The Legendary Zoltan Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 http://www.mediafire.com/?6ryb4k65oxtw1ob This is untouched by effects but it's actually four guitars. Two panned left and two panned right. All playing the same riff. Without worrying about how I didn't really play the riff in perfect synchronization, I'd just like to know what you think of this general sound as a heavy metal distortion. Thanks in advance for your advice. EDIT: OK. No more layers. Just a single guitar. Should have done that from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicThHedgog Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 It sounds like there is a phase problem, like your using 2 or more mics or the tracking is not tight. Like there is a strong chorus effect. The tone it self sounds noisy/hissy in the higher end and the tone it self sounds pretty flat. but just my opinion. maybe someone will give you better feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary Zoltan Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 The phasey thing is just because I recorded the same riff 4 separate times and didn't play it perfectly every time. Thank you for your feedback. Come to think of it, why don'5 I just post the single version of it. (facepalm) Just a sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicThHedgog Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Sounds a bit harsh, but good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darangen Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Could just be my work speakers, but it doesn't seem to cut as well as most metal sounds do. - It might have too much gain, it's blurring the notes together instead of making sharp stabs. - Try adjusting the presence up a bit more, or maybe the treble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anterroir Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Playing around with eq - for my taste - less around 200 Hz, a tiny bit less around 580 - bump at around 1180 for more pick and a gritty compressor to work out the attack. If you can alter the amp settings - less mids, a bit more presence and less distorion. The wall of sound comes with stacking - not distortion alone. A good example here is Nickelback - before anybody yawns - yes they do your moms favourite kitchen tune rock thing nowadays - but still they sound fucking big/dense guitar wise with actually just stacking more crunched then really distorted sounds. I hope you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darangen Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 That's what EQ I used trying to clean it up a bit. It still has too much gain on it, but if you roll some of that gain off, drop the lows a bit and give it a slight treble and presence boost I think you'd be good to go. This is what it'd sound like: http://www.darangen.com/music/chipptone.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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