Comments on: Heavy Metal Production – In your bedroom – Home Recording

By: Sridhar

Sridhar — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:06:00 +0000

You don’t need real amps, but you’d need the right software. For an elegant and (free) solution, I’d recommend this – First up, you’d need a good clean guitar signal, and then get the Nick Crow VST amp sims. They are great starting points. Then you’d need an impulse simulator like Voxengo Boogex (free as well) and you can download any of the millions of free impulse files floating around. Instant, free tone!

By: vivan

vivan — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:29:28 +0000

Hi…its been too late…… but anyways…i want to ask something regarding guitar recording n stuffs.

I have fast track pro sound card. I use cheap DAWs like reaper and mixcraft with tones of VSts. I dun use any real amp or pedals etc…but use vsts like guitar rig, amplitude, revalver or plektron etc with drum kit from hell.
Now my question is wen i tried recording my guitar using roland headphone…i cannot get good heavy meatl sound even after using so many effects. Do we need real amp like peavys, marshals etc or just guitar softwares will do da need?

By: CISCO111

CISCO111 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:53:15 +0000

Grovemaster should listen to Misha Mansoor. Misha is the god of groove and independent music. Nice article sridharancr

By: sridharancr

sridharancr — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:50:34 +0000

It’s Superior Drummer 2.0

By: sridharancr

sridharancr — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:50:23 +0000

Haha. What you smoking bro?

By: Groovemaster

Groovemaster — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:42:42 +0000

this is great music there for indian standards. they usually have a disadvantage, since their rhythms and sounds dont groove as much as the american stuff, and it’s something you can’t learn. so it is very very rare to have a groovy indiandrummer or guitar player… most black people here in hollywood even say it is impossible for an indian person to groove, since they just dont have rhythm. but their gligulid;liglidigli sounding music , is not just funny, it is actually musically interesting – teh scales and sounds. so people should not dismiss, if someone is from india or chiona, that they have no chance in making westen music. they have a big disadvantage, yes, but with training, love and passion, as we can see here, they still can deliver something that sounds almost “real”…rock.

By: Arman

Arman — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:50:42 +0000

hey there
your article is really good
i just wanted to ask you what your using for drums ??
programming them ?? or have you tracked the drums ??

By: Vats

Vats — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:38:55 +0000

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

sridharancr — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:39:08 +0000

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

SCotty — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:59:40 +0000

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.