therealdjabthrash":fagfl7hf said:
@dork lard : you need to approach this in a very pragmatic manner, by doing the following tests :
1) get really good guitar DIs from really good guitar players (the Killswitch Engage "rose of sharyn" cover ones, some Ola Englund/Feared ones, etc, that you can find easily on the internet), and try to make them sound great with your chain
-> if you don't make them sound great this way, the way you tweak your signal chain is the issue
2) if you reach a good tone with good guitar DIs from other players with Test 1) (see above), then try to make a good tone with a similar chain but with your own guitar and playing this time (you 'll need to adjust your signal chain settings a bit compared to the ones on TEST 1, but nothing too crazy)
-> if you don't make a great sound great this way, your playing/what comes out of your guitar is the issue
p.s : you'd be amazed at how choice of guitar picks and guitar technique (the way you attack with your pick) can change your guitar tone
I think I understand this correctly, and it would be a good idea indeed but I'm sure part of the pb is my post-processing, but I'd argue it's not the whole problem.
Take a listen to this if ya like:
https://soundcloud.com/phenomenon86/515 ... s-cab-sims
First part is all 4 GTRs on High Gain on 5150.
Second, the riff, is 2 GTRs High Gain, 2 GTRs on crunch (less gain) channel.
I bought 27€ worth of Two Notes cab sims and am using a couple of the dedicated metal ones (Angl VintC and the Eddie one). I followed step by step this comprehensive guide
https://urm.academy/mixing-secrets-volume-4-guitars/
On the frequency part (Part 5), I not only used the Fab Filter precision Q2 to sculpt the EQ right, to make sure I sculpted thoroughly I then also used Waves C4 multiband parametric processor for each of those frequencies so as to tighten that sound even more:
pls click image https://i.imgur.com/j9fniGc.png
You can tell me I can slightly enhance the sound, pick a
slightly better cab combination or better mic's on WOS, or slightly better IR's on the first GTR tracks, that I could play the riffs a bit tighter, change the pick I use... but I say something is missing.
Is reamping a solution ? Will it improve the sound ? Is it possible my behringer UMC202HD soundcard is messing up the sound ? Should I add some pedal in the chain there ? Or try low gain recording techniques ? Because sth here is simply not right, it still sounds boxy/2dimensional and mediocre.