BK Ceramic Warpig 7 / BRJ 727 - Metal/Hardcore/Doom stuffs

[TRAVIS BICKLE]

greetings fellow guitar nerds. been working on an ep with my new outfit the sheltering sky. here's a rough mix of 2 tracks from our upcoming ep. 

recorded by jay newman (serpentine path/ex-unearthly trance). guitar setup: axefx ultra / mesa boogie 2:90 (with ruby 6L6 and jj 6L6) / emperor 4x12 cab with weber 65 speakers. bernie rico jr 727 hesperian guitar with bareknuckle ceramic warpig pickup was used. mix sounds a bit dark but you get the idea. enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/redbullassault/sets/tss-debut-ep-roughs

[dvorak]

That is some heavy stuff.

Guitar sounds great! Sadly some presence is missing in mix, which means the guitars get a little in the background. As you wrote, it's a little dark mix, fix that and it will be killer!

[TRAVIS BICKLE]

thanks holmes!!! we definitely need to raise up the sm57 in the mix. we had a lot of high end bite going on in the room, so we need to better balance all 3 mics for the final product.

[dvorak]

So I'm guessing that you are all playing the instruments live then?

If you are then you can't add any condenser mics, but if you are tracking I have found that a SMC or a big condenser can complement some freq the SM57 are missing. However a SM57 alone should do the job. Where are you placing the mic and how are you directing it?

I usually put a SM57 straight onto the edge of the center cone/dustcap. You should be able to find a nice sweet spot for the high end grit you are looking for.

This is my current setup. The SMC is just an addon, I try to get as good a sounds as I can get first with the SM57 alone before I add the SMC. I'm also hunting mids that cut through a mix.




You can hear how it sounds here:
https://soundcloud.com/peter_sundstrom/string-reviews-dr-ddt