badboy1984 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 The panning advice is good, i will certainly try it again tonight. Maybe i hoping too much on GR4 ...... should just spend the money on a small tube guitar combo instead ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='badboy1984' post='1228792' date='May 12 2011, 01:40 PM']The panning advice is good, i will certainly try it again tonight. Maybe i hoping too much on GR4 ...... should just spend the money on a small tube guitar combo instead .......[/quote] That'd be a good start - another tip is to get a valve amp of low wattage - anything from 5w to 30w for recording. You DO NOT need masses of volume for recording and for this reason, amps have now been created to drive valves at low volumes. You'd be surprised how loud 30watts sound in a home environment. A good mic to use would be an SM57 - there are better mics out there but this would be a relatively cheap option. Placement of the mic can make a lot of difference - distance from the amp too. It really is all about experimenting and seeing what it right for you sound and songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='1228807' date='May 12 2011, 01:50 PM']That'd be a good start - another tip is to get a valve amp of low wattage - anything from 5w to 30w for recording. You DO NOT need masses of volume for recording and for this reason, amps have now been created to drive valves at low volumes. You'd be surprised how loud 30watts sound in a home environment. A good mic to use would be an SM57 - there are better mics out there but this would be a relatively cheap option. Placement of the mic can make a lot of difference - distance from the amp too. It really is all about experimenting and seeing what it right for you sound and songs.[/quote] yup. the fender champ is pretty good at £100 odd quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I think the Marshall DSL 201 or 401 would be a better option as it does both clean and distortion reasonably well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 got to save up money now ..... consider i blow some money on guitar rig 4 ........... and bought a new bass. Only amp i can get hold of now from my friend is the Marshall AVT50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 there are too many free and 'free' plugins out there to be spending money that could otherwise be given to me. get the uad waves stuff. it's very expensive dont you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 I will just mess around with the advice be given until i have money to buy a guitar amp. i post the track up tonight so it will give a better view on the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankai Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 For example, Amplitube is now free. And tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) I will give the amplitube a try as well. By the way i sorted out the distortion issue on the ipod. I end up EQ the distortion guitar and adjust the distortion etc, so it doesn't muff up the sound. But still not the greatist distortion sound but it can be heard in the mix. 4 layer of the distortion but still sounded thin. i think i need to mess around with the EQ to find the sweet spot. Edited May 13, 2011 by badboy1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 Here is the demo of the song. [url="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7GM23AXM"]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7GM23AXM[/url] The drum and guitar don't kick in till around 2.40 ish i think. Couldn't get the distortion guitar right. So advice on the other instrument mixing would help as well By the way the song is in chinese ........ i'm still new to all this stuff ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 [quote name='badboy1984' post='1231660' date='May 15 2011, 09:29 AM']Here is the demo of the song. [url="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7GM23AXM"]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7GM23AXM[/url] The drum and guitar don't kick in till around 2.40 ish i think. Couldn't get the distortion guitar right. So advice on the other instrument mixing would help as well By the way the song is in chinese ........ i'm still new to all this stuff ......[/quote] Doesn't sound that bad, however it sounds like the drums have been panned left to right when they should be in the middle of the mix and the guitars should be panned but are in the middle of the mix. Swap this round and it will improve it a lot I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 which guitar? Acoustic or Electric? The electric have 3 layer, one is left, right and centre. Acoustic just one in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 [quote name='badboy1984' post='1231816' date='May 15 2011, 11:56 AM']which guitar? Acoustic or Electric? The electric have 3 layer, one is left, right and centre. Acoustic just one in the middle.[/quote] Electric - and thats your problem, remove the centre track and slightly boost the left and right track. The drums should only have one centre track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 thanks man, i give that a try and let you know the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 it sounded alot better now. i centre the drum, bass and acoustic and pan left to right on electric. just need to tweak the right tone for distortion now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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