Krank Rev into Mesa OS (Metaljonesy AILD Cover)

[GuitarHack]

This is an AILD cover that Metaljonesy was doing. How does this guitar tone sound? There are 2 files, one is the RAW guitars (as recorded, no post processing) and the other is them slapped into a roughmix mp3 he provided. They are also RAW in the roughmix. I am trying to get a nice smooth/rounded tone out of the Rev.

Too dark? Just plain shit? OK? Somewhere in between?

Roughmix
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wmhqmnjvonw

Just Guitars
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?awnzbzg21l1


Thanks for any feedback.

 

[tobin1]

That rev sounds crisp as shit man.


Sits perfect in the mix as well, especially everything being raw. Are you planning on doing an actual mix of it?

 

[Soundlurker]

Sounds great, I think you've captured the dynamics of the guitars perfectly. Really punchy palm mutes without being boomy. There's a bit of harshness to the highs but it's mostly noticeable in the beginning.

Great work

 

[MetalJonesy]

that sounds really nice dude, love the low end but could be a bit too much? maybe justs needs a slight eq there to tighten things up, really warm and powerful. to my ears (especially if im going from the original) a tad more in the hi's and a bit more gain maybe. or maybe back off on the bottom end to open the top. other than that i realllyyy dig it. want to get tones like that from my rev jr raw

whats your chain here before the amp and how its miced? and amp settings?

 

[Metaltastic]

Sounds good dude, though I think it's the bass (and possibly the kick) that's too muddy in the low-mids (rather than the guitars), I feel it/they could use some taming (though the guitars are woofing a bit on the palm mutes). I'd like a bit more presence to the guitars to get 'em to sizzle a bit more, but they sound great - just sell that 6505 and be done with it, the Rev sounds SO much better IMO And I don't hear an excess of hi-end that you were complaining about at all in this tone, so kudos - if anything, as I mentioned I feel it could use a bit more! (but from the amp, not mic position) Top speaker or bottom?

 

[Metaltastic]

Oh, and nice playing Mark, really tight! Especially if they're quad-tracked, damn...

 

[Wild Hades]

Gotta agree with Metaltastic, the bass seems to be the main reason of the muddyness, although the guitars should be compressed a bit on the lows...
Really great tone btw, sits already pretty well on the mix...
I think I'm hearing some kind of "hum" on the right channel around 30-50 secs... I don't know, could it be the DIs or just my monitors getting interferences as always with all the crap I have in my room

 

[phatfil]

ahh! that's some nice shit right there! Rev's sound so damn good through V30's. the perfect speaker for that amp, imho.

 

[Joematthews]

That guitar tone is the tits, although I think the overheads need to come up and the bass down ever so slightly.

I wan't a revvvv soooooooooo bad because of your clip haha

Joe

 

[Rex Rocker]

I really like how that came out. It sounds mean and very powerful.

 

[Djabthrash]

Sounds good dude, though I think it's the bass (and possibly the kick) that's too muddy in the low-mids (rather than the guitars), I feel it/they could use some taming (though the guitars are woofing a bit on the palm mutes). I'd like a bit more presence to the guitars to get 'em to sizzle a bit more, but they sound great

Same.

Good round/polished modern 5150 style guitar sound.

 

[Jaymz]

Spot on dude!

 

[lolzgreg]

Sounds beastly. No suggestions.

-Greg

 

[Metaltastic]

That guitar tone is the tits, although I think the overheads need to come up and the bass down ever so slightly.

I wan't a revvvv soooooooooo bad because of your clip haha

Joe

Just get a Rev. Jr dude! And an EMG 81 from yours truly to run through it...

 

[MetalJonesy]

everyone, ignore the mix buss (drums n bass) was a very quick pre prod mp3 i uploaded as he said )

 

[MetalJonesy]

guitars i think are just double tracked i cant remember

 

[GuitarHack]

Thanks for the feedback. Listening today I agree on the boominess and a little darkness so thanks for your perspective. That should be easy to fix given the amp settings I used. Yes guitars are double-tracked. Marcus, I do prefer the Rev as well over the 6505 *puts on flak jacket and helmet*. I have heard many great tones from the 5105/6505 though so I must be doing something wrong or mine is busted (well it is at the moment, I burnt out 2 screen resistors by biasing the JJ's at meltdown settings. ).

Settings were (out of 10):

Pres 3 (the reason for the slight darkness)
Sweep 4
Bass 10 (the reason for the boom)
Mids 4
Treb 5
Master 2
Gain 7 (I tamed the actual gain a little with my current tube arrangement)

Mic was covering about 45/55 % Dustcap/Cone respectively around 15mm away.


Thanks again for the replies.


PS, Marcus, it was a Top speaker.

 

[TheDude]

Gotta love the Krank. Is it a + version?

 

[GuitarHack]

No it's the original Revolution 1 Series (the one with the choke) and the wooden powertube guard. The first model.

 

[Metaltastic]

Oh you'll get no argument from me on preferring the Rev to the 6505 dude, the latter works awesome as a blend amp, but I really don't like how smooth it is compared to the grind of a crank or the bark of a Rectifier.

And what the hell is a choke anyway?