https://soundcloud.com/clintmartin/x3b-blues-jam
 
I used console emulators and tape sims on every track and master bus. The third party vsts were, Klanghelm DC8C2, SDRR, and Valhallaroom (my new plugins) on Drum bus and master bus. I used Melodyne on the bass, but it still sucks. The Concrete Limiter was used on bass, drums and the master bus with a little extra push from LimiterNo.6. It's sloppy for sure, but it has a nice old analog sound I think. The drums are Session drummer Neil Peart "the Kit". They sound kind of tiny, but real. I used the Nomad stereo widening plugin on the drums.
 

Nice guitar playing and sound on this. Not crazy about the drums, but they will do for now. Bass sounds alright. Nice blues sound. Get 'er done and we'll see what the finished product sounds like. Could always throw in a little harmonica on this one as well.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

I agree with John.  Drums sound a bit "tinny", but the bass and guitar are great.

Yeah, I'm not thrilled with the drums, but Session drummer is limited with what it can do. This was mainly a little test of the tape sim and not really a keeper or anything. Thanks for listening! I appreciate and agree with the comments.

Can you possibly adjust the individual drum sounds?  If so, I'd suggest maybe:

1. Boost the high freqs and overall volume on the hi-hat and cymbals.
2. add some bottom end to the kick and snare.

I think a total redo would be in order if I wanted to keep any of this. I may write some lyrics and make it a proper song, but I may not. I used the S-type console and the tape sim (it may have hurt the cymbals) on the drums to take away a bit of the brightness and used the N-type on the guitars. I believe the A-type was on the master bus. I also went back and forth on the tape speeds to adjust the brightness on different tracks. All in all a good learning experience.

Love your guitar work!

Thanks bobvila! It's kind of you to say .

Wow, the guitar sound was crazy good, and you play really well!
I won't comment on the drums as you already have, but I'd be interested to hear how this develops.
Really enjoyed you playing!

Thanks for the listen. The snare sounds awful or it would be salvageable. I was mainly trying to show how the tape sim sounds and just kind of played a simple little thing. I believe much like the console emulations the effect of the tape sim is accumulative. They are very subtle on there own. The noise knob was turned down all the way.