I may have the hang of this amp blending thing(Mesa/VHT)

[benduncan]

Advice and/or criticism on the tone/blending wanted, I already know that I suck a mixing

Only three rhythm tracks until 0:27. Needs Vocals!

https://soundcloud.com/benduncan/commun ... st-mexican

This may be too much nerdy detail, even for RT. I used a VHT Pittbull UL and a Rhodes/KSR modded rev F Triple Rectifier. Signal:

Gibson V with a 500t bridge -> Furman PQ6 -> Amp(Loop:EQ/PEQ) -> two Splawn 4x12's(alnico gold/classic lead combo in one, v30/creambacks in the other)

In the loop of the Mesa, I used my PQ6, cutting a ton at 400 and 600. Boosting a bit at 1.6k. Here's what the EQ in the loop of the VHT looked like, haha:

And it's on board EQ. Yeah, I used two EQ's, sue me

Amp settings:

Lead channel

Orange Channel(top row)

The alnico gold(where most of the sound is coming from) is miked with an e906 and an i5. There's a 57 on the v30 and another i5 on the creamback. I recorded two tracks each, the Mesa being panned 100% and the VHT 80%. Most of the sound is coming from the Mesa, the VHT is really only adding a bit of upper mid crunch, or some "twang", if that makes sense.

 

[yngzaklynch]

Damn dude what are you so pissed about?

 

[rokket2005]

Sounds pretty sick, and god damn is it nice to not hear fuckin' 80's guitar riffs. I finally plugged my vht in after not playing for a long time, really liking it at the moment.

Edit: I don't think it sounds angry at all. I totally was imagining cheerleaders dancing to this while I was listening to it.

 

[crankyrayhanky]

Holy aggressive eq! The results are anger-ific!

 

[jkdsteve]

mmm...chrome chassis recto! \m/

That's a lorra EQ bands :shock:

 

[maddnotez]

Sounds good to me. I'm curious is there a bass track?

 

[benduncan]

Thanks for the listen guys.

Sounds pretty sick, and god damn is it nice to not hear fuckin' 80's guitar riffs. I finally plugged my vht in after not playing for a long time, really liking it at the moment.

Edit: I don't think it sounds angry at all. I totally was imagining cheerleaders dancing to this while I was listening to it.

lol, I wish that's what it looked like when I recorded it

Holy aggressive eq! The results are anger-ific!

Yeah, the VHT had a cocked wah like tone that would have been pretty unusable on it's own

Sounds good to me. I'm curious is there a bass track?

Yes but apparently not enough, hah. It's probably hard to hear since the lows are so overcrowded by the drums. It drops out from 2:00-2:06