Guitar tone competition 3 round 6

[MarkG]

This round will get 7 days because I am uploading two rounds at once.

When voting, please keep in mind this is about the guitar tone. Some have louder guitars than others. No extreme differences though. Some files were submitted with master bus changes. These were disqualified. Some files were submitted with a much louder backing track. These too were disqualified. All the uploaded files here have been checked, but it may be that we missed a mistake. If you hear that someone didn't follow the rules let Anssi and myself know.

Without further delay, here are the 7 contestants for round six.

6B: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/6B.mp3
6C: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/6C.mp3
6D: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/6D.mp3
6F: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/6F.mp3
6G: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/6G.mp3
7A: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7A.mp3
7B: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7B.mp3

If you recognise your own work, please keep it to yourself. Usernames will be made public in the end. Please place your vote, and post in the thread with your reasoning!

All uploaded files are 320kbps mp3s. Note that this round starts with 6B due to previous disqualification. There is also no 6E! Also Disqualified.

 

[P-E]

Typo : round 5 should be round 6

 

[MarkG]

Just saw, the douche.

How do change title?

 

[P-E]

You can edit your original post in advanced options but I don't recall if it changes in the forum or only in the thread.

If not you'll need a mod (Lasse? )

 

[P-E]

I really like 7A.

 

[MarkG]

Only in the thread it seems, I'll PM Lasse.

Here is round 7

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...5692-guitar-tone-competition-3-round-7-a.html

 

[Soundlurker]

Not a fan of any of these, and I can only listen to 7A without cringing

 

[ttrentt]

Does this round have any real amps in it? I went with 6G, had a little more balls than the others. Could be that it was just mixed loud.

 

[Scottxx]

6G sounds great balanced in mids and bass. The solo guitar also sounds great.

 

[Wolfeman]

Wow 7A is a clear winner to me in this one. Great overall balance. Fits the mix perfect and has a great lead tone. I'm impressed.

 

[MetalMiller]

6B is doing it for me. I´m diggin the top end.

 

[Dexter_prog]

I was gonna vote 6F, but, you forgot to unmute the solo guitars, dude. Seem like he didn't even listen to the bounced tracks so no vote.
I voted 7A

 

[Jevil]

6B

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

7A was the one I disliked the least (fizzy/scratchy as a mofo though IMO), but man, this might have been my least favorite batch honestly

 

[ahjteam]

why only 23 people have voted?

 

[Eduardo Apolonia]

7A for me too.
The most balanced one.

 

[MarkG]

Suffice to say 7A moves on to the next round! Congrats.

6B was MetalMiller

6C was Mickrich

Signal Chain:
TC Electronic BMC-2 DAC > Radial X Amp > Digitech GSP1101 for gate, TS808 sim > Mesa Triple Recto (Gtr 1 L&R) Peavey 6505 (Gtr 2 L&R) > Mesa Recto Cab > equal mix of 57 and 421 positioned using pink noise on the bottom 2 cones (1 speaker 57 and the other 421) > API A2D preamp > Logic 9.

Mesa Channel 3 modern, silicon, bold.
Pres 8oc, Master 10oc, Gain 12oc, Bass 9oc, Mid 9oc, Treb 12oc

6505 Lead Channel
Gain 4, Bass 6, Mid 1, Treb 5, Res 6, Pres 7, Master 3

Middle and lead gtrs 6505 Ryth Ch same settings as above but mid 3 bright and crunch in, gain 7.


All guitars hi pass 100, lo pass 10k (Sonnox eq)
Multiband comp 50-300 (Wavearts Multidynamics)
3.5db narrow cut at 3.4k on the recto tracks.

Mixed on Apogee Mini DAC > Focal Twins

6D was Muckypup 1

I used the same amp sim settings on all the guitar tracks, but for the melodies and lead guitar, I added a touch of reverb, chorus and delay.

For the verse section, I used some automation to turn the main rhythm guitars down a bit so you could hear the centre track clearer.

6F was Onqel

6G was Paladin Shredder

Signal Chain for All Gutiars:

Radial Pro RMP
Maxon OD820
ISP Decimator
Peavey 5150
Mesa Recto Cab
Shure SM57
Digi 002 Mic Preamp (with BLA Signature Series Modification)
Pro Tools LE

Link to a .rar with the pictures because there are a lot of them:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/pictures.rar

7B was Plankis

Axe-FX, Recto New into one of Wild Hades' recto impulses.
A multiband comp to control the low end a little a la Sneap, maximum gain reduction throughout the whole song is 4db so it really doesn't do anything spectacular.
Then a high pass filter from 100hz.

Solo is Fas modern into a Redwire uberkab impulse, then delay and reverb.

 

[onqel]

I was gonna vote 6F, but, you forgot to unmute the solo guitars, dude. Seem like he didn't even listen to the bounced tracks so no vote.
I voted 7A

FUUUUUUUU !!!

I though I was disqualified and was surprised to see that my clip was here
I made two mixes, and on the second one I forgot to import the lead.. No tracks were muted, it wasn't there at all... sorry