Acmebargig Shred tested! - Ola's DI tracks!

[muckypup1]

I decided to test out Acmebargig's new release, Shred!

Its a fucking awesome amp sim, its takes a bit of tweaking to get sounding smooth for metal like Ola's song, but just have a listen and you will hear, it sounds pretty good

More people need to check it out, because Ken at Acmebargig has worked so hard to get it ready and released! and no-one on here has really used it in a mix yet:hotjump: which is just crazy, because it kicks ass.

Anyway -

Version using Shred -
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3163522/Goddamn Guitars song - Shred Test.mp3

Version using TSE X30 -
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3163522/Goddamn Guitar's song - Muckypup1 version - TSE X30.mp3

I actually prefer the Shred version, its got more grind to it

 

[hoehlentroll]

and no-one on here has really used it in a mix yet:hotjump: which is just crazy, because it kicks ass.

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its takes a bit of tweaking to get sounding smooth for metal like Ola's song

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[muckypup1]

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I know, but you can get even better tones out of ot than TSE X30, more middy tones.

 

[hoehlentroll]

got your point but life is complicated enough ...

 

[onqel]

The overheads are too loud, you can't really compare the two tones with this mix

 

[muckypup1]

The overheads are too loud, you can't really compare the two tones with this mix

I can post the tracks without drums if it helps people hear the tones better...

I'm not slating TSE X30 at all, I love TSE X30! But I find it hard getting a middy sound with it, and with Shred, I find it easier to get a very middy tone with

 

[shogger]

I like the TSX30 version more. Shred sounds flat in comparison here. And I actually think that TSX30 has way more grind here.

Shogger

 

[ATLA]

i dig the tsx version also, its more what the song calls for. other than your cymbals and hats being a little loud it sounds good!

 

[muckypup1]

i dig the tsx version also, its more what the song calls for. other than your cymbals and hats being a little loud it sounds good!

I like both, I think the tse sound goes better with the song actually, but for a more djent/meshuggah style tone where 8 string guitars are being used, I think that Shred could sound better, because it has more mids to give it that cold and harsh tone that those kind of low tunings need

 

[JonWormwood]

I'm really digging shred, it's out of the norm for sure. I think that's why I'm digging it

 

[muckypup1]

^^^ I like it a lot as well, its very good, like a more polished version of all their amp sims all in one

 

[Ola Englund]

Nice!

 

[ATLA]

the one thing i dont dig about these sims is that no matter what you cant get rid of the excess noise while your playing.

 

[muckypup1]

the one thing i dont dig about these sims is that no matter what you cant get rid of the excess noise while your playing.

I use Waves X-Noise for playing with, and Z-Noise for rendering, it gets rid of ALL the noise

 

[muckypup1]

Nice!

I use your DI tracks to test everything now dude! They are so tight and good sounding, I wish I had your interface dude

 

[Jak3]

Ya, i like the e530 sim better. Seems like it doesnt really have its own spot in the mix though.

 

[muckypup1]

I kept the bass pretty loud, and it had a very grindy sound, its what adds to the whole sound, the solo'ed guitar tracks are pretty thin.