I'm still using the singtall superpack. After hundreds of hours (and dollars) spent on dialing in / buying POD HD Pro X tones, it's still an $800 paperweight.

Here's the latest track. Constructive criticism is always appreciated, no matter how harsh.

https://m.soundcloud.com/bo5ive/through-the-narrow-gate

Thanks, singtall.

i like it. which presets are you using?

mix thoughts: less kick drum bottom end, more click. add more high end to entire mix. sounds a little muffled.

i like your playing and the song. it deserves a little better mix to show off your talent. if you would like, i can mix it for free if you send me the tracks? i can at least master what you have if nothing else? levels aren't bad, maybe just some final eq?

Great song. What kind of drums are those, anyway? Can't wait to hear more.

Nice song. I agree with Singtall: sounds a little muffled.
But it's a nice composition.

Thanks for the input. @TLTD, I'm using the EZ Drummer Metal! Kit, with the MIDI mapped out.

@Singtall, I'm using a combination of the djent and Tesseract patches, as well as a Petrucci patch.

Cool, it all works well together. I don't know if I'd even have noticed the kick without my new monitoring headphones that have good lows. It's partly a dynamics problem where it sounds like the same exact velocity every time also. I'm not sure if you can go in and adjust your volume and dynamics like in Steven Slate Drums (through the Kontakt mixer), but I would try that with the kick drum. It may be best to just bounce the drums separately than try to change the entire mix or send them to a preview bus and EQ that differently, so you have a blend of the original tracks and some added highs. Sometimes even trying a different kit, bouncing that and bringing that into your preexisting mix (as well as bounces of guitars, bass, etc; you can blend in differently rather than change the original ones). Some kind of magic starts happening sometimes when you keep your first mix and add more tracks with different EQs and things. Can create a lot more depth and fullness without making the ears jump around and focus on individual drums and things (or for example, widening guitars can be a bit too obvious if you don't blend in that effect with your tracks that just have some simple panning and EQ).

Very good!!! I don't have the ear for the mix thing, so to me it just sounds like it has it's own kind of character.

That sounds really good! The 11R has been such a great piece of gear, especially after snagging the Singtall presets. I am now a follower of you on SoundCloud and look forward to more recordings!

Cole