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PeterJH

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  1. Somebody posted about not being able to get a decent distortion from a Fender Twin with pedals. I've made these clips using the BF "LUX NRM amp with the default speaker. I used the SM57 off axis though. I also used the Tube Drive for one of the clips and then the Tube Screamer for the other two. I just turned the drive down slightly on the amp for one of the Tube Screamer clips. Clip 1: BF "LUX with Tube Drive - https://soundcloud.com/peters-patch-parade/fender-twin-with-tube-drive Clip 2: BF 'LUX with Tube Screamer - Amp drive higher - https://soundcloud.com/peters-patch-parade/fender-twin-with-tube-sreamer-amp-drive-higher Clip 3: BF 'LUX with Tube Screamer - Amp Drive Lower - https://soundcloud.com/peters-patch-parade/fender-twin-with-tube-sreamer-amp-drive-lower Hope this helps. Cheers, Peter.
  2. What kind of distortion are you looking for? There are so many different types. By saying that a Marshall sounds good with a Tube Drive in front of it I understand that you're looking for a "Marshall" type tone. If I was using a Fender sim I'd be going for a typical slightly overdriven distortion. Let me know and I'll see what I can do. Cheers. Peter.
  3. It's my pleasure scias, Hmmm... swells. I've never thought about that. Do you mean "auto swells" or swells that you would do manually with the volume pedal? I'll give that a try. I'm hoping to feature the new models in my next video - It all depends on whether I manage to get the updates in time. Cheers, Peter.
  4. @scott Thanks for the comment. @Mike - Thanks for your kind comments. I'm really glad that these videos are proving to be a big help in getting better tone. I try to keep my playing as simple as possible. @leesteel - I didn't think you were being derogatory in any way. I agree with you to a certain extent. The whole idea of playing direct is solely dependent on the pa that you're playing through. We do a lot of shows in many venues around the country and in neighbouring countries. Sometimes the pa is superb sometimes not. A lot of the newer smaller pa's sound great when it's one or two instruments playing through them but when the whole band is playing at the same time, instruments get lost. I also do sound for our band and it's always the same story. You get a great drum sound, a great bass sound which meshes well with the drums. You then get your guitar tone and it's also good. Now the whole band start playing together and because the pa is suffering with a lack of headroom, the kick gets lost and the guitar disappears. It now becomes a question of compromise. If you have an amp on stage you can "blend" a bit of the amp coming from the stage with the pa. If your bass player has a nice Ampeg rig or something equivalent, then he can also turn up a bit on stage and take the load off the pa. If you can get the overall blend of sound coming off the stage balanced with what's coming through the pa it'll still sound good. If you're playing direct and relying on the pa alone to produce your guitar tone without an amp on stage you pretty screwed. No one will hear you. This is a lot more common than people realise. Unfortunately small pa's sound small. End of story. Fortunately we have a massive pa rig which doesn't suffer from this problem but I can tell you that I've heard so many bands with this problem. It gets even worse when everybody starts to turn up because their buddies in the audience tells them that they can't hear their instruments. I'm not saying that you have this problem but I think you get what I'm trying to say. Cheers, Peter.
  5. Thanks for the feedback, Darrell.' Glad it helped. Cheers, Peter.
  6. @ leesteel I know that a lot of guitar players still like to have an amp behind them. I wouldn't call it self indulgent. It takes a bit of getting used to going direct?
  7. Thanks everyone. Yeah, I wish.... I've had a few requests for the delay settings that I used in Part 3 (especially the clean and semi clean guitars) so I saved the patches and updated the site. They can now be downloaded. Bear in mind that the delay was set in accordance with the tempo of the track which was 70bpm. To get a slightly more "stereo" effect on my delays I normally set the one side to the bpm of the song and then set the other side to half notes. This tends to give a slightly "bigger" sounding delay than just setting both sides (left and right) the same. Not sure if that makes sense but if you download the patches you'll see what I mean. Cheers.
  8. @stevevnicks It's certainly not a competition. LOL. Play to your strengths and don't try and compare. I play the way I do and there are millions of players out there that will blow me away. I'm pretty comfortable in what I do and will always admire a better player than myself. I wouldn't beat myself up about it though. Glad you're enjoying the vids. @Bigbob - I'm glad that you were able to get something out of the videos. I've never tried the DT25 so I wouldn't be able to comment. @leesteel - I'm not surprised that you had to tweak my settings. Every guitar setup would sound different to mine. I'm really glad it put you in the ballpark though. Regarding the noise gate - I just used the default setting. Getting feedback from you that you've got something useful out of them though kind of makes it worthwhile to do these videos. Cheers, Peter.
  9. Wow! Thanks so much to everyone for the kind words. It's much appreciated. I know that the HD500X gets a lot of negative response in certain quarters and I'm just trying to restore some balance. I hope that the stuff I've posted basically proves that this unit is one of the best modellers out there. I hesitate to even bring in the price because even though it is far cheaper than the "other" more expensive options out there, this product is more than capable of holding it's own. I haven't bought the new model packs just yet and I haven't even upgraded to the new firmware. I'm very happy with everything as it is. I do intend to upgrade and get the model packs - hopefully I can do a video on all the new options. I'm also glad that you're finding the patches helpful. I'll try to keep my site updated as I create new ones. Thanks once again, Cheers, Peter.
  10. Thanks leesteel, Hope you enjoy them. Cheers, Peter.
  11. Hi everyone, I've just finished uploading Part 3 of my series on the HD500X. I've had a lot of requests to demo clean and semi clean patches so I created some and featured them in this video. I also swopped between a single coil and humbucking guitar to show how well these same patches work for both. The video also showcases the POD in a studio recording with live drums etc. I think you'll agree that it sounds like an amp that was miced. I've also now made all the patches covered in Parts 1, 2 and 3 available for download. Everything is now up to date. Enjoy the video, Cheers, Peter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QljSknytt4&feature=youtu.be
  12. You might be interested in my next demo video where I feature a patch created with the Plexi and demo it with a Strat using Texas Specials. I hope to have it uploaded by this evening Cheers.
  13. PeterJH

