Anyone wanna help a recording noob?

[Old_Gregg]

Hey guys, I came across this website a little while ago and found it to be incredibly helpful and decided to sign up today to hopefully get the best out of it

Now down to buisiness, I recently bought a POD X3 live and it seems to have fueled my passion for music which is always a good thing, now my only problem is I havent got a clue when it comes to things like EQ, which is essential for making good mixes, so I was wondering if people could give me a few pointers using as basic terminology as possible

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/crazykid3000/

thats a sample of a song im working on atm without any EQing (I use reaper btw)

I used the patch found in this thread:
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...-sturgis-pod-patch-preset-settings-here.html?
and tweaked the drive up a little as suggested

I know when it comes to EQ its more or less up to the individual but please keep in mind I'm completely new to this, so any help at all would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I recorded 4 guitars, 2 panned 100% and 2 panned 50%

 

[ahjteam]

Thats one mighty big low end... This is more in the direction balance wise where I would like it:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/quicktest.mp3 (before & after in the same clip)

 

[Old_Gregg]

ahh that sounds so much better already Yeah I kinda realised after a little while how riddiculously loud the volume of the bass was in comparison to the rest, ill be sure to change that should I upload another clip.

Any pointers you have in order to improve my sound like you've just done?

 

[ahjteam]

start with general balance, then think about the eq. but I do recommend using a highpass filter (aka low cut) on all tracks.

 

[Old_Gregg]

Yeah, ill get the balance better next time hopefully, and about EQ, I was wondering if there were any basic guides to get me started? I hear people talking about how to get more 'attack' and 'sub bass' and whatnot from EQing, but I dont even know what most of these terms mean :s
I understand that EQing involves having a good set of ears and alot of tweaking to get the right sound, but like I said I'm completely new to this, if you had any general advice or useful links giving me the basics in words that I can understand it would be much appreciated

EDIT: oh, and if you could tell me roughly what you did EQwise make my sample sound so much better, that would be great to

 

[ahjteam]

what I did was basically mastering and it includes a lot more than just eq:ing. fix things earlier in the process and you will get better results. Use your ears. And there are gazillion EQ guides online, google up a bit.

 

[-Loco-]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/970663/Guide to productionUpdated2.pdf

not finished yet but maybe this will help