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so wah, OD, and Gate are all blended with clean/octave... where does the pitch box go? It's a cool board anyway, you just need another 3 dirt pedals

well that's probably your problem! It might be fine at practise where you can have your favorite cab in your favorite position etc. but if you're having problems with your sound on stage then you need to play with your EQ

OK, it's on my music system at home but will do my best to sort it out tonight, either just a post to say "recorded at 16 bit" or I'll re-do the stems I did start recording everything at 24bit at some point but I'm not sure if this song falls into that window

It should be 246 Mb in total I'm not sure what format it was recorded in sorry, I'll check later, I was just trying to save on file size... it'll take about an hour to re-export all the stems but I don't mind doing it if it'll make a difference

ok, cool, just uploading to creepjoint.co.uk/sapereaudestems.zip It's under 300mb but still might take an hour or two to upload so I'd try after midnight or in the morning. I had a few issues as there are so many tracks and so many edits. I've tried to compile some things together on to the one stem, but it's obvious where they are so you can always cut them up to treat them seperately if needs be. I managed to get 50 odd channels down to 33 stems, should be a bit more manageable. I did still keep the kick and snares seperate for the section played on a different kit... It should all become obvious when you load them up anyway If you need anything specific just ask, I can always go back through it. I've gone for 44K 16bit WAVs, I hope that's OK with everyone I'm really looking forward to hearing what you guys come up with

cool, and would it be OK to upload one big zip or would everyone prefer I put them on soundcloud?.. I guess you upload each track as if it's a seperate song? It'd be easier for me to just do one big zip file

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1362511317' post='2000570'] New setup Yeah. [/quote] What are you using the mixer for Tony?

thanks Charic! We did our first gig in over 18 months on Saturday, it was amazing. We've only ever played locally but hopefully will be travelling a bit this year, I'll keep you informed.

you could have a pre-amp or EQ pedal or the like after your distortion pedal, therefore avoiding any impedence issues. I always send my pedal board straight to the desk for the soundman to EQ, and then have a graphic EQ on my amp to set the on-stage sound.

hah, cool, ok I'll do stems later. One mono track, the same length for each instrument, obviously several for guitars That song in particular was done with two different drum takes, two different snares, should I put both snares on one track?

hah, that's how I like it! But yeh it might be a bit much for some

ok, all agreed... any song off the 2nd album, you can listen here: [url="http://theallimportantliedetectortest.com"]http://theallimportantliedetectortest.com[/url] I guess track 1 or 2 would be the simplest. "Bulletproof" was recorded all together so plenty of bleed on the drum mics. Just one extra layer of guitar, could provide more of a challenge. Just let me know if you want to use any of them and I'll get stems done

sounds to me like you could do with a graphic EQ or an active EQ on your bass... You're looking to reduce high mids and increase low mids. You should be able to get a nice punchy sound without making the whole stage boomy. The problem might be taste though... mostly overdriven and plenty of clank is my kind of tone!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1362428070' post='1999686'] ...I'm not sure my ears could stand it for long [/quote] That's kind of the point of the song, but yeh, sorry I've asked the creepjoint guys if I can contribute one of the songs off the latest album, that should be more palatable

ok, nice one. I think i'll do the £20 anyway

At the moment I play drums in one hip-hop/raggae band, one folk band, and one rock band. I also play bass in an instrumental (not sure on genre but going for...) post-rock band I'm also in the middle of developing my solo stuff which is just weird rock where I play drums, bass, guitar and sing I used to play bass in a rock band and drums in a punk band I think that's varied enough, although I wouldn't mind trying my hand at piano in a jazz trio

I've never sold anything but have donated several times However, I do have an interface up for sale at the moment for £100. Will this listing be taken down at some point... how does it work for existing listings?

[url="https://soundcloud.com/cheddatom/uniform"]https://soundcloud.com/cheddatom/uniform[/url] this could be an interesting one, the drums are tracked using one stereo mic, nothing else. The guitar and bass are DI'd. I can do stems no problem It's not great if you want to practise your drum sounds, but I certainly found it a good challenge to get a good sound out of the one stereo mic. I've not been joining in with the competition as I've been stuck mixing new Dirty Money tracks, which they wouldn't want me to put out for public consumption.

you could use dirt instead of compression. When I'm doing synthy sounds I tend to use an envelope follower, and a wah as well (plus octave and the rest). If there's no dirt or compression after these effects, I just hear the peak of the squelch (does that make any sense?) rather than the full fatness. Dirt, or compression, calms down that peak and means I can hear the low mids again, which are obviously essential.

I only come on BC at work, never have the time at home, and I can't listen to music at work... ... but yeh I do feel very guilty, considering some BCers have been very nice about my bands' music

I record a lot of distorted bass and get great results just using DI(s) and EQ. In my experience micing bass is more trouble than it's worth.

I would agree on the Rat - either get a Rat and clean blend it, or get one of the posh rat clones with a built in clean blend.