Check out my guitar tone! (/bites nails)

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Since I recorded this myself and stuff, it's pretty hard for me to judge whether it's a decent or completely yucky guitar tone. :S

Please, please critique the tone. I'm just starting in the whole home-recording biz, and could really use your help.

Drums were made in Fruity Loops haha. So expect some fakeness. This is just a small part of the song, but enough for you guys to judge. I used a POD 2.0 to record the guitar and the bass.

Thanks so much!

Here it is:
http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=01U4848NBRA720I2UP81GB2ZIS

EDIT:

Ok, the link above doesn't seem to work. This one should do it:
http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KOG87SZV9XCK1J0NY263DU9C8
 
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That absolutely smoked!!! I liked the guitar tone, and definitely enjoyed the layering you did. (the drums weren't really that bad...except for some of the cymbal hits out of nowhere... :D ) All the notes were well-defined, and it would appear that you discovered a key to recording heavy guitar pretty early on...the idea of backing the hell off on the gain knob.

Keep it up. Looking forward to hearing more.
 
You drums are clipping like crazy. I thought you guitar tone could use a little more upper midrange. Maybe cut some of the low out of it, and cut the gain just a touch. It may sound dull on it's own but it would sit better in a mix. Good luck man, post some more samples as you tweak your sound.
 
Guitars sounded good, they don't sound double tracked but they aren't thin so thats good, and if you recorded direct from the POD then I'm impressed. For some reason I can get a great lead sound but that crunchy rhythm tone is a bit more elusive getting to record well.
Coming from a drummer.... the crash is too loud in the mix and it sounds funny without a corresponding bass drum hit underneath it like people's ears are used to hearing on a downbeat.
 
It's kinda deceptive when the high end is quite far overboard, but remember the mid range and the low end of guitar in the equation. Fattening it up on the low end relatively lowers mids, and the result is the V equalization that's easiest on the ears once you set it in the mix right. It's not so much about suppressing the highs, but I do think these highs in particular need backing down. The cymbals & hi hat tones are stacking up too much alongside guitar in that frequency region.
 
Are we all listening to the same song? sneek-peak-you-b**ch.mp3 Maybe my speakers are blown,or maybe my ears are.
 
Are we all listening to the same song? sneek-peak-you-b**ch.mp3 Maybe my speakers are blown,or maybe my ears are.
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While I was reading what you said, I just thought you have an EQ somewhere in the chain where you have dialed out enough mids to make everything else you listen to sound ideal or something like that. So that's one thing that could cause all of this recording's high mids to be cut. I listened to it dry & flat through a cold/clean d/a converter with nothing eq'ing it through wide frequency response headphones.
 
I liked the guitar tone. It had a cool 70's vibe, a nice departure from the overdone sounds we hear today. Don't change a thing.

BTW I'm listening in my control room, using my Genelecs.
 
Drums are over the top, and drown out some of the guitars, but I think the guitar tone is good......hard to really say, as the drums are in the way.
 
Cool guitar sound...I'm with one of the previous posters...put just a little more of the highs back in...the mids are nice and fat...crunchy they just need a little sizzle but not too much.
 
este no tiene nombre, pero asì va ?????

jejeje ... nice sound, but your levels are way too high - nothing more will fit into your song ... bear in mind that you'll need more headroom

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alfred
 
Wow, thanks a lot for your replies guys!

What do you mean by "more headroom"?

Ah, hehe y hablo español. Dice, "esta cancion no tiene nombre guey, pero asi va." :D

I really really appreciate your input!

:)
 
the drums are defiantly clipping, and I think you are a little out of tune.
 
I don't really know what that means, punkin. :S

Out of tune? :S I tuned the guitar right before recording. But who knows, maybe you're right.

What exactly happens when an instrument "clips"? Does that mean that it hits the red bars in the monitors?
 
To my ears I get alot of conflict. A whole lotta somethin' building up,..but i dont have enough knowledge to tell you what freq's they are. I agree as was said earlier,..that the guits are taking up all the room. I'm not really seeing how you could fit anything else in this mix without making your conflicts much worse. In my opinion if it does get any worse it would be hard to listen to.
The tone,..however,.. of the guits is quite good,..on its own. But i think you will need to adjust it quite a bit to make it work in a full mix.
Nice effort though. So far so good,..keep working at it.

Take 'er easy,..
Calwood
 
Thanks so much, Calwood! Now I guess my problem is to place the guitars where they belong in the EQ-Spectrum.

What do you suggest I should do to the guitars for them to sound more "in place"?

Again, thank you for your input. : )
 
mic a guitar cabinet with a Sure SM57 so everyone might finally hear something similar :) Just jokin' around, but that might do it. Mic'ed is better anyway, so go for it.
 
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