Heavy rock-ish tune. Help with guitars.

[Wibben]

Hey all!

I'm working on the mix for a song I've written, and am sort of hitting a wall with the guitars.
My set-up is kind of limited to a Line 6 HD300, at the moment, which, I know is not the optimal way to go for guitar recording.

But if there's anyone who have some tips on how to get them to sound a little less muddy and uggly, it would be appreciated!

I'm using:
Cubase 4.5
POD HD300
Superior 2.0 - Metal Forge

 

[Customisbetter]

The intro guitars sound good. Sounds like there is a high pass there but it works. I would add maybe 1-2 dB of 150-200hz to the guitars and and more mids to the bass track. That will help them blend a bit more. Right now the bass seems to only hold up the sub range and the clackety sound of the strings.

Thats being really nitpicky, the track still sounds great!

 

[Wibben]

Thanks for the feedback!
I will definitely give it a try. My biggest problem with the bass (aside from me mixing mixing with headphones) is that my bass i a cheap piece of crap that sounds horrible! So I try to hide it as much as possible, hehe Maybe mix in a midrange sampled bass?

 

[Customisbetter]

A popular option is to copy your bass track onto another track and give that a Mids only EQ with the highs and mids cut dramatically. Then mix that track in to taste.

 

[Wibben]

Yeah, on the track now, I have copied the bass track to a new one, and am running it through an ampsim with a lot of distortion, and mixing it in with the low end.

I'm thinking of maybe dual tracking the Bass with two different set-ups, one for the low end sound and one with only mids/high-mids. Never tried that before