REQ: Mix-Ready Songwriting Template Counterparts
Full songwriting template in the style of Counterparts: Tight & punchy drums, gnarly bass tone, juicy rhythm guitars and beautiful leads. Using free plugins & amp sims!
DAWs:
Cubase 8 and above (Elements, Artist and Pro)
Reaper
Logic Pro X
Studio One
Ableton Live
FL Studio
Features
This template includes:
Mix-Ready drums (Soundblind Drums 'Counterkit' by Counterparts drummer Kyle Brownlee)
Custom Mix-Ready Drum Map for easy drum programming
Rhythm, Clean, Lead and Bass guitar tones with some of the best free amp sims by ML Sound Lab and STL Tones
In-depth processing with stock and free plugins only
Master bus processing for glue, punch and commercial loudness
The DI tracks and whole arrangement of the demo song: 'Unwavering Vow' by Counterparts, recorded by the incredible @Zainmhz and myself. So you can listen to the individual elements of the song and analyse how they add up to the finished mix.
Description
I am very happy to present you: the Mix-Ready Counterparts Songwriting Template!
Being a fan of Counterparts for years, I always wanted to have my productions sounding like their records. I tried different drum libraries, but never got close enough to be satisfied. When Kyle Brownlee (drummer of Counterparts) announced his very first drum library "Counterkit", I was excited like a little child right before christmas.
What can I say? This drum library absolutely slams. It makes good use of the built in Kontakt processing and with a little tweaking I got it to sound just like I always wanted. I reached out to @Zainmhz who is doing some great covers of Counterparts songs on his YouTube channel. He hooked me up with his DI tracks for the song "Unwavering Vow" and I put together this songwriting template that I am really proud of.
I wanted this template to be easily accessible - so you won't need any third party software (except the Counterkit drums). This Mix-Ready template is using stock and free plugins for mixing & mastering + the free amp sims by ML Sound Lab and STL Tones. Listen to the sound demo to hear the template in action!
Speed up your workflow with this Mix-Ready songwriting template!
Requirements
You need:
Kontakt 6 or 7 (free or full version)
Soundblind Drums "Counterkit"
Stock plugins of your DAW
ML Sound Lab Amped Roots (free)
TSE BOD v3.0.0 bass plugin (free)
STL Ignite Emissary bundle (free)
The different DAW versions are using different plugins. Here you can see which plugins you need for your DAW:
Cubase
Reaper
Studio One
BUSTERse Bus compressor (free)
Fetish FET compressor (free)
ToTape5 (free)
GClip Clipping plugin (free)
Valhalla Supermassive Reverb & Delay (free)
Logic Pro X
Valhalla Supermassive Reverb & Delay (free)