Recent content by SHIBbYinc

I gave it a whirl, loved the Di'd bass made me want to move past heavy metal... into OBESE METAL! http://soundcloud.com/shibbyinc/track1

I used that high of gain to get some saturation on the green crunch channel. If I go lower it just doesn't roil properly if you know what I mean.

I know this might not be the place for this but... I was practicing with my band a couple of hours ago and all of the sudden my bass became terribly undefined and woofy. Then I started to loose definition on my gain on top of the undefined woofy bass. This only concerns me because nothing was...

He plays Leads probably about 50-60% of the time, it isn't that common I guess but it makes our sound fairly distinct! We also have a keyboard player (and we do death metal vocals). So I guess having a good sonic balance is almost a complete must for us just so that people can appreciate the...

I want to fill up everything between 100hz and 2-3khz primarily. blending with the bass in the lows (350hz and down to make the overall sound heavy) and leaving the higher frequencies to the lead guitar (like 2-6khz but still blending at 2-3khz). I am playing through a 6505+ (on the green...

I have been tinkering with my rig lately and I was wondering about my speakers. Currently I am running everything through my 412 loaded with GT12-75's, However I am beginning to thinking that those speakers tend to favour lead playing more than rhythm (I am a rhythm player in my band). So...

I have been playing in D standard for about 2 years now. I find that you really need to do your math when doing these kinds of changes. Not only do you need a properly set-up guitar (which if you are a serious guitarist should be set up every 4 months anyways but no-ones perfect :) ) But you...

I really need all of you opinions on what the best saturation (tube & tape) and the best mastering plugins. I have about $1000 bucks to spend and I really need the best quality I can get (lol just like everyone else in the world...). Any and all help is appreciated. I have all of the...

Sorry to kinda hi-jack this, but I keep hearing the term "artifact" what does that mean in terms of vocals?

Hey man! Everyone is new at some point don't worry about that. Unfortunately as far as I know you cannot record that amp without a microphone. I have a 6505+ myself and when I was buying it I was told by one of my buddies who worked at the music shop that if you turn that amp on without it being...

I am going to start recording my band soon and I was wondering what you all thought about apex 185's (matched pair) on the drum overheads? I understand that there are better microphones out there but alas I suffer from that common affliction of broke-itus so these will have to do. Do they sound...

I am building it right now, but when it is finished it will unfortunately consist of 4 parallel walls (which I cannot do anything with as it is my basement) and that is just horizontally 1 way and vertically 1 way. However the room is a very large rectangle so I am not so worried about the long...

I have a stucco ceiling in my soon to be recording studio, Will this be an adequate ceiling with their be too much of either reflection or deflection? I have searched the internet for a while now trying to find any engineers opinion of stucco ceilings in a recording room (mostly drums are...

Man I will have to tell you that you should be careful about how much bass you EQ on your amp. It is not your nor any other guitarists place to crank bass on an amp... this is what a bass is for. That being said you should really be paying attention to an entire band scenario when applying what...

Hey there, I am fairly new to the recording aspect of music so please excuse newbie-like ignorance where found. Anyways it has come to my attention that my good ol' trusty SM57 apparently is designed for low impedance, however my 003+ rack has an impedance of 2K (Sm57 is designed...