The Beepster Creep... First tune with X2 and TH2

It took a heck of a long time but here's my second tune. It's a metal song and a little hairy and I'm not sure how it's gonna sound on other systems so you might want to turn it down at first... 

http://soundcloud.com/use...324/the-beepster-creep

It's not quite where I want it but I think this is about as good as it's gonna get with my current skill level however I did learn a LOT doing this one. The drums are performed completely with my fingers on my padKontrol with no PRV edits whatsoever (still gotta learn that stuff) through BFD Eco (Platinum Samples Rock Legends kit). The guits are straight through my interface using TH2 Producer (even though I have the full version now I wanted to stick to the Producer to demo it) and all other effects like EQ and compression are included in X2 Producer except for the PC2A leveler which I used minimally on the bass tracks and then on my Master (exported the original project and applied it in a new project from the resulting stereo wave). 

It's kind of lost a lot of the oomph now that I'm listening to it on my crappy laptop speakers but whatever... I'm still learning. Hope you guys enjoy it and any suggestions are appreciated. I'll be taking a break for a bit because real life beckons but I wanted to get this up after all my yammering about it. Thanks to all that helped me getting this together. You rock.

CHEERS!!!

Thanks, Marcus. This is the version that comes with X2 because I wanted to showcase it because of that one thread and I only JUST upgraded as you know. I feel I didn't necessarily do the program the justice it deserves because I think over tweaked and messed up my high lead sound (more hi-mid than I wanted) but I'm still learning. Lots of stuff I'd do better with this but it's only my second go through with Sonar and I'm gonna maybe use this on a future album so it will be rerecorded another time. Just happy to get it out there and again thanks. I'm glad you liked it. :-)

Great job on the riffage Beeps.

Drums Am a little lost though.


Bass could use a tad more definition. JMO.

Cool, bapu. I wasn't sure about the drums. I felt when I tried to get them up in the mix they were overpowering but you know what it's like after listening to something a million times. As far as the bass goes I think the main issue was plugging straight into the interface. I used to get better results through my Line6 but I don't have room to set it up now. New place is coming soon though so I'm gonna be able to yank out all my goodies again. Hooray!

Thanks for checking it out, kind words and insight. :-)

This is really good Beepster.

I still don't have anything set up at the new place, so I'm listening on laptop speakers ... but it sounds excellent on those.

Agree that the drums could be a little stronger in the mix (or is that just because my ears have been deprived of the metal genre for so long...can't remember what they're supposed to sound like).

The guitar sounds awesome! I take it those are humbuckers, because I'm NEVER getting that kind of tone out of my Telecaster, TH2 or not 


Great solo playing, a little Mustaine influence in there methinks? 

sounds great Beepster - really nice playing

@sharke... Thanks, man. Yup, it's the Seymour D bridge humbucker on my Pacifica. Been kind of wrestling with the axes because it's fretting out a bit and needs a new nut but the pickups are great. Dude who owned it before me modded it out pretty sweet... and Megadeth was one of my favorite bands as young skid. I preferred Friedmans style but the hands don't work quite as fast as they used to so yeah... probably more Mustaine these days. Cheers!

Thank you muchly Mr. Daryl. :-)

You too digi2ns... I may revisit it tomorrow but I really should start tearing my place apart. Gotta lot of crap to do in the next few weeks. Needed to get a sense of completion on this one before getting too distracted by the meatworld. :-)

Yeh I just went and checked out some other music with these earbuds-these things are way off

The problem I have with earbuds is that I'm forever adjusting them to get a good sound. Everything's sweet and then you swivel your head and lose the bass in one ear. 

But a huge percentage of music these days is listened to on crappy ear buds. The number of people who inflict those horrible iPhone buds upon their ears is startling. Nonetheless, you have to make sure that your mix sounds good on them. Same goes for low-grade computer speakers. I've heard a few top producers say they continually check their mix on a $30 pair of laptop speakers. It's a bit like the old days when they'd take a mix out into the car park to check it on cheap car speakers.

It's also worth making sure that your music is listenable on just one stereo channel, because if it's played in a store or somewhere where they have ceiling speakers, there's a good chance you're only to hear one side of the stereo field. The ceiling speakers in my gym, through which they play a classic rock station, only play one side. It sucks when they play something like "Wish You Were Here" and you hear the intro solo without the guitar strumming. 

If you're interested in checking your mix on multiple types of speakers that you just don't have access to then it's worth investing in a VRM box at some point. That has a lot of speaker simulations. I continually check my music on the Auratone setting to make sure the mids sound good. And you can also choose computer speakers, TV speaker, 90's Hi-Fi as well as a good range of quality studio monitors. 

Well done, Beepster.  I like my TH2, as well.  Drum volume, not much else.  Have fun.

Thanks, Lynn. :-)

Cool, dude. ;-)

Awesome. Thanks, swamptooth.

Okay, guys. I think I'm gonna chill out for the night. Thanks for listening and all the input. You guys rock. :-D