    Why Global EQ?

    You’re absolutely spot on about perceived loudness, Stratotron. Go and check out my video regarding the use of a parametric eq. You might find it useful, especially the part about finding the nasty frequencies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9v7SCCt_c&feature=youtu.be
  14. Take the reverb out of your chain and use the software via a plug in on your DAW. It's a much better way of recording because you can always adjust the level of reverb when you're mixing instead of committing to it when tracking. This should free up some DSP.
  15. Thanks, Bill, as I said in the video. The way I do things won't work for everyone. It's great that you're able to create your patches without having to resort to using eq. I also found the percentages very strange at first but once you start equing using your ears and not go by numbers it becomes irrelevant whether the values are in percentages or dBs. Cheers.
  16. I'm really glad that this latest video has been such a help in "tailoring" your tones. My way of working with a parametric eq also helps "train" your ears in hearing the frequencies that you want to remove. I'm a firm believer that taking away in a eq is always better then boosting frequencies. It's always a good thing if you can achieve what you want by removing an unwanted freq instead of having to boost a whole lot of other freq. Thanks again for all the comments. Cheers.
  17. Thanks so much to everyone who has commented. I'm thrilled that this has been helpful. After all even if it helps 10% in getting a better tone it's well worth the effort. I do believe that you can improve things by editing the DEP settings but that will probably get you another 5 - 10% improvement. If the frequency response of your patches contain harsh areas however, no amount of tweaking DEP settings will get you there. I believe that getting the basic, workable tone is vital before you start going into the finer details. Cheers, Peter.
  18. Thanks for all the comments everyone. I'm glad they are helping. The POD can be a very, very powerful tool when used correctly. I normally use the POD to create "scratch" tracks for my recordings and then replace them when I mic up my amp etc. I recently recorded a track using my Strat and the POD thinking that I'll replace the parts at some stage but when it came to actually micing up the amp etc, the Strat sounded better with the POD than the real thing. I was blown away. I did put the clip up on Soundcloud and it is in a thread on the forum but if anyone wants to hear what this unit is capable of then please, go and listen to this track. I think that this proves that modelling has definitely come of age. https://soundcloud.com/peter-john-hanmer/the-long-road-home Cheers, Peter.
  19. Hi everyone, Just to let you know that I've uploaded my second video in the series on the POD HD500X. I've shared the way that I create my own patches along with some info as to how I eq my tones to fit into a mix and not get lost. It is a fairly detailed video which I hope will be useful in fine tuning your own patches. I ended off the video by playing two very short clips of two of the patches created in the video to show how nicely they fit into a mix. I must stress however that this is the way that I do this. I'm not saying that this is the right or wrong way to do it. It works for me and it might just work for you too. I will be updating my website in the very near future with a few new patches. This video did take some time to produce so I will get around to that asap. Please bear with me. Hope you enjoy, Cheers, Peter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9v7SCCt_c&feature=youtu.be
  20. Thanks, chuskey. Glad you liked it. I've tried to demo as many different tones as I could but still fitting in the track. @thomaswhudson, I hope to finish my next video in the series this weekend and will cover how I create patches etc. Once the video is uploaded, I'll update my website with the new patches. Cheers.
  21. @ Crispyfunk - It was my pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm having a lot of fun with this unit. Thanks for the comment Scott. Cheers, Peter.
  22. Thanks for listening and commenting everyone. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers.
  23. Thanks for the comments, guys. @ Leftzilla, I'm trying to get my second video finished and uploaded. Once I've done that I'll update my website with all the new patches. Cheers, Peter.
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