State of Emergency - old song but...

[Xoo]

I wrote this  over 10 years ago but it seems to end up being more and more applicable every year!

 

[jack c.]

huge all around sound,love it.bring up voices.jack c.what vst plugins on guitar?

[Xoo]

Rhythm and the non-delay'd lead guitar were all recorded via an old POD Pro, with just some Pro Channel and Sonitus EQ, and a touch of Pro Channel PC-76U compressor on the main rhythm track.

The heavily delayed lead track was a DI guitar, then into a long Pro Channel chain (PC4K-S compressor, EQ, FX chain* using Project 5/SONAR's Tempo Delay, Satursation Knob, PC-76U compressor) then Sonitus EQ and Overloud TH2 Producer (the one bundled with SONAR Platinum).

* I created this FX chain by dragging the tempo delay into the Pro Channel by accident - hit play and heard the crazy delay and thought "yep, that works"!

Glad you liked it.

[Xoo]

I took note of some of your comments and did a remix (actually quite a lot of a remix in the end): https://www.bandlab.com/xoospacemusic/state-of-emergency-2021-664e87bd?revId=8bc486cc-2873-ec11-94f6-a04a5e79a6b8

[Wookiee]

The second mix is much better but I think the vocal could still come up a bit.

[DeeringAmps]

My immediate sense when I A/B the two mixes was where did the low end go.
However, jumping back and forth its not that big a diff some much in the low end; just different.
For me, the vocal has to come up; but this genre, your tune, your production...

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[Xoo]

I did change the bass guitar FX (the original was done in 32 bit SONAR with ReValver, which I don't have in 64 bit CbB, so I bit the bullet and changed the amp/cab/FX chain).

With regards to the vocals, I think it could actually be quieter, or at least the rhythm guitar could be louder than it is now (so vocals seem quieter), so I think it's probably about right for the style ?