andrushkiwt
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As I sweep through my guitar tracks, looking for the harsh/piercing tones, I can truly say that there are a plethora of instances of this once I pass 1khz up to about 4khz. The most annoying/obvious seems to consistently be 2.11khz, but it barely surpasses 1.39, 1.49, 2.18, 2.42, etc... as being overly loud and obnoxious. Are there really supposed to be that many spots with extraordinarily loud tones? I can't clamp down on them all with EQ, so I choose the most annoying one, but really, they would all need it.
My amp heads within Amplitube are usually the Dual Rec, Soldano, or Orange Rockerverb, and I usually keep the treble/presence at noon, along with the other knobs. If I pull back on the treble, there's obvious loss of clarity and same with the presence. It's almost as if....the right amount is too much. I know that doesn't make sense, and there must be a middleground somewhere, but hell I cannot find it. I don't know if my ears, or others, are super sensitive to this 1khz/4khz region (even more so than most, seeing as this is our most sensitive region as humans), or if I'm over-analyzing how harsh it truly is.
Here's a shot of the guitar bus during a mix. There are 4 guitar playing here, strumming F in drop D, but including all strings:
I guess my question is, are there supposed to be, or are there frequently, a dozen or so spots in the upper mids that if swept with EQ will poke out obnoxiously? I feel like that many is too much; that I should only be finding one or two within that range.
Is this a digital problem possibly...the analog vs digital thing?
Failed to mention earlier that my guitar is a 2001 Gibson Studio Gothic, dual humbuckers, and I usually play on the brightest pickups. The rhythm slot are too dull for distortion and only sound good on clean/crunch tones, not high gain tones.
here's a used one, if needed:
Gibson Les Paul Gothic 2001 Black with Gibson HSC | Reverb
My amp heads within Amplitube are usually the Dual Rec, Soldano, or Orange Rockerverb, and I usually keep the treble/presence at noon, along with the other knobs. If I pull back on the treble, there's obvious loss of clarity and same with the presence. It's almost as if....the right amount is too much. I know that doesn't make sense, and there must be a middleground somewhere, but hell I cannot find it. I don't know if my ears, or others, are super sensitive to this 1khz/4khz region (even more so than most, seeing as this is our most sensitive region as humans), or if I'm over-analyzing how harsh it truly is.
Here's a shot of the guitar bus during a mix. There are 4 guitar playing here, strumming F in drop D, but including all strings:
I guess my question is, are there supposed to be, or are there frequently, a dozen or so spots in the upper mids that if swept with EQ will poke out obnoxiously? I feel like that many is too much; that I should only be finding one or two within that range.
Is this a digital problem possibly...the analog vs digital thing?
Failed to mention earlier that my guitar is a 2001 Gibson Studio Gothic, dual humbuckers, and I usually play on the brightest pickups. The rhythm slot are too dull for distortion and only sound good on clean/crunch tones, not high gain tones.
here's a used one, if needed:
Gibson Les Paul Gothic 2001 Black with Gibson HSC | Reverb