Recent content by HCL

100% yes. I have two guitars with EMG81s in them that sound completely different. One has a lot of low end and has a grainy tone, the other is the opposite.

I think I can simplify my argument - metal (glam excepted) generally used to have an attitude of hating what was popular which spurred creativity. Now it has an attitude of hating what's new, and it's strangling creativity. Where it used to be generally inclusive and receptive to new ideas and...

Soilwork and Scar Symmetry are also legacy bands but very few people in the metal community seem to think so. They still consider Arch Enemy modern when they're not. That's not a reflection of the quality of their music, but metal has stagnated big time because of this attitude. That entire wave...

You should love the evertune then because it allows for natural performances without tuning issues.

Still gotta mic up to get those impulses. 10 years ago mostpeople who now have Kempers or use ampsims probably wouldn't be doing all that much recording anyway other than for demos, there are probably more people now with real experience micing than there were back then.

Metal hurt itself when it stopped being a catchall term for anything heavy and became extremely narrowly defined. Also when bedroom nerds became a massive part of the fanbase. Take a metalhead to any hardcore gig and watch them sperg out over hardcore dancing/two stepping etc. Then watch the...

One thing that's killing albums is releasing too many, too often, with too many songs.

Speaker 3 sounds great whatever it is.

I use KeFIR for guitars and whatever uses the least CPU for everything else.

I've got the AMT and the Behringer Bass Driver, I'd say get the Behringer, they're ridiculously cheap for what they are. The best unit I've used was the Sansamp RBI but I've never used the Darkglass stuff so for all I know that could be better.

If you think that intro is a breakdown you must be some kind of thor amulet-wearing folk metal bedroom warrior or something.

Fewer people (worth listening to) are sharing techniques or giving advice. Restructuring the forums to encourage advice giving could only be a good thing.

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There are three Mad Max films with Gibson..