We start reamping today. Weapons advice ?

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Reamping today. Finally. 11 tracks. Brutal heavy riffage to very hard driven rock.

Weapons
EVH 5153 & EVH 5153 cab
Diezel Herbert & Diezel RLv30xk100 cab
Mesa Reborn triple recto & Mesa v30 cab
Laney Ironheart

Mics sm57 n senn 421

Blend heads?

All same heads or depends on song?

Mix tones use two diff heads on main rhythm blended n diff head on center tracks ?


Our sound is along lines of devildriver,testament,killswitch engage,stone sour

Any advice is cool just seeing what your all thinking.
 
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I guess blending heads can go either way. The days of the "album" are behind us IMO, so from my standpoint, I say try to make each song sound starkly different. That said, if your end goal is more of a throwback to the standard format, you may want a more uniform sound. Really contingent upon end goal.

Either way, I ultimately like a blend of more than one amp, guitar, and cab/speaker. I say mix it up.
 
I've mixed several Metal albums and when I get the files from the clients, some people put everything on so when the album is being mixed they can have options if you have the track count. If you have 2 guitar players make sure they have a distic sound by using certain amps for each player. Some people print all the mics they used on a cabinet into 1 track or record each mic one their own track.Blend the amps according to dynamics of the song i.e 1 or 2 amps and balls to the walls(2 or 4 amps) on the chorus or break down. If you're using multi mics, make sure there's no phase issues, because it will sound like mess when you blend the guitars. Try not eq the guitars and get the sound by moving the mics, if you have try subtractive eq. Try to keep the guitar sounds consistent throughout the album so it sounds cohesive. When mixing buss the guitars to their on auxes(per guitar player) this will allow you to do parallel compression on the guitars and blend the the regular guitars with the compressed guitars.I'm sure you probably know some of this stuff so I hope you find something helpful. Mixing Metal is quite a challenge, but is my favorite style of music I like to mix and produce!
 
Throw the Sennheiser out if it isn't at a decade old. The new ones sound harsh as hell on guitar cabs IME.

The v30xk100 cab rule. If you're quad tracking have one set of guitars with the v30s louder and the others with the k100 louder.

Evh for main rhythms and Herbert for secondaries.

Cheers

Greg
 
I'd like to hear some amp blending, and learn how it's done.

Do you actually filter different frequencies to be sent to different amps? Or just turn the treble up/bass down on one amp and do the reverse on the other?
 
racerevlon":1c0wdkdv said:
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Herbie and EVH will do just fine too. I often do quads with rhythm tracks. Experiment with different amps on different sides or blending them. All a matter of taste.
 
How about a Rivera K-Tre or a Krankenstein?

You did say Brutal, correct?

go listen to some Austrian Death Machine...Thanks pure Krankenstein with a LP Studio, EMG81, and Mesa cab w/v30's.
 
depends on the riff in the song... use different amps for different sounds. You can blend but beware of the wave cancellation bandit...... He be after yer tone.

-Alex
 
Question: why would you want to reamp anyway, to keep your options open ?

And won't you run into trouble by the fact that some amps require a different playingstyle/technique than others which then doesn't really gel with the reamp you're using ?

Giga
 
Giga":33jka2zv said:
Question: why would you want to reamp anyway, to keep your options open ?

And won't you run into trouble by the fact that some amps require a different playingstyle/technique than others which then doesn't really gel with the reamp you're using ?

Giga
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I usually works out depending on how you dial the amps. Usually you have a main amp that get's featured and the other that get's reamped are usually blended in to add a different color. Sometimes you ad an amp with less gain to enhance the attack giving the rhythm parts more clarity.
 
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