That Smacking Sound

[trym^^]

yo fellas,
one thing i've been thinking of for quite a while and never figured out
i'll pass on to you here - you all know that smacking sound usually
known from punk guitars, a certain "quack" most notably on palmmutings,
examples would be the likes of rise against, comeback kid but its also
notale on sneaps mixes for AILD but thats not the character i'm talking about.
my best guess is that its something unique for mesa amps, but it can be faked
by sliding the pick directly over the string instead of really hitting it.
anyways, i don't believe all those punkdudes use this method -
whats the magic behind this ? mesa with les paul ?

 

[006]

Wow...can you post a short clip from a song showing what you are talking about?

~e.a

 

[Metal Overload]

I think i know what you are talking about.
I think is on the hands dude, the technic you know

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I'm not quite sure of what you mean, but just narrowing the options here. Do you mean the sound you get when resting your chord hand fingers on the strings while strumming a chord?

 

[Mutant]

He is probably talking about this technique.

 

[metalkingdom]

He is probably talking about this technique.

You're joking, right?

I think is on the hands dude, the technic you know

I think it's on the wrists dude, the gayness you know...

 

[Metal Overload]

You're joking, right?



I think it's on the wrists dude, the gayness you know...

I think it´s on the fingers, first the first you know...

 

[Mutant]

You're joking, right?

No.
That's what i understood from his description - quack+palmmutings+sliding instead of hitting.

If i'm wrong i blame it on the double language barrier !

 

[egan.]

punk rockers and hardcore bands do left hand mutes as pretend palm mutes all of the time and often get a little harmonic in there. Maybe that's what you mean?
Otherwise please see MK's explanation above.

 

[trym^^]

thank guys, didn't expect any replies haha.
so you're basically saying its technique right?
Mutant: Thats not what i meant
metalkingdom: AILDs latest album features the
exact sound but its so overthetop and quite different to that
standard punksound ...
whatever, i made a clip, didn't know how to isolate the left track,
so you got to solo it or hear the phenomenon through the vocals.
hope i'm not paranoid and you get what i mean heh!
riseagainst_clip.mp3

 

[Metal Overload]

Ok
I get it
you palm mute hard with your hand but touch the strings more gently with the fingers, at least this is how i do this.

 

[Mutant]

riseagainst_clip.mp3

I can get 99% of this sound with just normal palm muting and holding the pick at about 30 degrees to the string.

I can post a 100% free VST signal chain if you want ?