btw i'm having some problems with the final mastering. was wondering how much i should do a hard limit on it . i did +9 db and all i got was extreme bass frequency phase cancellation was bad.

Its called Suici-Dial actually the song purpose was to tease my drummer who relly like to play piano but dunno how to play it and always silap and play the sound macam dalam lagu.. then we all decide to tease him to the max by recording it

you're good bro    you know we layered 2 sets guitar sound and layered it with each other.. (...)
but today my uni net really sucks laa... so hard to upload stufz 

it sounded to me like Now that you're gone was recorded way earlier than Lost... The sound in Lost is much better, and the mastering of the instruments (guitar solo, rythm, bass) is better. The voice is interesting, can't say it's a "perfect" voice, but there is a catchy thing in it.

In Lost, the heavy rythm just after the intro was done with the MT1 ? That's very effective !!

Recording seems good to me, except maybe:
voice is a bit dry (more reverb /compression ?)
heavy rythm guitar ... you recorded two tracks of heavy guitars, and panned it on each side, but still you could have gone further left and right for those guitars : i just "feel" they are too much in the center.
the bass could have been clearer, it's a bit dark, blur ( i'm talking about the clean parts ). The bass line is really good, here i'm just commenting about the sound.

evo.com > next time you post a track i'll only say "it reminds me of xxxx ...", and that's it. Not very nice

Owh since u all insist 

Well the this is one of the first songs that my band created.. entitle Lost.. create this songs when we are all in form 4  arround 2000-2001 at that time still quite n00bs in sound recording.. just cucuk the power masuk sound blaster live >.< at this time semua band member tgh layan metallica thats why the songs kinda rock 

http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZEJ366...CY0R35UUU1HPQHP

Hardware Equipment:

Pyramid Electric Guitar
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Boss MT-1 Metal Zone
Zoom 707

Software:

Goldwave
Multiquence
Sound Forge
Mod Plug Tracker (Drums)

then after a year we made another songs.. actually there is alot of idea but only a few that we implement it into recording.. this songs is called Now That You're Gone.. at this time there is alot of Nickelback's influece in making this songs 

http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2L7LGLE...HW2YG6LGQK0RG5Z

Hardware Equipment:

Yamaha TRS-Pro
Zoom GFX 4
Line 6 POD XT
Shure SM58

Software:

Goldwave
Multiquence
Sound Forge
Mod Plug Tracker (Drums)

i have a latest release in the studio back in melawati

BTW here some new song.. i like the sound of drums in this settings and the heavy rythym.. the spec is the same as Now That Youre gone

BTW all of the voice are made by a single person just change the frequency and a guy can make a woman voice

Its called Suici-Dial actually the song purpose was to tease my drummer who relly like to play piano but dunno how to play it and always silap and play the sound macam dalam lagu.. then we all decide to tease him to the max by recording it

http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3H28SOQ...233ML8W9B7R2SRZ
you're good bro    you know we layered 2 sets guitar sound and layered it with each other.. you sure have sensitive ears.. dont worry tomorow i will host one of my band new release i think the recording quality for the song im going to post is the best so far..(for me lah ).. and no longer use golwave and multiquence.. up another lavel using sonar 3 and Boss GT-8 
but today my uni net really sucks laa... so hard to upload stufz 

i think that these posts belong to the my song thread, don't you think?

hoongern, i don't know, i thought that when mastering, one should compress the sound for maximum volume?

hmm.. then how do i make the volume of my final mix loud enough to be on par with other songs without clipping?

you have to check which frequency is actually clipping... and then you reduce the volume of that frequency (and better : you reduce the frequency on the particular instrument's recording track where it is too high, not on the whole track). Then you can increase the volume of overall track.

Note : bass frequency are usually too loud + they saturate (=clip) quicker than other frequencies.

BTW, do you know any FX that allows to "expand" a mono recording on the stereo ? I think it can be done by panning just certain set of frequencies at different % and keeping some other frequencies in the middle..; have you heard of that ? I think that's how guitar solos can sound so BIG and occupying so much stereo space.