bass buzz!

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can anyone help me!
i recorded my metal band and everything is sounding fine except that the guitars have this buzz on the low notes! i tried cutting the low frequencies but then it sounds like crap! then i thought that it might be the volume so i turned it down and it still did it....apparently i recorded the buzz off the amps
so i went back and turned down the buzz one by one....its still doing it!
is there some kind of eq for this?
 
Could be buzz from the amp. Also make sure that when the tracks' faders are at unity gain (+0) that they aren't clipping (going in to the red).

Could be a lot of things, hard to say without hearing it. :p
 
It is probably the buzz from the amp , you could buy a noise removal plug in

Waves make Some good ones. Also try using a parametric eq and boosting
to the max and start sweeping the mid to high range freq, then try and hear the sound as you are sweeping once you find it, cut that baby.

Also consider using in combination with the amp a guitar modeler like amplitube.It can do wonders when you already have a nicely recorded amp
sound but want to do soem tweaking. Some people dont like them but I think
they are very helpfulk in some situations :D
 
I would think that if the buzz is ONLY on the low notes that the buzz is NOT coming from the amps but maybe from the guitars themselves? Is the action too low on them possibly? Try disconnecting the amps and playing the low notes on the guitars. Is fret buzzing present with no amplification?
 
dang..

the buzz IS only on the low notes...
and i dont think its the guitar because the guitar sound fine whenever you play the low notes...i think its the way i recorded it ....im pretty sure its the way i recorded it....anyway...

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that is the rough mix...

but yeah.i tried looking for the frequency that the buzz was on but if i cut it off it pretty much cuts off all the bass too!

well..i guess just listen to it and tell me how bad the buzz is...
 
Get the guitars that are buzzing on the recording. Physically hold them(it?) in your hand, or if someone else recorded the parts, have them play the song without plugging into an amp.

Are they still buzzing?

It sounds to me like the action is too low.
 
I completely mis-interpreted what he meant by 'buzz'. :o

If it sounds like string buzz then like everyone else said it's probably the guitar. Or maybe rattling sounds coming from the amp/speaker on the low notes.

Without hearing anything it's mostly a guessing game.
 
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go listen to it and try to determine what that buzz is because it is driving me crazy!
its not the guitars ...im pretty sure it was that i recorded the amps with a lot of bass...too much bass...but is there anyway that anyone could download the song and try to eq it alittle more and then show it to me?

im pretty new at this mastering stuff..
 
Maybe it's your amp's speakers. I've noticed buzzing in speakers that can't handle the most brutal of lows.

There are two cheap Crate cabinets with stock speakers here and they do it. Turn down the amp or turn down the bass knob - that helps sometimes.
 
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