Virtual & direct recording shootout

DankStar

DankStar

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Ok ladies and gents, you decide what sounds best and, if possible, which one is which!

mix A
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=7440005&q=hi

mix B
deleted - sucked

mix C
deleted - not quite there yet

mix D
deleted - sucked

New mix E down page.

your choices:
a behringer v-tone (boogie setting)
amplitube 2 (metal amp)
studio devil (free version, everything maxed out)
randall g3 preamp out into behringer cab sim
 
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I guess I would go A, C, B and D in order of preference.

To be honest, though, my ears are pretty bad, lol.
 
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hey, that was my preference kinda too! don't want to spill the beans on the answer just yet though.
 
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hehe, here we go!

answers:
A = ampeg 2 (nearly stock metal amp settings)
B = behringer v-tone (boogie setting); I swear I got it to sound better once, but probably not. maybe it was just for a quick lead thing, not main rhythms.
C = randall G3 into behringer ultra-G with cab sim on
D = studio devil (I can't seem to make it sound good, but some people can).

I have to say ampeg 2 really impressed me this time around, but I think the direct randall is just a tad more my typical style.
 
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Randall fails at high-midds to back the highs up. Maybe a treble booster or EQ will help
 
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I like A, then C. C has an 80s metal tone to it. A is more modern tone so it depends what style of music. Is the rhythym double tracked? I could not tell which is not a good thing to me. A still sounded kinda thin the way you eqed it.

I dont like B or D.

I bet any of them could sound good with the right EQing. B and D are muffled sounding and eq and compression could use some work. C sounds more 80s metal thrash and has grit. A has a more late 90s metal sound but it is really thin to my ears the way you mixed it. Its just alot of tweakage really. Ill sit with my compressor and record 5 seconds with bass. then listen with the compressor. then tweak the amp and rerecord. repeat till satisfied. Sounds good though in general dude, good luck with your next tune :)
 
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thanks for the tips dudes!

everdrone: each mix is 2 guitars (2 separate takes) panned hard L and R with the same settings on both sides. perhaps a good test would be quad tracking using A and C, with the aforementioned EQ items (I'll spare everyone that lil' test, LOL).
 
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DankStar said:
thanks for the tips dudes!

everdrone: each mix is 2 guitars (2 separate takes) panned hard L and R with the same settings on both sides. perhaps a good test would be quad tracking using A and C, with the aforementioned EQ items (I'll spare everyone that lil' test, LOL).
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ok, so that is really not layered guitars. its one guitar for each stereo speaker :)

What some recording engineers do is layer multiple guitar tracks for each panned L and R and also use different amps for the guitar tracks so different frequencies are hit. The key is to make sure your amp has a tone you like, then mic it and tweak stuff to get it to sound as good as it did before you miced it, to avoid the garbage in garbage out syndrome which Im guilty of as well...good tone in = good tone in the mix
 
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I think C is the real amp.

A is probably the Behringer V-tone.

B is probably Amplitude.

D is probably Studio Devil.

how close am I?
 
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very close, you just switched up the behringer and the amplitube.
 
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