly nail it. :)

As for making more time for The Loop, already am working on it. Have to shuffle some stuff around but will do my best.

Thanks for giving it a listen and for leaving some feedback. It always helps and is appreciated.

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