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[topsoul182]

The guitar tone is so smooth. Is that because you rolled down the highs or presence or is it because of the Mic placement?

 

[NSGUITAR]

The guitar tone is so smooth. Is that because you rolled down the highs or presence or is it because of the Mic placement?

I played around with the guitars a lot.. This was my first time using a mesa dual rect head, and it turned out quite well.

I changed a lot of the settings that it was one, such as the power mode, the tube mode and I used channel two with a couple boosters in front of it.

The mic placement was a sm57 straight on with the cone and an SM7b on a 45 degree facing the cone.. It's also known as the fredman technique.

I was pretty hesitant to do this, as any time I've tried straight on with the cone, it ended up being really brittle, but that sm7b added so much warmth/mid punch to it.

Then I just bussed the guitars and added very light eq.

 

[topsoul182]

Thanks for the info dude, I'm gonna be trying to get something similar in the next few days with my 5150

 

[NSGUITAR]

No problem man.

Just FYI, a 5150 is waaayy easier to dial in a good tone than a mesa for some reason, so I'm sure you'll do great.

 

[NSGUITAR]

Ok, my first go at a mix for this thing. Going for a relatively natural sound but huge at the same time..

 

[Scott Horner]

This sounds really good, man. Nice job.

 

[NSGUITAR]

This sounds really good, man. Nice job.

Thanks bud

 

[MAXMEDLOW]

woah bass overkill XD just take a bit of bass out of every aspect of your mix

 

[Sam Bottner]

yeah definitely cut some low end out of the bass. sounds awesome besides that though

 

[NSGUITAR]

yeah definitely cut some low end out of the bass. sounds awesome besides that though

What frequency are you guys talkin about? I did a very small boost around 50HZ, is that possibly the area you guys are hearing?

 

[tobin1]

Theres a really weird thing going on in the 1-300hz range (kind of woofy sounding from the bass i think?) try to clean that up just a tad and clear the muffle up, it seems to be overpowering the guitars a bit. Song is sick though, whenever you get a feel for where you're going for the band its gonna sound amazing

 

[LeSedna]

I agree, this sounds good bood there is way too much bass everywhere. Tame this and it will sound even better.

 

[NSGUITAR]

Thank you guys! The EP is almost done, and i'll be keeping this thread updated with different mixes.

 

[Sam Bottner]

any new mixes?

 

[The Front Studio]

Can't wait for this EP! Can you tell if they've also recorded older songs like Perfect Perceptions?