Guitar tone competition 3 round 7

[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 seven.

7C: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7C.mp3
7D: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7D.mp3
7E: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7E.mp3
7F: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7F.mp3
7G: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/7G.mp3
8A: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8A.mp3
8B: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8B.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 7C due to previous disqualification.

 

[Soundlurker]

7D is best, then 7F and the rest of the tones don't seem acceptable to me.

 

[rchoi54]

7D has no center guitar.

EDIT:

Well, 7F has my vote. The other tones aren't bad, but this one has a solid L/R tone, solid center guitar tone(i seriously couldn't stand the center guitar tones of the other tracks), and the solo sounds... different.

 

[Soundlurker]

To be honest, I think all the additional guitars are just so you can make up your mind between 2 good tones. I wouldn't choose a nasty tone just because the one with the good tone didn't do a perfect job with the secondary guitars.

 

[rchoi54]

can you explain that further? i think im understanding you wrong

 

[Unavailable]

7D is too scooped for me anyways. 7F it is.

 

[Scottxx]

7G is a great Death Magnetic sound achieved Don't like these too much but 7F is better than the rest for me.

 

[Wolfeman]

No offense to whoever these are, but they all sound like chit. Sorry :-/ I suppose the 'Least Horrible' IMO would be, well, I dunno. I don't like em so I won't vote.

 

[Dexter_prog]

Again, I was gonna vote 7D, but no center guitar. Rules were quite simple. I voted 7F

 

[Dexter_prog]

can you explain that further? i think im understanding you wrong

I think he says it doesn't matter that there's no center guitar while the rules said that one had to use all tracks...

 

[MrBIOSkunk]

they are are all great apart from 8A, the reason why it is bad is it has some crazy bottom end that makes my monitors wobble lol!!

i think 7F is the best one for me, but great work guys. Looking forward to seeing how the hell people achieved such metal legendary and a great song to whoever made the song

the power of the internet, these competitions are great - good work to all involved.

 

[Brady k]

yeah 7F is my choice ,.... love this song too.. want to hear more song just like it !!

 

[Jevil]

7D

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

7D here as well, 7F is way too undergained IMO

 

[Soundlurker]

Wow are those zero-vote tones so bad that even the people behind them don't want to vote for them?

 

[ttrentt]

Shadow, lol, I think mine is one of those and its terrible in comparison to the good ones.

 

[MarkG]

I put up round 8 because I suddenly have to go to Barcelona today. I'll be back tuesday in time for the next rounds.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...7351-guitar-tone-competition-3-round-8-a.html

 

[MarkG]

Both 7D and 7F move on to the next round, so congrats to them!

7C was ProfessorLamp

7E was ttrentt

Rhythm Guitars:

Delta1010LT ->

DIY Dave Reamp Box (built by me)->

Maxon 808 (modifed by me) ->

SLOclone (Soldano SLO clone 50W - built and modified by me) ->

Basson 4x12 300W ->

SM57 (50/50 dustcap/cone position)->

Delta1010LT Preamp ->

SawStudio ->

HP/LP ->

Waves Q10 (very light bumps and dips)


Lead Guitars Guitars:

Delta1010LT ->

DIY Dave Reamp Box (built by me) ->

Framus Cobra (lead channel)->

Basson 4x12 300W ->

SM57 (50/50 dustcap/cone position)->

Delta1010LT Preamp ->

SawStudio ->

HP/LP ->

Waves TrueVerb (only on lead)

7G was Reid

GTR L1 (pan L100)&L2 (pan L80) --> Revalver MKIII(6505+englv30higherpres-01)--> Waves C4-->
PSPMixBass--> (level -9.30)-->
group chanel"Rythm" with Sonalksis SV-517 for group GTR_Rythm L1&L2&R1&R2&C (level +2.30) and send Fx1-Lexplate (-25.00)

GTR R1(pan R100)&R2 (pan L80) --> Revalver MKIII (TripleXXX+englv30higherpres-01)--> Waves C4--> PSPMixBass-->
(level -11.90)--> group chanel"Rythm" with Sonalksis SV-517 for group GTR_Rythm L1&L2&R1&R2&C (level +2.30) and send Fx1-Lexplate (-25.00)

GTR C --> Revalver MKIII (JSX+englv30higherpres-01)--> Waves C4--> (level -10.00)-->
group chanel"Rythm" with Sonalksis SV-517 for group GTR_Rythm L1&L2&R1&R2&C (level +2.30) and send Fx1-Lexplate (-25.00)


GTR Mel_L (pan L90) --> Revalver MKIII(JSX+4x12-C87-Off axis-far)--> Waves C4-->(level -12.90) and send Fx1-Lexplate (-25.00), Fx2-SuperTap6 (-30.00)-->
group chanel (Sonalksis SV-517 for group GTR_Mel L&R) level -1.00 db

GTR Mel_R (pan R90) --> Revalver MKIII(JSX+4x12-D421-Off axis-far_dc)--> Waves C4-->(level -13.57) and send Fx1-Lexplate (-25.00), Fx2-SuperTap6 (-30.00)-->
group chanel (Sonalksis SV-517 for group GTR_Mel L&R) level -1.00 db

GTR Lead_C --> Revalver MKIII (JSX+englv30higherpres-01)--> Waves C4--> Sonalksis SV-517 for GTR_Lead_C--> (level -8.00)

rar link to all the pictures: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/reido/Guitar Tone Competition 3 setting.rar

8A was Rex Rocker


Notes:
Guitar tracks are automated to different volume levels throughout the clip, but never edited. The center guitar in the stop-riff part of the song goes down in volume when the four other guitars come in. The harmony guitarsÕ volumes go down gradually as the harmony riff ends.

Rex Rocker signal chains

Rythm Guitars:
Individual tracks:
1. POD Farm (Gate > Screamer > Cali Diamond Plate > No Cabinet)
Group:
1. LA Convolver (s-preshigh.wav impulse by Catharsis Studios)
2. POD Farm (American Classic preamp)
3. Izotope Alloy (Equalizer > Multiband Dynamics)

Lo-Fi Guitar:
POD Farm (Gate > Screamer > Cali Diamond Plate > 1x12 Small Tweed > 57 On Axis > EQ)

Lead Guitars:
Individual tracks:
1. POD Farm (Gate > Screamer > Brit Gain Silver J > 4x12 Treadplate > 57 On Axis > Analog Delay > ?Lux Spring)
Group:
1. Izotope Alloy (Equalizer)
pictures:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/Rex Rocker.rar

8B was rlcramer

Description:\
\
Chain:\
\
Logic v.9 -> MOTU89HD -> Reamp v2 -> Peavey 6505 -> Mesa Straight Recto 4x12 -> SM57 1 inch from grille, pointed straight at where the cone meets the cap.\
\
6505 Settings:\
\
Lead (Red) Channel.\
Gain: 7\
Low: 6\
Mid: 2\
High: 5.5\
Post Gain: 1\
Resonance: 7\
Presence: 8\
\
Processing:\
All 5 rhythm guitars were sent to a stereo bus set up with a Waves c4, and a Logic channel EQ (see screenshots - rlcramer_rhythm_c4.jpg and rlcramer_rhythm_eq.jpg)\
\
All 3 lead / melody guitars were sent to a buss with a Logic channel EQ and a stereo delay (see screenshots - rlcramer_lead_eq.jpg and rlcramer_lead_delay.jpg