I've been trying to get a good distortion sound in my recordings but it usually just sounds buzzy, fuzzy or meh. A lot of the time I manage to get a distortion that sounds great in certain ranges but not generally enough to be of much use.
If it makes any sense, I want a "clean" distortion i.e. a distortion with loads of weight without completely throwing away the ability to distinguish notes from each other (sometimes power chords just all sound pretty much the same which isn't very good). I know I'm not going to achieve professional grade sounds on home recording equipment but if there are any tricks to getting a full, heavy distortion (Heavy metal grade if possible) that doesn't make all the notes sound the same then I'd appreciate it.
I record directly onto a Boss BR-600 some times using a Boss MT-2 distortion pedal (though I can't make much good of it), I usually use presets on the BR-600 and I know that's not a good way to go about it.
P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, wasn't sure if it went here or in the guitar/bass section or the newbie section (me being a newbie and all). In fact, what with me being a newbie, feel free to talk down to me seeing I probably won't understand a lot of the "lingo" straight away.
If it makes any sense, I want a "clean" distortion i.e. a distortion with loads of weight without completely throwing away the ability to distinguish notes from each other (sometimes power chords just all sound pretty much the same which isn't very good). I know I'm not going to achieve professional grade sounds on home recording equipment but if there are any tricks to getting a full, heavy distortion (Heavy metal grade if possible) that doesn't make all the notes sound the same then I'd appreciate it.
I record directly onto a Boss BR-600 some times using a Boss MT-2 distortion pedal (though I can't make much good of it), I usually use presets on the BR-600 and I know that's not a good way to go about it.
P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, wasn't sure if it went here or in the guitar/bass section or the newbie section (me being a newbie and all). In fact, what with me being a newbie, feel free to talk down to me seeing I probably won't understand a lot of the "lingo" straight away.