Violet Dread - Crying (dance metal)

[Bloma]

Hey all,

This is probably my favourite song off an album I made with a friend. It started off as a more punk track but then I remixed into a more techno beat and completely rewrote the song. Used Roland TR-8 for drums, STL Tones Emissary and NadIR for guitars, Roland System-1 for synth, lots of Reason FX, Softube FET compressor, always Synapse GQ and Reverb.

Let me know what you think.

[AfterAudio]

I like the mix of heavy guitars with electronic drums.

What is your process and gear for tracking the guitars?

[Bloma]

Thanks After Audio.

I'm just DIing into my interface (Apollo Twin MkII), using the UA 610-B preamp and a tiny bit of compression (Teletronix LA-2A and P Channel Strip), this is all on the way in.

Then I've got 5 different takes of the same thing, using 3 of STL Tones Emissary and NadIR with slightly different settings and mic positions, and 2 of Kuassa Creme, panned around a bit.

I'm cutting some low end and some 5.3khz, and boosting some high end.

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The amount of takes is overkill and on our newer tracks I've simplified a lot, using a Boss CE-3 to split into 2 signals and just using one take per riff, and it sounds sick.