Hi,
I don't know if anyone can help me but I'm struggling to achieve a big guitar sound similar to that of Andy and fellow mix guru Daniel Bergstrand (hehe - I wonder how many people have asked something like this before!
). I am using 4 tracks of guitar (2 occupying higher frequency ranges, 2 lower) each panned hard left and right.
Now I have experimented with the Haas effect and reverb quite extensively and have spent considerable time playing around with compression but so far I have failed to achieve a sound even remotely close to that of professional mixers. If I had to classify my sound, I'd describe it as being very 'one-dimensional'. The sound is generally in the right frequency range but it seems to lack any sort of depth whatsoever. I was always under the impression that reverb was needed for depth but I have had no luck at all with reverb so far (and I have used many different reverb programs and settings as well BTW).
Lastly, I am recording direct with a POD and GT3 and using a Jackson with EMG81 pickups. Now, I know I can't achieve *exactly* the same sound as the pros using this setup but surely there must be a way to achieve roughly *comparable* guitar sounds.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if its just a couple of hints to steer me in the right direction (Andy? )
Ash
I don't know if anyone can help me but I'm struggling to achieve a big guitar sound similar to that of Andy and fellow mix guru Daniel Bergstrand (hehe - I wonder how many people have asked something like this before!
). I am using 4 tracks of guitar (2 occupying higher frequency ranges, 2 lower) each panned hard left and right. Now I have experimented with the Haas effect and reverb quite extensively and have spent considerable time playing around with compression but so far I have failed to achieve a sound even remotely close to that of professional mixers. If I had to classify my sound, I'd describe it as being very 'one-dimensional'. The sound is generally in the right frequency range but it seems to lack any sort of depth whatsoever. I was always under the impression that reverb was needed for depth but I have had no luck at all with reverb so far (and I have used many different reverb programs and settings as well BTW).
Lastly, I am recording direct with a POD and GT3 and using a Jackson with EMG81 pickups. Now, I know I can't achieve *exactly* the same sound as the pros using this setup but surely there must be a way to achieve roughly *comparable* guitar sounds.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if its just a couple of hints to steer me in the right direction (Andy?
)Ash
