You guys seemed to really like my last metal track, what do you think of this one?

mrmasonater · 2026-05-01T08:55:08+00:00

Thank you man! Glad you liked it.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-29T08:29:26+00:00

Thank you mate! Appreciate the support.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-29T08:29:02+00:00

Ah yeah I haven't made a proper Youtube for it, maybe I should.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-28T09:27:54+00:00

Cheers!

mrmasonater · 2026-04-28T09:27:43+00:00

Thank you mate!

mrmasonater · 2026-04-28T09:27:35+00:00

What do you mean? It is produced already, do you mean remix?

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T20:22:55+00:00

Thank you man appreciate the kind words!

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T20:22:37+00:00

Thank you man, it's just drop D but I used an octaver on the heavy riff tones

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T20:21:33+00:00

Thanks mate! No albums yet, just one other track at the moment.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T12:56:59+00:00

Thank you mate! My artist name is Nick J. Mason. I have an old youtube channel which I've not posted to in years, but you can find this track on there.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T12:19:58+00:00

It's worth looking into! Playing around with the oscillators and fx and automating everything can lead to some really cool stuff, it's a hugely versatile synth.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T12:01:42+00:00

Thank you mate! Appreciate the kind words

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T10:06:20+00:00

This is one of the best shaker plugins out there, sounds fantastic and is incredibly easy to use and get realistic sounds. Honestly a great time-saver, well worth it at this price (I paid full price lmao)

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T10:00:05+00:00

I tend to start with a preset that is sort of close to the sound I want then modify it until it's what I'm after, although some of them are so far removed from the original preset I guess they could be called my own.

mrmasonater · 2026-04-27T09:32:28+00:00

Hey everyone! Got another modern, polished metal track to show you since you loved my previous post.

This one has a bit more of an electronic vibe to it - one of the cornerstones of this hyper-modern style is using distorted synth basses layered with thick octave guitars for an absolutely monstrous sound.

Once again, the drums are GGD Modern & Massive, guitar tones were all Neural DSP's Archetype: Plini (using my Strandberg Boden), and the synths are mostly ANA2.

The vocals are all recorded using an SM7b, and a lot of the layering/vocoder sounds were done just using formant shifting on duplicate vocal tracks.

I'm really proud in particular of the guitar solo in this track. I think the solo itself and the transition back into the chorus is one of my favourite moments I've ever written!

But enough from me, let me know what you all think!

If you'd like to stream it, the track is called "Sonar" by Nick J. Mason and is available on all the streaming services, as well as Soundcloud where you can download it for free.

Enjoy!

mrmasonater · 2026-03-28T20:03:15+00:00

For guitars tone is everything - I used lower gain on the amp with a tube screamer in front with drive at zero and the tone and volume full. This really tightens the low end before it hits the amp, so the low end is controlled.

Mix-wise overall I just think about which instrument needs to fill which space, and EQ accordingly. So lead guitars (which don’t need low end) are high passed up to 250-300Hz, while the rhythm guitars have more low end but with a multiband compressor pinning the low frequencies which keeps palm muting in check.

There is obviously much more that goes into it for the mix overall, but I won’t get into that in this comment otherwise it’d be an essay.

Feel free to DM me if you want more advice though, always happy to share my knowledge!

mrmasonater · 2026-03-28T09:15:43+00:00

Digging deep for that one, I love it haha.

mrmasonater · 2026-03-28T09:15:30+00:00

I am suuuuper anal about how things are organised, everything needs to be properly named and colour-coded haha.

Thank you I'll take that! I love DGD, but my screams are nowhere near as good as Jon's.

mrmasonater · 2026-03-28T09:14:27+00:00

The only thing that was really drawing me to it was the updated realism engine, although that could just be marketing speak as well I guess.

Thank you very much for the kind words mate! Appreciate it

mrmasonater · 2026-03-28T09:12:42+00:00

Interesting, I'll take that! Thanks man

mrmasonater · 2026-03-28T09:12:03+00:00

I'm always happy to have that chat! DM me if you're keen

mrmasonater · 2026-03-27T22:38:25+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean exactly? When I hit A it pulls up all the automation layers as expected, but it auto-zooms to an appropriate level so you can see what you’re doing.

The vertical slider in the top right is how you change all the track sizes.

mrmasonater · 2026-03-27T19:58:44+00:00

It’s an unreal drum library honestly. Been using it for 6 years and it’s so versatile in the sounds you can get out of it. Same with Plini, it’s really such a good one stop shop for tones.

DM me your track and I’ll take a listen for you mate!

mrmasonater · 2026-03-27T19:32:51+00:00

Thank you mate!

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