Guitar Tone Competition 3 round 8

[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 eight.

8C: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8C.mp3
8D: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8D.mp3
8E: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8E.mp3
8F: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8F.mp3
8G: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/8G.mp3
9A: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/9A.mp3
9C: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1010558/comp3 mp3s/9C.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 8C due to previous disqualification. There is also no 9B due to disqualification.

 

[MarkG]

And round 9

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...7353-guitar-tone-competition-3-round-9-a.html

 

[Soundlurker]

8E for me. I found it most balanced, the rest are either boomy, boxy, cloudy and most of them are too damn loud to be a mix.

 

[Mago]

8E for me. I found it most balanced, the rest are either boomy, boxy, cloudy and most of them are too damn loud to be a mix.

Same here.

 

[Soundlurker]

Immature, I know

 

[Mago]

Immature, I know

höhö
=3

 

[P-E]

I think I won't vote for this round. I liked no tone from it. 9C wasn't that bad but was way too loud anyway.

 

[Scottxx]

8C for me. The guitars sound compact and fit the song very well.

 

[Erik Monsonis]

8C - too thin
8D - too boxy
8E - nice.
8F - nice as well, but not that good.
8G - too much cardboard.
9A - way too much mids, in a weird region.
9B - not that bad, but still not there.

 

[ttrentt]

8F here. Sure it was way too loud, but the guitar tone was great.

 

[Unavailable]

Bump. These rounds need to be stickied.

 

[MarkG]

Bump and contacted Lasse for Sticky

 

[Dexter_prog]

Vote count seems to be dropping after every round, may I say much too participants? I think this makes it kind of repetitive and it gets boring to vote. Perhaps next time there should be a limited amount for the people participating?

 

[Unavailable]

Maybe it would help if all the rounds were posted at once.

 

[Dexter_prog]

Maybe it would help if all the rounds were posted at once.

I think it would get even more tedious to vote. Honestly, I am getting tired of voting, and the rounds are enough spaced one another. And I gotta say I HATE the 3 seconds of silence in the beginning of the tracks, hahaha

 

[Soundlurker]

Aren't you aligning them in a projects and using mute/solo? Comparing otherwise sucks.

 

[Spamds]

IMO 8E sounds pretty thin...I wonder why all guitar tones so far just doesnt sound good. Maybe the problem is in the riffs or in the guitar...

 

[Soundlurker]

^ or it seems thin because the rest of the tracks are really loud? I get you though, I was expecting to like a lot more tones, so far it's been between 0 and 2 tones per round.

 

[Eduardo Apolonia]

Was going to vote now but saw that the poll is closed.
I was going to vote for F.
E sounds undergained to me.

 

[MarkG]

8e moves on to the next round, congrats to him/her!

8C was ScootBaloo


Signal Chain
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Reamp Box -> Uberschall -> MesaBoogie2x12 -> SM57 -> DI Box.

8D was Scottxx

I had too much trouble with my pc. So here is my settings...

- I used Reaper 32 bits in Windows 7

GTR L1 panned 100% left and GTR R2 panned 80%R with these settings:

ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 12926.2
Mokafix Cream Tube: (in picture) no overdrive, tone near middle.
TSE x30 1.6 sovtek (in picture)
Lecab: Catharsis spreshigh impulse (HP100 LP12.000)
ReaEQ: a little altered Fender Mesa setting (in picture)
Softube Triden A-Range: default setting only HP100 button pressed
ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 12926.2
Ferox (Jeroen Breebaart): High quality tape preset
The Glue (Cytomic): Mastering: The glue preset


GTR L2 panned 80% left and GTR R1 panned 100%R with these settings:

Poulin LE456 (in picture)
Lecab: Recabinet 6L6 i5 edge45 0_5 impulse (HP100 LP12.000)
Softube Triden A-Range: default setting only HP50 button pressed
ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 12926.2
Ferox (Jeroen Breebaart): High quality tape preset
The Glue (Cytomic): Mastering: The glue preset


Center guitar:

ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 12926.2
Mokafix Cream Tube: no overdrive, tone near middle.
Lepou Lextac: red channel mid:6 o'clock high:6 o'clock all the rest as default
Lecab: Diezel v30 sm57 impulse (HP100 LP12.000)
ReaEQ: a little altered Fender Mesa setting (in picture)
Softube Triden A-Range: default setting only HP50 button pressed
ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 12926.2
Ferox (Jeroen Breebaart): High quality tape preset
The Glue (Cytomic): Mastering: The glue preset


Mel L and R gtrs:

ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 13300
Mokafix Cream Tube: no overdrive, tone near middle.
Lepou Lextac: red channel mid:7 o'clock high:7 o'clock all the rest as default
Lecab: Guitarhack JJ fred45-1 impulse (HP100 LP12.000)
ReaEQ: a little altered Fender Mesa setting (in picture)
Softube Triden A-Range: default setting only HP100 button pressed
ReaEQ: HP 93.1 LP 13300
Ferox (Jeroen Breebaart): High quality tape preset
The Glue (Cytomic): Mastering: The glue preset

8F was Sickan

Profire 2626 > Ebtech Hum Eliminator > Radial ProRMP > Ibanez TS9 and Boss HM-2 > Peavey 5150 mk I > THD Hot Plate > Profire 2626 > Cubase 5 > Nebula > Custom Impulse > reaxcomp > Bit of eq

8G was SinisterMephisto

9A was Spamds

Dual rectifier + graphic eq into 2x12 cabinet... with shure 57 in "secret" positions.

9C was TheDude

AxeFX. custom Marshall + Engl IR. Slight EQ to mold them suckers into the mix