N00BS GUIDE TO AMP SIMS!
Every day on these forums, the same questions get asked, "how do use amp sims?" "how do use impulses?", so I thought I would write this guide to help all the new members, or people who have just started using amp sims.
I started writing this a few months ago, but never finished it, so last night i started on it again and here it is haha
I've included a pack with two DI tracks, and a bass & drum track for you to test out with these settings. These are straight from my bands first song, but I don't mind sharing the love XD
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3163522/Muckypup1 DI TRACKS.rar
If you are looking for other amp sims, if you are a mac user, or just want a different sound, you can check out a whole list of them here -
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/equipment/541010-list-guitar-ampsim-software.html
And if you have more questions about any of this shit, post here, or do a search with this -
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=007593470310830667409:4qw46y8lnza
Its a custom search engine that will find you what you want
And before you post some asshole comment, this is for complete n00bs, not the pro's of the forum
Enough fucking around now, time to get to business
1 - I'm not going to go through the obvious things, actually, I will
- Plug your interface in
- Plug your guitar into your interface
- Install all the crap it comes with, and make sure you have the right drivers installed for it
Once you have done that, you will need to download some software. For my guide, I'm only using free programs, so just download the list below, and you will be making kick ass metal in no time \m/
Download REAPER, (just do a google search for Reaper and you will find it) Reaper is a DAW, and what a DAW basically does is give you a virtual studio, with many tracks to record on, and all the effects you could ever need
Google LEPOU and download his LE456 amp sim. This is a very good model of a Engl amp, and it will provide you with your distortion, or if you want, your clean sounds as well
Google KEFIR and download the free Kefir plugin. This is a Impulse loader, I will go into impulses more in a bit
Google TSS TUBE SCREAMER, and find the download link to it, its free, and this is a model of a Ibanez Tubescreamer, it will saturate your distortion, and just make everything sound that much better
Now that you have downloaded the above programs, its time to install them.
First Reaper
Its simple, just double click on your downloaded Reaper file, and follow the instructions!
Then your Engl amp sim, impulse loader, and tubescreamer model
Basically all you have to do is un-rar/un-zip each one, then you copy the un-rar'ed/un-zipped folders into your VST folder. Now to find your VST folder, open My Computer, open Local Disk, open Program Files, and look for the folder named VstPlugins. This is where you need your un-zipped folders to be.
Now the boring shit is over with, its time to open up Reaper and begin
First you will need to create a new Track
Once you have a new track up, you will need to Arm it to record
Then you have to turn the Sound on. If you do not turn the monitoring button on, you will only hear the sound of your DI track, which is not what we want!
Your almost there now!
You now need to add your Amp Sim
Click on the small button that says FX, and it will open, and give you a list of effects to choose from
Now scroll through the VST list, and find the TSS plugin, then the Poulin LE456, then Kefir MONO, and then add TWO of ReaEQ, this is your eq.
Just a few more minutes of this crap, then you will be ready \m/
Adjust all the settings to the same as my pic above, I went for a kind of Nevermore influenced sound.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3163522/Final!.wav
Right click this file and choose Save Link As, this is your Impulse file.
Your Impulse file is basically your Cabinet model, I think that this one is a Mesa Boogie 4x12 Oversized cab model. Once you have this impulse file, you then load it into your Kefir plugin, by clicking on LOAD!
You will need to adjust the volume of the Master on LE456, because different guitars come out louder.
Now when you strum a heavy power chord, you should heavy a nice heavy distortion \m/
You are now ready to tweak the amp sim settings, or tweak everything to your own taste, and begin recording some fucking metal!
Hopefully this will be of some use to you, if it has, then check out my band http://www.myspace.com/sinisterhaven and check my shit
Every day on these forums, the same questions get asked, "how do use amp sims?" "how do use impulses?", so I thought I would write this guide to help all the new members, or people who have just started using amp sims.
I started writing this a few months ago, but never finished it, so last night i started on it again and here it is haha
I've included a pack with two DI tracks, and a bass & drum track for you to test out with these settings. These are straight from my bands first song, but I don't mind sharing the love XD
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3163522/Muckypup1 DI TRACKS.rar
If you are looking for other amp sims, if you are a mac user, or just want a different sound, you can check out a whole list of them here -
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/equipment/541010-list-guitar-ampsim-software.html
And if you have more questions about any of this shit, post here, or do a search with this -
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=007593470310830667409:4qw46y8lnza
Its a custom search engine that will find you what you want
And before you post some asshole comment, this is for complete n00bs, not the pro's of the forum
Enough fucking around now, time to get to business
1 - I'm not going to go through the obvious things, actually, I will
- Plug your interface in
- Plug your guitar into your interface
- Install all the crap it comes with, and make sure you have the right drivers installed for it
Once you have done that, you will need to download some software. For my guide, I'm only using free programs, so just download the list below, and you will be making kick ass metal in no time \m/
Download REAPER, (just do a google search for Reaper and you will find it) Reaper is a DAW, and what a DAW basically does is give you a virtual studio, with many tracks to record on, and all the effects you could ever need
Google LEPOU and download his LE456 amp sim. This is a very good model of a Engl amp, and it will provide you with your distortion, or if you want, your clean sounds as well
Google KEFIR and download the free Kefir plugin. This is a Impulse loader, I will go into impulses more in a bit
Google TSS TUBE SCREAMER, and find the download link to it, its free, and this is a model of a Ibanez Tubescreamer, it will saturate your distortion, and just make everything sound that much better
Now that you have downloaded the above programs, its time to install them.
First Reaper
Its simple, just double click on your downloaded Reaper file, and follow the instructions!
Then your Engl amp sim, impulse loader, and tubescreamer model
Basically all you have to do is un-rar/un-zip each one, then you copy the un-rar'ed/un-zipped folders into your VST folder. Now to find your VST folder, open My Computer, open Local Disk, open Program Files, and look for the folder named VstPlugins. This is where you need your un-zipped folders to be.
Now the boring shit is over with, its time to open up Reaper and begin
First you will need to create a new Track
Once you have a new track up, you will need to Arm it to record
Then you have to turn the Sound on. If you do not turn the monitoring button on, you will only hear the sound of your DI track, which is not what we want!
Your almost there now!
You now need to add your Amp Sim
Click on the small button that says FX, and it will open, and give you a list of effects to choose from
Now scroll through the VST list, and find the TSS plugin, then the Poulin LE456, then Kefir MONO, and then add TWO of ReaEQ, this is your eq.
Just a few more minutes of this crap, then you will be ready \m/
Adjust all the settings to the same as my pic above, I went for a kind of Nevermore influenced sound.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3163522/Final!.wav
Right click this file and choose Save Link As, this is your Impulse file.
Your Impulse file is basically your Cabinet model, I think that this one is a Mesa Boogie 4x12 Oversized cab model. Once you have this impulse file, you then load it into your Kefir plugin, by clicking on LOAD!
You will need to adjust the volume of the Master on LE456, because different guitars come out louder.
Now when you strum a heavy power chord, you should heavy a nice heavy distortion \m/
You are now ready to tweak the amp sim settings, or tweak everything to your own taste, and begin recording some fucking metal!
Hopefully this will be of some use to you, if it has, then check out my band http://www.myspace.com/sinisterhaven and check my shit
