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Unboxing Emmure “Flag Of The Beast” multi-tracks

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Eyal Levi takes you on a guided tour of the raw multi-tracks for “Flag Of The Beast” by Emmure, as seen on Nail The Mix in 2017.

Emmure “Flag Of The Beast” raw multi-tracks [UNBOXING]

Eyal Levi takes you on a guided tour of the raw multi-tracks for “Flag Of The Beast” by Emmure, from their 2017 album “Look At Yourself.” It was originally produced and mixed by WZRD BLD with engineering by Jeff Dunne and featured on Nail The Mix in July of 2017.

Here’s a few things to note as you watch the unboxing:

  • This is one of the most intricate episodes ever of Nail The Mix! Eyal is using Pro Tools in this video, but WZRD BLD and Jeff Dunne use Cubase and go into insane detail in their Nail The Mix.
  • Some extremely well-done programmed drums (using Getgood Drums)
  • A MONSTER bass track. The secret here is very simple: it’s played by Josh Travis (formerly of Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and Glass Cloud) who is one of those guys with magic in his hands.
  • Insanely brutal, percussive rhythm guitar tracks! Again, this is due to Josh Travis’ “finger tone” more than anything else.
  • A killer vocal performance by Frankie Palmeri – you can see that although people talk a lot of smack on Emmure, all the performances in this song are absolutely top notch (and you’d be smart to learn as much as you can from them)
  • Lots and lots of interesting effects, synths, post-production and other stuff like the “ticks” track that add that extra layer of polish that really takes the song over the top

Want more? Click here to get instant access to these multi-tracks and WZRD BLD + Jeff Dunne’s full mix session!

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Break the rules of drum programming

If it sounds good, it IS good – period.

You know what drives me nuts? The idea that there are rules to music (or art of any kind, for that matter). It’s kind of ridiculous, especially when the self-appointed authorities making and enforcing the rules are a bunch of random people on Facebook. The fact of the matter is that there are NO rules to music – the only that matters is whether you and the audience like the sound coming out of the speakers!

One of the best examples is drum programming: we all assume that the “right” way to program drums is to mimic as closely as possible the way in which a human plays drums. Nobody questions this – and I’ll admit that I’ve always thought of this as an unbreakable rule. You never program parts a human couldn’t play (for example, hitting two cymbals and the snare at the same time), you don’t use 127 velocity for every hit, and so forth.

But the truth is that (like most “rules” in music), that isn’t a rule at all – it’s just a guideline. Sometimes your music sounds better when you break the rules, so why not go for it? If you think it sounds better with everything at 127, then do it!

Break the rules of MIDI drum programming w/ WZRD BLD, Jeff Dunne & Emmure

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For a real world example, check out WZRD BLD and Jeff Dunne programming drums on the latest EMMURE album in this clip from their Nail The Mix session. As they point out, some of these parts are physically impossible to play, but they just went with it because it sounded better that way.

Remember: the goal isn’t to please a bunch of nerds on Facebook by slavishly following their made-up “rules,” the goal is to make great music 🙂

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How to dial in a PUNISHING bass tone w/ WZRD BLD and Jeff Dunne

The secret to amazing guitar tone? A great bass tone!

You’ve heard us say a million times that the key to great guitar tone is dialing in the right bass tone – and you know why we keep saying it? Because it’s effing TRUE – and yet you still see people spending a fraction of the time on bass that they do on guitar. I get it: nobody gets excited about bass. But the cold truth is that you better LEARN to get excited about it because you simply aren’t gonna get good guitar tone without it.

The real secret to metal guitar tone [w/ WZRD BLD + Jeff Dunne]

The key to great metal guitar tone in a mix? The bass guitar tone! Watch + learn as WZRD BLD and Jeff Dunne dial in an absolutely crushing and ridiculous bass tone on the latest EMMURE album. Want this session and the full mixing class?

In this clip from July’s Nail The Mix session, WZRD BLD and Jeff Dunne dial in an absolutely CRUSHING bass tone using the session from EMMURE’s “Flag Of The Beast.” They use the familiar 3-track splitting technique you’ve probably seen before (one track each sub, clean and distorted tones) but with a couple cool details you  probably haven’t, such as editing the distorted track to kick in only during key parts of the arrangement and getting great tones out of a few rarely-used Pod Farm amps.

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