My first impulse recording

[GabeFry]

I'm not happy with it. I wonder if you guys can help me figure out why it sounds so bad. I really like the eq effect it has, but the guitars just have such a harshness to them. I've tried compressing using the onboard daw compressor for Cubase SX3, and also the Gmulti compressor. I'm also using the OurCabinetSimulator with the Mesa 2 cab. My guitar is an ESP MH-1000nt with Seymour Duncan JB, and '59 pickups. I'm also using a presonus tube pre amp, a toneport with the mesa dual rectifier setting. I mastered it with ozone 3. I'm really new to the impulses so maybe i'm missing some big factor I don't know.

https://dl-web.getdropbox.com/get/Public/safety net mastered.wav?w=0e153af4

 

[FIXXXER]

link doesn't work for me

 

[GabeFry]

Sorry about that.

https://dl-web.getdropbox.com/get/safety net mastered.wav?w=c2fca9c8

 

[bryan.batiste]

i think your posting the wrong link bro..its the public link you gotta post

 

[GabeFry]

Ok if this doesn't work I'm definitely giving up recording and the internet all together.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2103035/safety net mastered.wav

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Good news, you don't have to give up recording and the internet.

first, you need a gate on all those guitars. Hum is a dead giveaway of an amateur mix.
second, forget mastering until you can get a good mix.
third, eq will remove fizz. Two narrow notch filters in the highs should take care of that. The freqs and Q settings will change for every amp and cab combination.

 

[darthjujuu]

clipping, lose those limiters/ozone/whatever! what's your interface? are you going DI? that's an awful lot of noise, if so. something may be wrong.