My new EP
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:38 am
Hi all,
At last I can proudly present my new EP , already available on Bandcamp (free listen). I will post also when it is on YT.
let me know what you think of the mix and mastering job.
EDIT // ADDED : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi3RoALp6o0
Bandcamp link: https://matsuka.bandcamp.com/album/song ... ead-wolves
Of course it was made with Xite as a soundcard with SpaceF stuff. Could almost be a SpaceF demo. Neodyne for the bass (all tracks), some sequences (Delta Rider, Amerindian) and other tones (kind of "flute" on "We Look Up"), Del-Ray/Dubby for all delays on all tracks, Rodin EQ to sculpt some sounds (basses, pianicas, harmonicas... some other sound not sure which anymore, but Rodin was not the only EQ, it helped a lot before/after many other Eqs), and the spring reverbs setup and their free eqs and routers
I also use a melodica and a pianica, and harmonicas... the pianica is really hard to record and equalize. I did the best I could (the pianica is heard on "Old World Gone", the cheap stagg melodica is on track 5). Harmonicas are easier. They force the blues scale (major). I also play most guitars (except lapsteel, dobro and when it is very fast
i use parts of sample that I fill with the melodies I want with an SG amped by VSTs)
I also worked a lot on mastering and giving everything a vintage sound. For mastering I tried to limit myself to a integrated loundness of -8.5 , which makes short term tickles -7dB. Amerindian sounds quiter but it hits -8 / -7.5 on many parts of the track. So, I could change that but I am reluctant to do it (it would require some automation on the master levels). May be later. I am over that
With this EP, I truely hit the limit of my monitoring setup, I must change that, find new headphones because the ones I use do not work well below 60hz (found the ATH m70x might be a good direction).
Anyway, enjoy Bandcamp link: https://matsuka.bandcamp.com/album/song ... ead-wolves
I will post Youtube version when avialable.
At last I can proudly present my new EP , already available on Bandcamp (free listen). I will post also when it is on YT.
let me know what you think of the mix and mastering job.
EDIT // ADDED : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi3RoALp6o0
Bandcamp link: https://matsuka.bandcamp.com/album/song ... ead-wolves
Of course it was made with Xite as a soundcard with SpaceF stuff. Could almost be a SpaceF demo. Neodyne for the bass (all tracks), some sequences (Delta Rider, Amerindian) and other tones (kind of "flute" on "We Look Up"), Del-Ray/Dubby for all delays on all tracks, Rodin EQ to sculpt some sounds (basses, pianicas, harmonicas... some other sound not sure which anymore, but Rodin was not the only EQ, it helped a lot before/after many other Eqs), and the spring reverbs setup and their free eqs and routers
I also use a melodica and a pianica, and harmonicas... the pianica is really hard to record and equalize. I did the best I could (the pianica is heard on "Old World Gone", the cheap stagg melodica is on track 5). Harmonicas are easier. They force the blues scale (major). I also play most guitars (except lapsteel, dobro and when it is very fast
i use parts of sample that I fill with the melodies I want with an SG amped by VSTs) I also worked a lot on mastering and giving everything a vintage sound. For mastering I tried to limit myself to a integrated loundness of -8.5 , which makes short term tickles -7dB. Amerindian sounds quiter but it hits -8 / -7.5 on many parts of the track. So, I could change that but I am reluctant to do it (it would require some automation on the master levels). May be later. I am over that
With this EP, I truely hit the limit of my monitoring setup, I must change that, find new headphones because the ones I use do not work well below 60hz (found the ATH m70x might be a good direction).
Anyway, enjoy Bandcamp link: https://matsuka.bandcamp.com/album/song ... ead-wolves
I will post Youtube version when avialable.