ngc2440nucleus Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Just a faithful, guitar remake of this awesome track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-wix Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Hey there! Pretty neat cover. One of the better boss themes in my mind. Playing is good, the arrangement is super faithful, maybe a bit too much! Still, things overall sound good. I'm not a huge guitar guy, so take my advices with a grain of salt! Samples aside, the drums sound good. Sometimes the rapid fire kicks that hit at like 1:02 get a bit muddy - maybe a sample issue or some reverb going on? hard to say. I also feel like the bass is very slightly too prominent and the lead could be brought out a bit more - especially on the high end. It sounds ... just very slightly muted with the way the EQ/Mastering is working. Try bringing out the high end a bit! Lastly, this needs a proper ending and a sweet solo section, but other than that? not bad at all! A good listen for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngc2440nucleus Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Regarding the ending, it was supposed to just be a fade-out, but when I went back and made some changes, I forgot to re-enable the automation like an idiot! (Didn't notice until last night. Always proof-listen, kids!). I'll take your advice into consideration, though. It's just that I noticed on some laptop speakers that the higher harmonics of the guitar were really, really cutting through. I did some slight subtractive equalization on said harmonics, but I couldn't really drop them more than 2-3db without taking away some of the "air". I'll listen to it on a few more sets of speakers. The reverb on the kick is probably getting squashed into the kick drum, making them almost one instrument. I suppose I could either drop some wetness, or EQ-carve the reverb. I need to start using the Convolver for my reverbs since it comes with its own built-in EQ. Or maybe it's just that, at that particular part, both the toms are being hit at the same time, along with an alternating kick. I guess that's a lot of low-end! And, yeah, I always try to keep the tracks almost exactly the same, give or take a few drum embellishments. I like these old tracks so much that I don't have the heart to make any changes to them. The composers are geniuses, and I'm just a nerd. I'll sleep on this for a few more days, finish another track, then give a listen to the things you pointed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Yeah, there's somehow a lot of reverb on the kicks, and the toms are muddying things up a lot. The mixing overall sounds a little overcompressed and overboosted in the bass. o.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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