Guitar Tone Check.

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Ok after the last going off of people critiquing my stuff my guitar tone got a lot of attention. not much of it good. I decided to start from scratch again. So here is a bare bones clip, (It is just a quick clip of the song "Jane" by a band called "The Loved Ones" i didn't write it)

If people could please advise me what to do to sweeten it up a bit that would be a major help. I don't really want to do much post-processing i'd like to start from the source inwards, but i am open to suggestions in that arena.

My room isn't treated so i am thinking the low's may be overwhelming and gross. Interesting though, after taking a break and coming back to it the gain seems a bit high, i don't love high gain punk rock tones so i may lower it after for personal tastes?? But i will await some responses first.

Fire away please.

http://soundcloud.com/smpeytone/tone_test_1
 
Shoot, post edit...

If you think you would or could sweeten it up as it is with EQ or parametric EQ I am open to sending you the clip via email or something? Then you could send it back to me and tell me what you did so i can do it and hear what is changing on my end.

If that makes sense ???
 
ShanPeyton said:
If you think you would or could sweeten it up as it is with EQ or parametric EQ I am open to sending you the clip via email or something? Then you could send it back to me and tell me what you did so i can do it and hear what is changing on my end.
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I'm not sure what sweeten it up means, but here's some post EQ processing.

The clip switches back and forth between (wet - post EQ) and dry. It starts wet and ends wet. IMO this is cleaning up the track.
 
I think the tone you have sounds good. Maybe could be a bit brighter but hard to tell at this stage. Not knowing anything about your music, I think you have a good starting tone.

The only thing I could say that may help is could you double the track with another performance and pan left and right to taste?
 
metalj said:
I think the tone you have sounds good. Maybe could be a bit brighter but hard to tell at this stage. Not knowing anything about your music, I think you have a good starting tone.

The only thing I could say that may help is could you double the track with another performance and pan left and right to taste?
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Thank you. I hear you the brighter part. I have referenced it on a few others devices and it seems a little distant and sort of muffled.

Essentially this is exactly what you said, a starting tone (a new one). I typically double all my rhythm tracks both right and left. I am doing this exercise purely to find a tone that seems relatively friendly to all ears. IF you know what i mean. I want to have something to use as a reference tone. Maybe i am crazy?


Sonixx said:
I'm not sure what sweeten it up means, but here's some post EQ processing.

The clip switches back and forth between (wet - post EQ) and dry. It starts wet and ends wet. IMO this is cleaning up the track.
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Thanks for putting time into it that? What was that you did to it at the first?
 
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