You guys are all playing with way too much gain!

[War Admiral]

I knew that would get your attention Discuss...

 

[chunktone]

Thank you!

 

[Capulin Overdrive]

duh!

 

[gbsmusic]

 

[glpg80]

too much gain is better than too many effects

 

[jmgman69]

Whats that???

 

[Mark Day]

Hey. I resemble that remark, fella.

Mark

 

[steve_k]

End of discussion.

 

[stephen sawall]

I am not even plugged in ?

 

[Joeytpg]

I don't like too much gain...the only guy that gets away with too much gain and some how makes it work in his favor is Mark Day...... other than him I don't like overly gainy tones for hard rock or even metal.

 

[glip22]

I call bullshit! Too much gain in relation to what? Now too much compression, that's another story. There are varying begrees of cleanliness in the gain. Too much gain equals too much compression. I can have a shit ton of clean gain or a lesser amount of gain but too much compression. Now that can be considered too much gain but it's really too much compression or saturation.

 

[LP Freak]

I don't like too much gain...the only guy that gets away with too much gain and some how makes it work in his favor is Mark Day...... other than him I don't like overly gainy tones for hard rock or even metal.

3778 posts later..............you ever consider you've been on the wrong forum?

 

[Joeytpg]

Yeah, my tastes are very differente from most guys around here, but I started here being a metal head, I loved (still do) metal and hard rock..... somewhere along the way my musical tastes changed (when I started writing music) but I already had a good atmosphere around here, I liked the folks and why leave?

I've had my share of guys pick on me but I don't mind I still find this place very cool to hang

 

[Digital Jams]

I am working on lowering it by the day, thanks for the refresher.

 

[steve_k]

Everybody here has an asshole and an opinion. So, we're all equipped. Chose your poison!

 

[Doubleneck]

I knew that would get your attention Discuss...

Soo........what's your point?

 

[Ventura]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I see it this way...
a) peeps who crank the gain are typically bedroom rockstars, it sounds good at low volumes
b) peeps who record quickly realize gain ain't your friend, but a good EQ is
c) peeps who play live quickly realize gain ain't what it is at the practice level, and tend to EQ it down
d) peeps who rely on true-high gain tones for their recordings and performances realize mids become very important
e) peeps come to realize mids are important in maintaining their uber high-gain siggy sound then go on to seek amps that cut with aforementioned high levels of gain




















































f) the aforementioned people from D and E typically end up on RT.

Mo

 

[steve_k]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I see it this way...
a) peeps who crank the gain are typically bedroom rockstars, it sounds good at low volumes
b) peeps who record quickly realize gain ain't your friend, but a good EQ is
c) peeps who play live quickly realize gain ain't what it is at the practice level, and tend to EQ it down
d) peeps who rely on true-high gain tones for their recordings and performances realize mids become very important
e) peeps come to realize mids are important in maintaining their uber high-gain siggy sound then go on to seek amps that cut with aforementioned high levels of gain
f) the aforementioned people from D and E typically end up on RT.

Mo

Well done. And, that's what knobs are for.....twisting.

 

[ttosh]

There is a reason the gain knob goes to 10 dammit!! As well as the rest of them, that is where they belong!!

 

[CaseyCor]

But without all of that gain, how am I to cover up all of my flubbed notes!?