Antithesis - s2.0, Oni 8-string, Hartung 6-string, Warwick, Diezel+RW Uberkab R121

[Chronograph]

Hi there,

Another fragment of the piece I am working on. Still unfinished.

Oni Macassar Ebony 8-string for the rhythm, Frank Hartung Chronograph Custom for the solo parts, Warwick Streamer bass. Metal Foundry drums, Korg M3 synth.

The rhythm patches are Diezel amp and RW Uberkab R121 IRs.

Critics are welcome.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8688658/Antithesis v1.3.mp3

 

[shep]

Very nice work. Guitars sound great ( and played great) w/ all the other great sounding/played instruments. I like the song. Congrats.

 

[The Soundshell]

This is pretty good man! A real Dream Theater/Stratovarious Symphony X thing going on.

 

[ML SOUND LAB]

I like the tones although the song is a bit over the top. Nice low end on the guitar. If you had more mids it would be easier to hear the notes on the guitar but this is just a taste issue. You guys sure listen to DT a lot. I'd have the synth parts a lot lower in the mix. It gives the illusion of guitar amps being quiet and you don't want that. Other than that it's good.

 

[Sidivan]

I had to re-listen to this because the first time I was thinking, "Where the heck is all the bass? There's virtually no kick at all... I thought these were 8-strings, weird." and then I realized I had my bass dialed down to 0. I think the guitar tones are great, especially the lead tone.

As far as the song is concerned, I dig what you're going for, but I think there needs to be more dynamic contrast in the changes. For instance, when everything hits at 1:00, it should be BANG HERE WE ARE, but as it sits it just sounds like it added another instrument. I'm no mixing specialist, so I don't know how to fix it. I just think it should pop right there instead of the lackadaisical manner in which it the change happens. I really like 3:20 - 3:27. It has this really cool chainsaw meets synth sound to it.

 

[D20]

Very cool riffs going on here! I liked it! Very Dream Theater-ish!