GT-3 tips?

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Hey fellas. First time out here - very cool! I'm hoping I can glean some tips off of y'all. I need some suggestions on how to dial in my BOSS GT-3 for heavy guitar (Sevendust and Static X are among my fave tones) in the studio.

I've toyed with it a bit and can get it to sound great on it's own through (especially my studio headphones). But as soon as I lay it down on 'tape' (digital, actually), it sounds terribly out of place with the rest of the mix (it's either way too bassy and boomy or too thin and nasal). Any thoughts on how to dial this in would be greatly appreciated.

And I see that the POD stuff seems to be quite popular -- any thoughts on that would be welcome as well (especially if the consensus is that the GT-3 is hopeless). I looked into the POD Pro -- is that worht the extra $$$ compared to the standard (I'm using the GT-3 for bass now, as well).

Thanks in advance,
mls
 
Hey! If I read correctly ur a female rocker, right? thats awsome!
anyway.
I own the pod, and like it ecept the johnson j-station is cooler for just a bit more cash($25)it has more efex and a digital out.
The pod pro has a few more options like digital out but cost considerably more.
The pod is cool for recording I think(Ill have to post my new song soon)I have used it for about three months and like it alot.
My buddy owns the gt-3 and he likes it but I think its tone is horrible, on the other hand it has some cool features(slicer,pickup simulator), but I messed with his gt-3 and didnt find much I could do with it recording wise but i would say try messing with the eq a bit more and try various types of distortion just listen to what ur ear tells ya, oh are you using a mixer to go to ur digital recorder? if so check ur eq settings on the board that was a problem for me at first.
hope I could shed some light on the subject.
-Reco
 
Thanks for the quick reply. I haven't tried the POD, but I did toy with the J-Station and wasn't too impressed with it personally. I'm looking for that Rectifier type of sound, but on the J-Station it was all bass and no body -- the Mid knob must have just been for decoration on that setting ;-)>

Thanks for your input, though. Let me know when your tune is available and I'll go check it. If you wanna hear any of my tunes, done with my old gear -- (a Peavey Rockmaster preamp and an ADA Microcab), you can check them on www.maryslittlesecret.com (still a work in progress). Later.

P.S. Actually, I'm a guy -- just a girl's name in the band.
 
The dual rectifier sound on my RP-2000 has tons of mids. For a basic setting I actually have to trim some out and it sounds awsome straight through my PA and on tape (ADAT). It's hard to preview the capabilities of these types of boxes in the store. My RP-2000 sounds nothing like it did when I first bought it but the amp models are very tweakable and sound very pure to me. The rectifier sound on the POD, which I've only heard in MP3 format and briefly in the store sounds great but it's more fuzzy, buzzy with less bite than the one on my digitech. But that's just me.
 
I like the pod once i get my stuff online(does anyone no of another free mp3 encoder other than musicmatch?)
you will be able to hear how good it sounds.
 
Howdy,
Just further to all this, does anyone know a good pedal console I might be able to use for guitar, bass, keyboard and maybe vocals? I was thinking about getting a GT-3 but after this I'm not so sure. The reviewers at harmony-central loved it, but...

Maryslittlesecret - how does the GT-3 go on bass?
 
I don't think the GT-3 is as bad as I may have made it out to be -- I have just had some trouble dialing it in for the tone I want (plus I think I may be a little hyper-critical).

I have a bass patch that I like pretty well, but something like a POD for bass or J-Station would definitley give you more options for recording. The GT-3 doesn't let you choose cabs, the preamps are fair but not great (and none specifically for bass that I can think of), and you just get to say how far off the 'speaker' the mic is (what size or type of speaker it's supposed to be, I don't know).

I would say the GT-3 is a good buy if you're looking for an all-in-one sort of package. It's relatively cheap and has plenty of cool effects, it's just not designed for getting a big miked cabinet sort of sound for recording.
 
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