I have to agree with jeffTD. At first hearing the metal pack, I thought they would be great in a mix, but after double and quad tracking with them, they are incredibly phasey, and horrible in a mix. Frequenices cancelling out others everywhere. Reading about how he miced them, I now understand why. Multiple SM57s, and a freaking 414 condenser mic? WHY!?!?!?! There is a reason no metal records sound great with mic techniques like that, especially that condenser mic. I had to have a good friend of mine, and well known engineer in the metal world listen to them and point it out to me, he thought they were absolutely horrible...I recut with one of his cabs from some profiles he did for me, and the difference was night and day. So, on that note, the metal pack can sound just fine, but with different cabinets. However, this almost negates the idea behind the metal pack and "paying for profiles" in my opinion. I personally don't think I will be buying anything from TAF for the heavy stuff again. He is not a metal guy, and that is perfectly fine, however, tips from guys on this forum such ass JeffTD should have been seriously taken into account, and were not, it is obvious. Sorry to slam TAF metal pack so hard, but it needs to be said, because when paying for a service, you expect certain things I guess. On that note, lasse lamerts pack should absolutely rule I would think when it comes out, that guy definitely knows what he is doing with the metal side of guitars.
