I have listened to loads of Youtube videos showing how fantastic various Petrucci/Vai/Satriania lead patches sound. I've downloaded them and no matter patch I use, I get tinny sound that is far from the warm tones heard in the Youtube videos.
I have tried various amp sims over the years but ultimately I give up in complete frustration.
I admit, I suck at playing but I don't feel encouraged to do so when the tone is bad.
Also tried numerous combinations over time:
+ Squier strat
+ Ibanez RG240
+ (Current) Squier strat + Noiseless Hot pickups
+ (Current) Waves Guitar Interface (active) DI box
+ M-Audio 44 Delta audio interface
+ (Current) Tascam US-2x2 audio interface
If somebody has had success in recording/playback of wonderful lead solo tones in the nature of Petrucci/Vai/Satch, would you please share some of your dry recordings with me (plus wet recordings for comparison)?
What I would love to do is play some 'good' dry recordings through GR5, my monitors/headphones and hear GR5 working well with these known patches. I would like to convince myself that the tinny/fizzy sounds I'm hearing are due to something I'm doing - and try a process of elimination.
I'm using a balanced XLR cable from my DI into the Tascam. I don't know if I should be using "Line or Mic" output on the DI or "Mic/Line or Inst" input on my Tascam. The DI is powered by 9V batteries so no mains power connection there.
I have tried various amp sims over the years but ultimately I give up in complete frustration.
I admit, I suck at playing but I don't feel encouraged to do so when the tone is bad.
Also tried numerous combinations over time:
+ Squier strat
+ Ibanez RG240
+ (Current) Squier strat + Noiseless Hot pickups
+ (Current) Waves Guitar Interface (active) DI box
+ M-Audio 44 Delta audio interface
+ (Current) Tascam US-2x2 audio interface
If somebody has had success in recording/playback of wonderful lead solo tones in the nature of Petrucci/Vai/Satch, would you please share some of your dry recordings with me (plus wet recordings for comparison)?
What I would love to do is play some 'good' dry recordings through GR5, my monitors/headphones and hear GR5 working well with these known patches. I would like to convince myself that the tinny/fizzy sounds I'm hearing are due to something I'm doing - and try a process of elimination.
I'm using a balanced XLR cable from my DI into the Tascam. I don't know if I should be using "Line or Mic" output on the DI or "Mic/Line or Inst" input on my Tascam. The DI is powered by 9V batteries so no mains power connection there.