BradoSanz

Ugh. This is so beautiful. I was sifting through my old loops and came across this gem again. Your voice is so haunting and soothing at the same time. Beautiful work. This suits your voice perfect.

Brado

Just sent it to you actually :) I had some down time.

Hey Wobbin! I've been terribly busy with exams last week and today, but I should be able to hop on mastering by tomorrow :) This sounds great!

Brado

I dont know why but the sub seemed to be non-existent for me. I was expecting a bit more punch on the low-end. Regardless, this is seriously an awesome remix. Kudos to you for your awesome mixing and production chops!

Brado

well produced, good flow, high quality sounds and catchy, popular tune. Kudos to you for this one. Definitely impressed. Thumbs up!

Brado

With JTStone by your side, you could literally go anywhere. Keep it up, hope to see this finish.

Brado

As to your guitar recording technique, do you mic them or use an emulator like - say, the Mesa CabClone, for instance? Do you use different amps for each side or the same? How do you EQ them, generally speaking, for the song as a whole?

Brado

Are those guitars double-tracked? or do you use a stereo enhancer of some sort? I have so many questions, I have no idea where to start haha.

Your vocal processing is flawless! I've been trying to achieve that electric guitar sound and balance you've nailed here and have yet to do it - it's always out of reach and I'm not knowledgeable enough to figure out why. I hope you'll be able to release a tutorial soon so I can see what your process is for getting this awesome sound! Great work as always!

Brado

Well this is fun MrThaChicken. Those drums really, really do an amazing job alongside the synthline. I'm legitimately impressed by the mixing. The vocals are a little quiet though, seem to be fighting with the instrumental. Besides that, this is a high-quality track and has a lot of energy. Kudos to you for this!

Brado

Hey, this is good stuff! If you ever want me to make some sample music for your class to toy with, I am more than happy to make some basic songs for them to work with. :)

Brado

Dang, the guitar is so crunchy!! I love it. Just a fun track to jam to. You need to get Pete or some other rockin' voice to sing on this gem. Agreed with danke, 4:07 is a little off-time, but an easy fix :) GREAT job with this one!

Brado

Impressive! Do you plan on adding any vocals to this? It's quite good, and a solid singer could take it up from great to even greater! Whether you decide to or not, it's a solid song and very, very impressive. Cheers,

Brado

What are you using for software? The beat is catchy and I'm going to assume you're using automated appregiators - impressive mixing of them for your first track. The song itself is a little hard-pressed in the limiter though I can't say this is a bad thing for this genre. You have a bright future ahead of you if this is your first-ever track. Kudos to you!

Brado

The reason you feel the drums are sucking away from the vocals is because the snare and kick are centered while the vocal seems to be shifting around the stereo space and combating for frequency space (see below paragraph). You may want to have a mono vocal center-panned and have the effects on another track and blend the two until you get the effect you're looking for. A slight more compression may help as well, with a faster attack. This will let the vocal remain more balanced between syllables and reduce the percieved effect that the drums are overpowering the voice.

The track itself is solid. You may want to try scooping the instrumental (using equalization) down by maybe 1dB near 3-4kHz and boost that same frequency by 1dB in your vocal track so that your voice cuts through the spectrum more effectively.

Brado

Your voice is always such a breath of fresh air. What did you use to record the guitar? Was that a dual setup or did you use reverb to create that wideness?

Brado

Your vocal needs more compression, and it is too loud when backed against the song. It's close to being good though, just have to focus on making that vocal fit better via compression, a quieter vocal and maybe some EQ to cut off the low-end in your vocal. Keep at it!

Brado

This was quite a remix. You really did a twist that was full of class; I really liked how you played the vocals and essentially made them an instrument on its own haha. Good stuff.

Brado

Your voice is stunning! I love it. My only critique is the keys were a little bit too loud and on occasion did overpower the vocals on some parts. Besides that, great job!

Brado

Hey, checked out the files, is there any way to get me the vocal stem without any effects applied? Raw will give me the most flexibility. Thanks :)

Brado

Can you send me the vocal with the music? Two stems: 1 vocal track without effects, and 1 instrumental track. I could try explaining to you the basics but every song is unique. I can try my hand at mixing the vocal and making it at the forefront and then explain what I did to make it so, should you like the sound I achieve. :)

Brado

Cool intro. The vocals sound quite modern. I'm not sure what your intention was for the vocal - if you intended it to blend, then you mixed it in absolutely perfect. The words are almost covered up by the music but still add a really nice, crisp element that the track needs. As Tumbleweed said, I think a little more moving on the bassline would help spice up this piece, though the song is pretty darn catchy as it stands. Kudos to you and your friend for this one, this is definitely a solid track.

Brado

You remind me so much of some of the most popular singers nowadays. You have a knack for bringing out the emotions in words, which is really difficult for just about every singer out there today. Keep doing what you're doing, you'll get noticed eventually with a voice like this.

Brado

Howdy Evisma. I appreciate the kind comments, I do try my best to be an alright fella though I fail sometimes :)

Most people that have complained about EZ and Superior that I've come across really don't know how to use it after they've created their grooves. For instance, my newest song, "One and Only" is using Superior Drummer 2.0, as well as my other song as "Angel in Disguise." With proper (and minimal) compression and stereo widening, the drum kits sound quite realistic and natural - to the point that a professional drummer and close family friend that has been playing drums for various large venues across the U.S. was having a very difficult time deciding whether they were actual drums or simple MIDI grooves (they were the latter, though I've managed to get him to play using Superior Drummer as the VST for his electronic kit on my next album that I just started working on).

I hate to sound like an ad but I haven't come across better drum sampling than these the Superior line, particularly for the price. You're getting recordings from multi-million dollar studios across the world and having them delivered to you in a sub 1000$ package - which is already a steal in my books. Keep in mind that you may want at least 8GB RAM (16GB recommended imo) to be able to run your DAW smoothly as it consumes quite a lot of resources, should you decide to get it.

TLDR - Superior Drummer 2.0 is amazing if you know how to treat it. It's worth the money, despite some of the negative reviews you may have seen. I have tested it thoroughly and was quite, quite happy with the results.

All the best,

Brado

I really like how you balanced that lead at :45 against everything. It's subtle and yet doesn't get consumed by the 8-bit-style synth rhythm accompanying it. You'd be an awesome composer for video games in my opinion. Your music is different and yet very appealing. Great job.

Brado