Songwriting Template "Black Mammoth"

A brutal sounding songwriting template for Deathcore and aggressive music with natural punch.

Sound Demos

DAWs

DAWs:

• Cubase 8 and above (Elements, Artist and Pro)
• Reaper
• Ableton Live 11 (and above)
• Logic Pro X
• Studio One 5 (and above)

will be added later:

• FL Studio 20 (and above)

Features

This template includes:

• Mix-Ready drums (GGD Invasion 2)
• Custom Mix-Ready Drum Map for easy drum programming
• Plugin chains for real bass or MIDI bass (Djinnbass II in this demo)
• Heavy and lead guitar tones: Neural DSP Gojira X + custom IRs
  
• Synth sounds: strings & choir
  
• FX samples: reverse crash & impacts
• In-depth mixing with a variety of plugins
• Mastering plugin chain with EQ, saturation, compression, clipping and limiting
• Includes all the MIDI, audio and data of the demo song "Black Mammoth" by Fit For an Autopsy
• 2 versions included: basic and full (they use different plugins)
  

Description

Guys, I love Fit for an Autopsy and I have listened to 'Black Mammoth' so many times over the years. I had the plan to do a Deathcore songwriting template for a while now, and I always had the FFAA sound in mind.

Now when GGD released their new Invasion 2 library I knew, it was time. The quality of these drum samples is unbelievable - you can get super realistic drum performances with it but it also sounds aggressive and punchy. That's exactly what I love about the drum sounds in Will Putneys productions, and I hope I did it justice.

For the heavyrhythm guitar tones I chose Neural DSP Gojira X - but this time I added custom Impulse Responses. There is a lot of processing before the amp sim, to shape the DI signal and make sure that every note is audible, even during fast riffs.

I am very happy with the bass tone in this template and how it blends with the guitars. A classic combination of Dingwall + Neural DSP Parallax X, but with some mixing moves to tame the harshness, while keeping the bite and aggression. I've set up plugin chains for real bass DI and MIDI bass (I used Djinnbass II in this example).

2 versions included: basic and full. The basic version is using only free and stock plugins for the mixing and mastering. I created this version first, so it sounds perfect to my ears already. If you want to improve the sound of the mix by another 15%, I added the full version for you with a variety of paid plugins from FabFilter, Slate Digital, oeksound, Waves, Joe Sturgis Tones etc. 

I hope I did this banger of a song justice and that you will enjoy working with this mix as much as I did!

Speed up your workflow with this Mix-Ready songwriting template!

Requirements

• GGD Invasion 2 drums
  
• Neural DSP: Gojira X
  
• Neural DSP: Parallax X
• Djinnbass 2 (only if you want to use the same MIDI bass that I used)

free plugins:

• IRDX studio (free Impulse Response loader)
• Kilohearts Essentials
  
• TDR Nova EQ
• Rough Rider 3 compressor
• OTT
• OmniPass
  
• Vital Synth (free)

additionally, for the full version:

• Fabfilter Pro-Q4, Pro-MB, Saturn 2
• Slate Digital plugins (VMR, VTM, VBC)
• Flatline II
• Soothe 3
• JST Transify, JST Clip
• Waves C4 compressor, S1 Shuffler
• Gullfoss, Oxford Inflator (not mandatory. Only used on the master bus)

Customizations

I am available for customizations of my templates. If you want to use other plugins then please send an e-mail to georg@mix-ready.com

Thank you!!