Would you like to play a game...Clip comparison as I am figuring out my new recording rig

[gybe!]

Got new toys for amp switching (can now have 8 heads into 8 cabs with fx loops!) and recording (new PC, new interface, new software, new monitors), so am now playing about with all of it. Threw something very quick together to start to learn all the new to me stuff: SD3, Studio One Pro, and Reamping/routing with the new system. So the caveat for below; this is more about starting to figure all this out and play around than stellar composition/guitar playing.
Here we have two tracks. Same guitar performance for each, simple double track being reamped (dry guitar all handled through spdif in/out on the axeFx3). Each track will have a change at the half way point (~15s in). In one case the guitar switches from one cabinet to another (same head, different speaker type but same mic, no change in amp settings), in another it switches from one amp to another (same cabinet and mic position). Can you tell which is which?

Playing is not terribly interesting or great and the drums need work (my first attempt with SD3). Other than a low pass filter and some light limiting on the master bus for levels, no post processing going on. While I am not really trying to have a finished product here, if anything sounds way off do let me know as I don`t know/understand these monitors at all yet.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

My guess:

Spoiler

VariationTwo is the cab switch. The change is more drastic in this clip, and changing cabs makes a much more pronounced difference than changing heads in otherwise identical high gain rigs.

Congrats on the new recording rig, btw! Recording rigs are like instruments themselves. It's a ton of fun getting into it and figuring everything out.

 

[311boogieman]

I honestly can't figure this out but just a note, the change seems to occur at 13 seconds and in both cases, the volume is slightly lower on the second half

Love these threads regardless and HNTD

 

[Anje]

Cool rig!
I hear a much more important change in the 2nd clip => that would make me think of a cab change, rather than an amp change (of course it's very broad guess as it could greatly depend on what are the precise different cabs & amps in each case).
In that case, I would even take the risk to bet that the 1st cab in the 2 clip is the same cab that was used for both amps in the 1st clip.

 

[Solarflares]

Just get composing and playing.
Save all your re-amp friendly Wav’s, and you can change it all later as you progress.
Drums require a deep dive learning experience. Learn to sub-group to maximise potential.
Always try and play real Bass. Makes a huge difference - just don’t play it like you play guitar.

A lot of music can sound like a succession of things going past, or peering in through your window.
The real quest is to add depth and width to your individual elements, in order to present a more 3D image to a listener - one where both the window and speakers disappear.
This is achieved in a basic form with EQ, Compression, and Reverb - although I have other tricks.

Take this fictitious example.
My lead guitar has a short room decay in stereo, panned to the small width I require to elevate it from its mono beginnings. The whole thing is then panned to where I want it, and I generally use mid-range to control proximity.
Using compression, I can make note attacks sit back and stay there. Adding careful reverb moves it even further back.
That’s a very simplified version.
In reality, I will pan some other reverb to the opposite side, and the reverb has breathing compression on it, as does the guitar. The whole thing becomes alive. Note ends dance around.
The use of cutting the mids for less proximity can really draw in a listener. It certainly isn’t all about a sonic assault.
That stuff is for kiddies.

Try and use your DAW every day. Always something new to learn, and it soon can be forgotten.
Tutorials are ok, but better to have a specific thing you want, and read the manual.
Keep those chops up too. Time away from the recording environment is equally valuable.
Having a practice rig in another room is great, and it forces you to think only of playing.