Songwriting Template "THALL"

THALL.

Sound Demo

DAWs

DAWs:

• Cubase 8 and above (Elements, Artist and Pro)
• Reaper
• Studio One 5 (and above)
• Logic Pro X
• Ableton Live 11 (and above)
• FL Studio 20 (and above)

Features

This template includes:

• Mix-Ready drums (Odeholm Drums by Buster Odeholm) with multi-out routing and individual processing
• Custom Mix-Ready Drum Map for easy drum programming
• Aggressive bass tone with massive low-end (you can use a real bass or MIDI)
• Crushing rhythm guitar tones using Neural DSP Gojira X + custom IRs
• Ambient lead guitar tone for ambience and texture
• In-depth processing with a variety of plugins (please check the plugin list)
• A bunch of electronic leads, plucks and strings with the free Vital synth
• Mastering plugin chain for glue, punch and loudness
• Additional FX track with impacts & snare bombs
• Also includes the DI tracks and arrangement of the song "Emanate" by ALLT - so you can listen to the individual elements of the mix and analyze how they add up to the finished mix. A huge thanks goes out to my good friend João Medeiros, who recorded those DI tracks.

Description

The Mix-Ready "THALL" songwriting template is made for low-tuned, brutal riffs.

The incredible Odeholm Drums were the obvious choice. These powerful samples are the perfect foundation for this THALL mix.

I created the bass tone with the split technique: one track for the low-end (heavily compressed and filtered) and one track for the aggressive, clangy character. I used alot of processing this time, to make sure it's the perfect blend of string definition and distortion. This bass tone works even in the lowest tunings (in the demo track it goes down to E0).

I am very proud of the guitar tone in this mix! Heavily inspired by Busters approach, I used many layers of processing to shape the DI before it hits the amp (Neural DSP Gojira X). I combined that with custom Impulse Responses and added even more processing to push these guitars right up in your face. Every note is audible, the guitars growl like a beast and cut through the mix at the same time... Have I mentioned that I'm proud of this tone?

The demo song "Emanate" by ALLT has some amazing synth and post-production. Unfortunately I don't have access to the isolated stems or any info about what synths were used. For this reason, I added some synth layers with the free Vital synth. These presets work great in the mix and you can use them to get creative!

This is my most requested Mix-Ready template. It was a tough one. I am very happy to share it with you and I hope you will enjoy working with it!

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

Requirements

Please take a look at the Requirements image above - so you know which plugins you need for the basic or full version.

These plugins are required for the full version:

• Kontakt 8 (free or full version)
• Odeholm Drums by Buster Odeholm
• You can use a real bass (in the sound demo it's a real Dingwall)
• or MIDI bass (I prepared a track with Djinnbass 2 but you can use any other)
  
• Neural DSP: Archetype Gojira X
  
• FabFilter Pro-Q3, Saturn 2, Pro-MB
  
• JST Transify
• GGD Smash & Grab 2
• Flatline 2 by Submission Audio
• Soothe 2
• Waves plugins (L1 Ultramaximizer, SSL G-Master Buss, Kramer Pie, API 2500, API 560, Trans X, S1 Stereo Enhancer)
• Valhalla Supermassive (free)
  
• Valhalla Space Modulator (free)
• Vital Synth (free)
• NadIR (free)

In the basic version, the following plugins are replacing some of the paid plugins:

• TDR Nova EQ (free)
• Loudmax limiter (free)
• Poortec EQ (free)
• KClip Zero *

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!!