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▲ 8 r/TechnicalDeathMetal

Favorite band and song

Random discussion question :)

What's your favorite band and song, and why that band and song in particular?

For me personally, I've always been a massive fan of Necrophagist due to the mix of brutality and technicality in just about everything, but as of recently i've really gotten into Cynic. It's just such a perfect blend of jazz and death metal, and the vocoder sounds sick.

I love Celestial Voyage due to the harmony, the transition from distorted guitar to clean isn't as heavy handed as it is in Veil of Maya or Uroboric Forms, it's more of a Transitional thing than it's own section, but the chord progression (Bm7(omit5) -> Gmaj7(omit3)) is like Jesus Christ himself came down and decided to bless my headphones for a few seconds lol, and in my opinion the solos on Celestial Voyage just flow so well, the bass can be a bit wacky at times though. The growls feel almost melodic, the way the vocalist pronounces and enunciates has this all-knowing-narrator feel if that makes sense.

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u/CustardHealthy7878 — 2 days ago
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Trying to achieve an OSDM/TDM tone

update: Fixed it! Thanks for the advice guys ! https://www.reddit.com/r/TechnicalDeathMetal/comments/1tlpea8/osdmtdm_tone_almost_achieved/

Sorry if this is the wrong sub for this! Let me know what im doing wrong, what im doing right, and if you enjoy the tone or not if you're a listener, I gladly accept constructive criticism.

Firstly, there's 2 clips, first one is the longer one (about 2:30 mins) and it's DAW audio whereas the second clip (the one where I test out the chords) is phone mic audio. Tones vary slightly (I changed the volume levels from the first to the second). These are just to show the tone, not a particular song or even to a click.

Okay, so, I've been really into tech/prog as of recently (beyond Necrophagist, which has been a top 5 band for me) like Cynic and Death, but I also like deathcore (mainly old school, melodeath inspired stuff like old BMTH and As Blood Runs Black) and just Death metal (like Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Morbid Angel, Incantation), so i was trying to make a mid-forward tone for tech death but also have the same punch for some chugging breakdowns and more brutal/caveman-y riffs.

Currently I'm running a TSE808 with no drive and a very light volume boost, into an Auditory LX12 (trying to replicate that Death tone somewhat lol) with volume 9.5, gain 5, treble 6, mid 7, bass 4.1, and contour 5.5 into NADIR 4×12 V30 SM57 Center/Off Axis (Left/Right) with High Pass 125 Hz, Lo Pass 7.5 KHz, Resonance 50%, into ReaComp with 14 ms Attack, 100 ms Release, a 4:1 ratio, and -27 Threshold (i heard the TDM tone can be achieved with a low-ish gain and compression), into JS Volume Adjustment (-9.2 dB), into an EQ with multiple bands but basically small 2 dB boost from 600 Hz to 2.5KHz, and a small cut from 80 Hz to 590 Hz and the same cut from 3 KHz onwards, into a ReaLimiter (-0.20 dB Threshold, -2.25 dB Ceiling), into JS Stereo Channel (50% pan), and finally into ReaGate (-20 dB Threshold, 1ms attack, 40ms hold, 90 ms release)

I think the main issue i have is either too aggressive gating or no distortion pedal just the plugin LX12, also the gate position is weird I know but it just doesn't work properly in a different position in the chain.

edit: also sorry if the latency is a bit off this is my first time recording videos with a daw

u/CustardHealthy7878 — 18 days ago
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Hi r/AskProgrammers, I'm 16 and have been semi serious about programming and coding for a couple of months. I learned some python at school but recently got into php, html, and css, and I've been thinking about tackling JS and TS once I get good enough at server-side programming.

It's honestly been a pretty humbling experience, as I really don't want to rely on AI, but putting it bluntly my problem-solving skills just aren't at a level that my perfectionist ass would want it to be. I feel like I'm kind of just firing random code, and the syntax feels a bit confusing too at times. The internet is surprisingly unhelpful too. For instance, I was making an imageboard for my friends and naturally wanted to include greentext format, but the question was quite specific and so I only found one StackOverflow thread (which is basically on its deathbed with the rise of AI). I had little to no choice and was about to ask ChatGPT or Claude then decided to come here because I want to actually code and debug myself, not just copy and paste code I don't understand.

So I guess what I'm getting at is: How do I actually learn and apply syntax and logic to my code? Is there a way I can study it like how I'd study a math equation or physics theorem, or is it really just surrounding myself with better developers and programmers than myself and learning from them?

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u/CustardHealthy7878 — 1 month ago