Comments on: Heavy Metal Production – In your bedroom – Home Recording http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/ Guitars, Audio, Music, and life Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Vats http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Vats Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:38:55 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-963 Your articles have been quite helpful to me, in my quest for acceptable production values for my songs. I just finished recording one of them, was wondering if you could give me an honest critique of it, it would be much appreciated. http://www.soundclick.com/vatsiyengar Thanks in advance. Your articles have been quite helpful to me, in my quest for acceptable production values for my songs. I just finished recording one of them, was wondering if you could give me an honest critique of it, it would be much appreciated.

http://www.soundclick.com/vatsiyengar

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: sridharancr http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-949 sridharancr Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:39:08 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-949 Scotty - I presume that you are using the combo version of this amp. That's fine too. A combo essentially means that you have the head + cab in one unit. Now, what you said was true about not letting the guitars go overboard on the bass, but for a metal sound, bass frequencies in the guitar sound are a must. My guitars tend to go down as below as 85Hz sometimes, and it helps keep the sound nice and round. Of course, your dominant instrument in that range should still be the bass guitar. Mids high is a yes. Let me know how it goes. - S Scotty – I presume that you are using the combo version of this amp. That’s fine too. A combo essentially means that you have the head + cab in one unit. Now, what you said was true about not letting the guitars go overboard on the bass, but for a metal sound, bass frequencies in the guitar sound are a must. My guitars tend to go down as below as 85Hz sometimes, and it helps keep the sound nice and round. Of course, your dominant instrument in that range should still be the bass guitar. Mids high is a yes.

Let me know how it goes.

- S

]]> By: SCotty http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-944 SCotty Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:59:40 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-944 wow. just noticed i didn't even mention that I'm going for a metal sound. Like maybe august burns red. hehe soz for some reason i thought this was a given :S. wow. just noticed i didn’t even mention that I’m going for a metal sound. Like maybe august burns red. hehe soz for some reason i thought this was a given :S.

]]> By: SCotty http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-943 SCotty Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:53:51 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-943 Thanks heaps for the quick reply man. your a legend! Oh thats probably my prob. i just use the 20 watt amp. no cab. sorry really new to this. so i guess thats a no go. Ok. I've heard all over the place that a) you should keep the bass really low and let the bass guitar do the low work b) you should have the mids high as guitars are a mid instument c) treble should be midway But obviously you have better results than they, so i'll listen to you. ok so im thinkin of gettin a cab now for recording, but i was wondering... will i need to blast the crud outa that thing for a good sound? Thanks in advance. Scotty Thanks heaps for the quick reply man. your a legend!

Oh thats probably my prob. i just use the 20 watt amp. no cab. sorry really new to this. so i guess thats a no go.

Ok. I’ve heard all over the place that
a) you should keep the bass really low and let the bass guitar do the low work
b) you should have the mids high as guitars are a mid instument
c) treble should be midway
But obviously you have better results than they, so i’ll listen to you.

ok so im thinkin of gettin a cab now for recording, but i was wondering… will i need to blast the crud outa that thing for a good sound?

Thanks in advance.
Scotty

]]> By: sridharancr http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-939 sridharancr Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:29:29 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-939 Thanks Scotty. Sure, I can help. However, a lot of factors go into shaping the overall sound of the guitar. Honestly, I don't get a bad sound by just plugging straight into the amp, especially on the dist channnel. I have my bass knob nearly full, mids about 3 o clock, and treble at noon and this works perfect for me. The Zakk wylde OD I use just to hit the front of the amp hard when boosting for solos etc. I almost always use the amp's gain channel, since the clean channel doesnt cut it for me. Maybe getting rid of the bass is ruining it for you? Try bringing it back up. Also, the cab that you use could be a possible culprit. If its the stock cab like mine (HT110 I think), these settings written above still hold. Thanks Scotty. Sure, I can help. However, a lot of factors go into shaping the overall sound of the guitar. Honestly, I don’t get a bad sound by just plugging straight into the amp, especially on the dist channnel. I have my bass knob nearly full, mids about 3 o clock, and treble at noon and this works perfect for me. The Zakk wylde OD I use just to hit the front of the amp hard when boosting for solos etc. I almost always use the amp’s gain channel, since the clean channel doesnt cut it for me.

Maybe getting rid of the bass is ruining it for you? Try bringing it back up.

Also, the cab that you use could be a possible culprit. If its the stock cab like mine (HT110 I think), these settings written above still hold.

]]> By: SCotty http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-937 SCotty Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:11:26 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-937 sorry. just read you boosted it with a zw-44. just how much does that effect the overall sound? sorry. just read you boosted it with a zw-44. just how much does that effect the overall sound?

]]> By: SCotty http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-936 SCotty Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:06:35 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-936 Hey man. I was just wondering if you could spare the time to help out a fellow recorder. I just bought a blackstar ht5 and have been playing with bass, treble, distortion mids etc etc to get a good sound and i seem to be having a hard time. I was wondering if you could share the settings you have used with your blackstar ht5 and weather you used the amps gain, or a pedal. been trying to get a godo sound for a year now and it's really tough. just bought this amp and saw that you got an AWESOME sound from the HT5. if you can, please share as I'd much appreciate. so far i've - had the mids high - got rid of much of the bass - had treble a bit below middle. - gain pretty high please let me know if im on the wrong track Hey man. I was just wondering if you could spare the time to help out a fellow recorder. I just bought a blackstar ht5 and have been playing with bass, treble, distortion mids etc etc to get a good sound and i seem to be having a hard time. I was wondering if you could share the settings you have used with your blackstar ht5 and weather you used the amps gain, or a pedal. been trying to get a godo sound for a year now and it’s really tough. just bought this amp and saw that you got an AWESOME sound from the HT5. if you can, please share as I’d much appreciate. so far i’ve

- had the mids high
- got rid of much of the bass
- had treble a bit below middle.
- gain pretty high

please let me know if im on the wrong track

]]> By: sridharancr http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/heavy-metal-production-in-your-bedroom/comment-page-1/#comment-52 sridharancr Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:44:56 +0000 http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/?p=20#comment-52 Well I didn't really study it, but certainly picked up a lot of stuff from just reading and fooling around :) Well I didn’t really study it, but certainly picked up a lot of stuff from just reading and fooling around :)

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