Oct 17, 2009 2:01 PM
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can I get a better distortion running an external device (guitar processor) through to the computer? Receiving a full, round distortion is possible but I can't seem to achieve it with the programs (Garageband, Logic and Reaper) or plug-ins I use such as POD farm and Gearbox which is a great help but still doesn't give me the tones i've been striving for.. the sound is always very flat in comparison to most recordings which leads me to believe that I need to up my game on the mixing or find a product that can push the quality to the next level.. I hate coming back asking for answers to the same damn questions but recording is still an unknown realm for me so if you guys have any advice, links or whatever please..
Can you post an example of this flat tone?
i'm using an 8-string esp ltd with active emg pick ups..
Its definetly missing some depth but that could be fixed by having bass hold down lower register better.
Are you happy with the tones before recording them or do they sound flat only after recording?
it sounds crappy before and after i record. i now just duplicated the guitar track then panned them both to separate sides for a more spectral sound but that didn't seem to make a diiference. is there anything else i can do that may help?
Well I know with Podfarm you can selective to hear the current settings but be recording a dry track so that later you can reamp playback under a separate track armed to record with a different tone.
I would record a take you're happy with ... and then try reamping playback til you find a couple of tones you're happy with.
Then select the first tone to reamp to a track armed for recording the playback panned Left.
Then select the other tone that compliments the previous tone (perhaps thicker or fuller) and reamp playback to a track armed to record panned Right.
Or you could just eq the tracks differently using a vst plug in ..or even nudge one of the tracks like maybe 20-30ms to add a fuller stereo sound or both.
Or add some reverb to one of the tracks or both one with bright and one with a bigger darker reverb ... there's lots of different things to do.
The MP3 seemed to have all the guitars and bass using the same mid frequencies ..the bass should be covering more of the lows and the guitars could probably stay right where they're at.
Reamping allows you to try some different sounds blending them until you find a good mix of two tones and when you're happy you just arm the tracks as previously mentioned to record the tone you liked one at a time.
i second what the apologist said
maybe try to duplicate the track and eq them differently then pan them right and left, maybe even three tracks with the low eq center and other panned out.
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