Trying to make the Peavey valveking do metalcore

[HaydenLM1]

trying to make the VK do Metalcore
sorry about the poor performance, one take on each guitar track ( 2 )..

http://soundcloud.com/hayden-8/peavey-vk100-metalcore-test
or
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40566417/Metalcore Poison.mp3
what do you guys think ?
miced with only one SM57 on a 2x12 rectifier ..i also used a tube screamer + Boss NS2
the amp's volume was below 1.
any suggestions on how to improve the sound or the mix ?

 

[Harley Barley]

soundcloud wont load, also


www.dropbox.com/

 

[ahjteam]

I guess the link should be

http://soundcloud.com/hayden-8/peavey-vk100-metalcore-test

 

[HaydenLM1]

Ohh..i see..
here's another link :
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Metalcore Poison.mp3?w=2114200e

 

[barricade]

u have to put it in the public folder and copy the public link!

 

[HaydenLM1]

does it work now ?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40566417/Metalcore Poison.mp3

 

[DanLights]

it works. Not too bad for a ValveKing, but yeah I´ve used them and that´s as metal as they´ll get. Their clean sound sucks ball as well so unless you´re in love with it´s onetrick tone it´s pretty much a useless amp.

For some the guitars sound like too centered, and bass clank sounds nice, but it gets buried, more compression and probably clearing up some space for it can help. I like the drums, not too "typical", what´d you use for them?

 

[HaydenLM1]

Superior Drummer 2.
and the valveking's cleans are nice imo, and when the amp is cranked it will be probably clean up a little bit i think.. :O

 

[DanLights]

Superior Drummer 2.
and the valveking's cleans are nice imo, and when the amp is cranked it will be probably clean up a little bit i think.. :O

Interesting you say that, in the place I rehearse they have several Valveking combos, we can't even plug a pedal into it cause the clean signal already sounds like crappy saturation, and it's not one, it's three of them. I also recorded some guitars some time ago with a Valveking Head/cab setup and same thing, although in that occasion the extra "dirt" really helped.

 

[HaydenLM1]

Interesting you say that, in the place I rehearse they have several Valveking combos, we can't even plug a pedal into it cause the clean signal already sounds like crappy saturation, and it's not one, it's three of them. I also recorded some guitars some time ago with a Valveking Head/cab setup and same thing, although in that occasion the extra "dirt" really helped.

Im not using a combo, im using the head with a 2x12 rectifier and v30's and a TS infront of the amp..
and what do you expect from a budget amp ? a mark v tone ?

 

[HaydenLM1]

buuurmp

 

[HaydenLM1]

jeeee guys..please comment ?

 

[Strachan of D]

i quite like it and im a vk owner my self

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I don't know what your stressing about. The guitar tone is great.

It's just not the typical guitar tone for this genre, but it's not like it sucks or anything.

 

[HaydenLM1]

I just wanna know how i can make it better man

 

[Auroras]

patch chord connecting the effects loop together directly. came up with little trick back when i owned one when they first released them increase the gain makes it tighter adds mids try it out and and post the results

 

[HaydenLM1]

patch chord connecting the effects loop together directly. came up with little trick back when i owned one when they first released them increase the gain makes it tighter adds mids try it out and and post the results

 

[Auroras]

I'm not kidding connect a patchord from the efx out to the in theres a tone of lost signal and gain

 

[HaydenLM1]

I dOnt get it lol? What would that do to the amp?

 

[Auroras]

connecting the effects loop together with a patch chord brings back the signal thats lost to the effects loop its like a gain boost