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back to the '69 fuzz. has a lead! heh.
In that first part of the lead, where there's a melody line, how do you get that sound? Is it doubled guitars? That's totally cool. Overall digging the sounds. That's pretty well-behaved for a germanium fuzz.
Do you have something different on your master bus for this? It's got a different vibe from some of your other mixes.
those are unison bends on g and b strings - moving them around (note on the b string = a to g, a to c, a to g then g -> f# -> e iirc)
yeah, the '69 is becoming a favorite now that it's on battery power - this has the fuzz maxed out too! I've got my pickups kinda low though, that's probably a part of it - but it's not that over the top in general, I like it.
on the master bus, yes - I've changed the compressor setting I was using on the parallel mix comp (FET style to some "classic" something... no idea what it's supposed to be simulating but it sounds pretty cool) and it's probably mixed in too high (so I can hear it... for now). I'm really liking it but that's probably because it's new/different and it's a bit of an easy cheat to get it to sound BIG. also, I'm feeding the reverb with that comp bus only - all the tracks are otherwise dry (unless there's delay or something on the track) - kinda cool but gets a bit busy in the 100-300Hz area.
also, there's a bit of fuzz on the bass (via basspod)... that might be part of it.
Some really nice thick juicy rhythmn guitars there, love that sound.
I was expecting to hear the voice of Steven Tyler ! ;) Great!
Sheep, re: your comments on the fuzz/pickups etc. Fuzz faces and germanium fuzz circuits in general have a STRONG preference for "Vintage output" pickups and many DO NOT LIKE AT ALL higher output pickups, and HATE EMG's. I have heard this many times, but was reminded again while reading a review of the new Dunlap mini fuzz face today. High output pickups and FF circuits don't seem to get along too well. Could explain why I rolled the last one (BYOC) a little too quickly. I tried it with my strat and really liked it. Wanted it to work with my humbucker guitars too. Tried it with the Wolfie and NAH. Tried it with my older PRS (with the HFS hot pickups). NAH.... Now I have 3 strats and the Tokai has vintage wound pickups. Time to revisit for sure.
Dig the tune and playing as always!
Hey DTR, I can fix that...
Fix? I was just commenting on your remark that you had your pickups low. That is a plus when using a FF type circuit.
What you are doing is obviously working. Wasn't suggesting "fixes," was more commenting on why it works so well and some hopefully useful knowledge for future 69 projects. You've have got me way back in the "have to try one" mode. ;)
Groovy, check that, tasty song.
thanks - I think the main riff is a little embarrassingly simple... but it's fun to play ;)
(DTR, charger made that comment and he was talking to you... I'm the one with low pickups etc., he's the one who can fix your fuzz to sound good with high output pickups... :))
contemplating charger's question further... here's a mix that doesn't clip but has no compressors on it at all (I left a limiter on the master bus just to be safe but monitored the signal before it to make sure I wasn't going over). interesting stuff - I've definitely drifted into using too much compression but none at all is kinda meh... fake drums need it I think.
He kinda got me off compressing at the master bus as well (or nearly anyway - I still do it, but practically can't detect it, sorta placebo levels, lol..I like thinking it's on ;)), definitely prefer the dynamics that were there to begin. It's like hearing a band in person vs hearing their studio versions - both are cool in their own ways.
Ha...I was actually gonna mention in my previous post - your "fake" drums sound mighty lively to me.
it's like there's this thin line... on one side I get more of the material, on the other I lose parts of it. sometimes it's cool to lose info - I generally like losing transients... but on the whole probably not so cool. mixing is like a whole other instrument to play... heh.
when I listen to older mixes, especially electric ladyland, I'm always amazed at how much art is evident in the mix alone... voodoo child (slight return) is a great example - the mix work on that is such a huge part of the power of the solo - it's like there's the emotion of the lead itself... and then the emotion of the guy pushing the fader and panning... and you can hear both! so cool.
ironsheep — Aug 30, 2013 mixing is like a whole other instrument to play...
I like that. :)
ironsheep — Aug 30, 2013contemplating charger's question further... here's a mix that doesn't clip but has no compressors on it at all (I left a limiter on the master bus just to be safe but monitored the signal before it to make sure I wasn't going over). interesting stuff - I've definitely drifted into using too much compression but none at all is kinda meh... fake drums need it I think.
Have you tried putting the compressor right on the drum bus? Also if your sampled drums sound fake, hit them with a tape saturation plugin, or use a more eq'd/treated set of samples. I'm in love with Addictive Drums right now, they take one set of dry samples and make a whole bunch of very different sounding kits out of them using compressors, eqs, distortion, etc. What compressor is it, btw?
yeah, I normally run a compressor on the drum bus -- I'm using the comps that ship with Logic, they seem pretty good.
superior2 has a bunch of effects to really dramatically alter the kit but I, honestly, haven't spent the time necessary to get good/usable results...
tbh, I can't really blame any of my tools, almost anything I'd want to do should be possible... I really need to spend more time with all those parts of the operation but I usually put it off so I can play guitars instead... heh.