Guitar Tone Competition IV! ROUND 2

[ahjteam]

It is time to vote for your favorite guitar tone. The winners of the 8 rounds advance to the finals. All finalists get a special LSD drum package and the winner of the whole competition wins a Wolfe Amplification Stinger amp.

If you recognize your own work, please keep it to yourself. Usernames will be made public in the end. Please place your vote and write constructive criticism or comments about all the submissions.

All uploaded files are 320kbps mp3s.

21: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/21.mp3
22: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/22.mp3
23: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/23.mp3
24: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/24.mp3
25: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/GTC4mp3/25.mp3

To next round: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...961-guitar-tone-competition-iv-round-3-a.html

FYI also for potential voters to read - do not make multiple accounts to be able to vote more than once etc. - your votes will be disqualified. Same for posting on other sites saying "just go vote for me" etc.

Haven't seen any issues yet, but just posting due to past issues with voting competitions like this.

 

[Soundlurker]

21 - is really weird/lo-fi/middy/messy
22 - is too scooped and a bit harsh
23 - has harsh ~4khz treble and cloudy mids
24 - seems to be more balanced than the others
25 - is boxy and a bit weird

 

[ttrentt]

23 was too trebly but thought it worked better than others.

 

[Empathy]

Voted 23; hate to judge too harsh but it was the least crap of the options. That said, 21 somehow worked in the mix despite sounding like complete ass to start with.

 

[El_Gato]

23

 

[ahjteam]

My comments on these: A bit more diverse batch than the first one, I especially liked how 21 was trying to be a bit more original than the others

21: the guitars have a very dirty sounding lo-fi sound, which can be cool as an effect. the delay on the pause parts is a bit distracting. I like the bass sound a lot
22: the rhythm guitar sound is a bit too scooped to my taste, the bass is bit too loud and woofy and lead is really "pointy". slight volume and spectral balance shift on the elements and this could work so much better.
23: my favourite from the batch. I really like the slight grind on the bass, and the elements gel pretty nicely, even tho the guitars have maybe just a bit too much presence on them to my taste
24: the leads get a bit buried sometimes in the mix. I digged the bass sound, even tho it was maybe just a bit too loud in the mix, the rhythm guitar tone was not my cup of tea, but it was kinda cool on it's own way
25: the clang of the bass was taking my attention away from the leads sometimes, so I would say it was slightly distracting, the rhythm guitar tone has really odd scoopage in it. lead tone was okay

 

[Cyanide_Anima]

23! Those are some nice gats!

 

[RaNk]

21: Rhythm sound a little bit strange in the beginning, but altogether the mix sounds nice. The leads jump out nice (which I like) but a little too wet, especially on the "pauses".

22: Sounds a bit hollow but still not that bad.

23: I like the edginess on this clip, and the bass sounded best to me on this clip, this is why I voted for this one. A bit clearer leads would've made the win easier.

24: Nice balanced mix, very hard to choose between this and 23, but the bass is better for me on 23 and the leads are a bit burried.

25: Nice mix, but the leads sound a bit burried/isolated, but better on the doubled parts.

Overall not the best round for me, but still interesting and a a good listen.

 

[ahjteam]

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