I’m a budding sound engineer working out of my own humble studio, and the first album I’ve ever worked on is finally out in the world! I should actually be released tomorrow, but Bandcamp’s broken release system hilariously allows you to listen a day early.
That album is Sonic Putrefaction by Means of Temporal Erosion by Gohma!
I recorded, mixed, and mastered this record using open source software from beginning to end, from all the plugins and effects used, down to every cut and splice. I’m so proud to have not only worked with two amazingly talented musicians, but that it was all made possible with open, corporate-free software.
Thanks so much to everyone at Ardour, the Linux Studio Plugins Project, and Robin Gareus for his wonderful x42 plugins as well! I ended up using LSP compressors throughout most of the record, the x42 compressor a couple times things, and Robin’s limiter whenever I needed to smash something. That thing is such a perfect brickwall limiter.
Anyways, I’ll save the gushing for a behind-the-scenes video at some point. Maybe only five people will care but I can’t wait to pull back the sessions on this album, I’m just so proud of it, especially as my first time doing an entire record.
Hope some of you enjoy! If you like hardcore music or intense rock/metal in general, this will likely be up your alley.
Nice one! Some brutal riffs and rhythms here like This is brilliant.
I really like that you went for a very smooth / non-abrasive sound. Might sound daft for this genre but a lot of noise can have this gritty grainy abrasive edge that can add like a synthetic layer of aggressionand and is not necessary, in my open (not the same but if you’ve ever listened to some nails then you might get what I mean? Without trying to compare apples and oranges, I think your mixing / mastering decisions for Gohma are spot on and they make this album far less-fatiguing to listen to as a straight run. This album breathes and moves very nicely as a result).
In fact, I just bought the album Fuck yeah If they ever play in central Europe then I’ll absolutely be there…!
It’s sound great, especialy for the first mix.
Organic, dynamic, and it’s pretty clear what is going on overal.
And guitars sound kinda awesome to me. Not most pop-friendly, but live-musician-friendly for sure. That’s basicaly what you want to hear from guitars.
Just, that snare choice/sound/tunning… … at the same time it reminds me how much i like playing live in the basement with my band, but also, i cannot not to notice it .
It has that famous “St.Anger” qualities. That being said, i do enjoy St.Anger.
It’s basicaly not a critique, cause i do like that kind of sound. It’s just an observation.
Cheers
Wow, this is amazing. Love the purity in general, and the snare ringing at the end of “Don’t have a cow man …” in particular. Perfection. Buying the album now.
No man, thank YOU for leaving your feedback! I’m really flattered that the forum is receiving this well and this comment being the first one made my day. Its interesting that you mention the “clean” sound because yeah, I guess I did mix it that way. I didn’t think of it like that, only that I was mixing fairly dry with reverb on virtually nothing but the vocals and room mics for the electric guitars which was obviously just capturing the area the amp was in. But hey, if it worked, it worked. The band themselves were very pleased with the final result as well which I was ecstatic to hear.
Thanks so much! Yeah, it was the vocalist’s snare drum, I believe, which he loves the sound of (and I have to agree). He told me not to remove any of the pingy sound in EQ because that’s the sound he wanted, and I stuck to that… aside from Greg. I believe I neutered the ping with that song because it just overtook the rest of the drum sound.
I really appreciate the compliments, it means a great deal!
Thank you for highlighting that! I took pains with making the drums sound the best I could manage, especially considering my mic placements for the snare and kick were… not the best. Especially the kick. The only thing making it sound good are two Airwindows saturation plugins layered on top of each other. So I’m really glad I managed to save face there!
This is brilliant.
