Committing to a guitar tone

[AntonioPetrole]

One of my biggest fears and faults. I just can't do it. I like how it sounds when I do it but when I listen back the next day I hate it. Would someone mind telling me if I'm crazy or not? Here is a track I reamped last night. To me it was awesome when I did it but now it's super honky and lifeless to me. I only put a hp/lp and a few narrow cuts for fizz.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2113488/Old Melodeath Songs/Quick Mix.mp3

Would you change anything? Pic for great justice

 

[LBTM]

It's a really good tone man. What's the amp and the speaker?

 

[AntonioPetrole]

thanks man. The whole chain was

Tracking
SC607-b -> Countryman Type 85 -> M Audio Profire 610

Reamping
Profire 610 out -> Focusrite ISA One -> Radial JCR -> TS9 -> 5150 -> Framus Cobra 4x12 (V30's) -> SM57 back into profire

 

[bryan_kilco]

I dig it. A bit loud to my ears over the drums.

Reminds me of BDM tone.

 

[Trevoire520]

It's not that bad man, maybe a bit heavy on the mids but to be honest I don't think it's anything you can't fix with some post eq

 

[AceFireForce117]

i like your tone man !

I think you're just rethinking it too much

 

[LBTM]

What are you using for the bass, equipment and signal chain. It sounds huge!

 

[Mashreef]

Dude you need to rest
it sounds awesome
maybe a little cut at the lo-mid would song gr8

 

[AntonioPetrole]

wooooooooooooooo thanks dudes. Now I'm super pumped on this.

Also @FearComplexMusic I love you and your youtube videos. If you ever wanna collab I can lay down some nasty vocals. Message my facebook page in my sig if you're interested

 

[AntonioPetrole]

Here is an updated mix with the leads. Any idea how to make the leads cut through better? I have always been puzzled by it. Should the be dominating the mids that I cut out of the rhythms? They always sound thin, harsh and muddy to me.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2113488/Quick Mix.mp3

What are you using for the bass, equipment and signal chain. It sounds huge!

The bass is the Zombass DI that I processed blended with a preset from Zombass. The drums are SSD. Kick 10 processed and blended with the Thy Art Is Murder HATE kick. Snare is Snare 11a blended with Snare 6 both with SSD room heavily influencing it. Everything else is pretty stock, like I said I haven't really mixed it at all so nothing crazy going on. Nothing on the master bus either.

 

[Mashreef]

Can you please specify the guitar Eq?

 

[Mashreef]

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Quick Mix.mp3?w=c022dd99

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[AntonioPetrole]

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Sorry, here is the correct link

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2113488/Quick Mix.mp3

The guitar EQ was just HP at 100hz, lp at 8khz, a wide cut around 3.5khz and a deep cut around 800hz

 

[zer0_c00l]

I fuckin like it man! A lot!

 

[Mashreef]

sounds better

 

[Emdprodukt]

I fucking hate all of my guitar tones to death. Love 'em while recording, hate them afterwards. I start to eq, eq ,eq, eq, eq, eq some more. Start to love it again. Hate it again the next day, take away all the eq's, ad a lpf/hpf and learn to love it.

 

[Mashreef]

I fucking hate all of my guitar tones to death. Love 'em while recording, hate them afterwards. I start to eq, eq ,eq, eq, eq, eq some more. Start to love it again. Hate it again the next day, take away all the eq's, ad a lpf/hpf and learn to love it.

Hahaha you Win

 

[Vicioushead]

I have the same problem as this. I can never settle on a tone, mainly because I'm pretty terrible at this recording lark.

I think your clip sounds good though.

 

[miguelrx10d]

I fucking hate all of my guitar tones to death. Love 'em while recording, hate them afterwards. I start to eq, eq ,eq, eq, eq, eq some more. Start to love it again. Hate it again the next day, take away all the eq's, ad a lpf/hpf and learn to love it.

oh man, that's my life in a sentence!

 

[Terminus]

I can never commit to anything in a mix, let alone a guitar sound. Of course I'm a side-room warrior that doesn't record anybody but meself lately, so no deadlines. I agree with the general consensus that it's easier to get a nice tone out of an amp than a sim, WAY easier ime.