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Quite old, not finished, not intend to tho, after middle becomes slippery slope (2:30 lmao)

Massive issue with reverb regeneration (audible in ~1:10) (lost my project files, can't do anything) and lil intonation issues at all times, because of using shitty $100 guitar tuned as low as open G#
Kinda manifest of yes you can, I guess.

And yeah, intro, wtf's dat, seriously



Hardware: 
- Hammer's Slammer 6 string @ open G#
(DI guitars and octave down for bass)
- Behringer DI-100
- Lenovo y580 w/ i7

Software:
- Ableton Live 9
- Ezmix2 - Metal Guitar Gods pack
- Superior Drummer - SL-Avatar pack
- Recabinet x64

Icarus Lives (old rough mix)

Today I've finished mixtest of Tesseract's Proxy. 
Kinda finished- I'm moving out of town right now and my guitars haven't arrived yet, so no dj0nting lads ;c
[ bass + drums + vocals + electronic + fx + room + ambience ]

When I'll be able to record guitars (asap I hope), I'll upload filnished full version and propably delete this one. Still, you can have a listen. Still learning how to properly mix stuff doe.
Any feedback?

Recorded on Cort Action-V 5 string Bass at drop A tuning. Used Scarlett 2i2 and Digi's Bad Monkey, as usual.



Of Matter - Proxy (Tesseract mix BASS SAMPLE)

Drums cut from my Altered State mixtest. Some guitars made their way into recording also (dunno why, lol).
Generally SD2.0 standard library (SL-Avatar), only EQ and compressors applied, engineering-wise. Randomizers and custom envelopes were engaged to ensure more human-like behaviour, despite quantization.

Master bus enhanced with room rev @ 5-10% wetness, so chill.

'Proxy' Tesseract Drum Stems (off my complete mixtest)

Got myself some stems, decided to fix some bad shit in this world. This is my attempt.
I've always perceived this album's mix as a 'paper-thin' and too dry (especially kick and snare drums, solos) and LACKING GODDAMN BASS, so I've estabilished focal points in this mix around fixing those.
To be honest, I really feel good about vibe I've achieved here, but this feel will propably vanish in about a week, good while it lasts :c

Hope I this isn't a rape on Justice for some orthodox Metallica fans.
Track cover made by 'arkett', check out his Deviantart page!

Metallica's Blackened Remixed / Remastered

Two things:
- Lemmy passed away
- I wasn't able to record for a while
...so I decided to check how (badly) rusty I am in terms of both mixing, mastering and playing / recording as well. 
I am quite happy with this recording tho. Took only 2 days in total, so HELLUVA quick for me. 
Also, the sound of a mix is not really very clear and selective, which is not how I like things to go, but couldn't repair it somehow :c. Rust rust rust.
Still, that's good in a way, because you don't feel lack of instruments in a mix (guitars + bass + drums ONLY, usually I record stuff with 8-10 instruments alone). Like the bass guitar midrange definition and snare punchyness here. Lastly, tones blend quite weirdly - sound is sort of all over the place. 
But this is how I remember hearing Motorhead live for the first time in 2011, so it's awesome.
RIP Lemmy - Born to Lose, Lived to Win!

Mix inspired by Tesseract's 'Polaris' album mix.
Cover photo courtesy of radio.com.

Motörhead - In the name of tragedy SHORT MIX ('Polaris' style)

Mix Demo of more thrashy style song. All natural stems, no sampling etc. Quite pleased with this one, I'd still opt for more high-end bass definition and more pronounced kick and snare here, but had a bit of a rough time balancing this mix anyway, so I'll leave it be. Enjoy.

Plugins: Recabinet 4, TSE-BODv2, Waves RBass, Waves J37 Tape Saturator, Waves Kramer HLS, Waves CLA-76s, Stillwell Audio Verbiage, FabFilter Pro-C, Pro-Q, Pro-L and Pro-MB. Most of other work done with Logic Pro X stock plugin set (mostly EQ and compression).
Mixed in Apple Logic Pro X. 

Image credit goes to https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjorn_b/2048794698

All stem credits go to band Hollow Ground, taken from their raw multitrack of song 'Ill fate' as seen on ultimatemetal.com forum. Files used for educational purposes only.

Thrash Metal Instrumental Mix Demo

Recently I'm experimenting with using no artificial reverb on a drum submixes and checking out the results. Instead of side-chaining already premixed drum busses (like kick, snare, etc.) I am duplicating the stem snare tracks and replacing sounds with pre-cut room samples. That way room reverberance is directly affected by the channel strip chain. I think it sounds miles better than synthesising reverb and 'letting it live' as a side-chain channel.

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