Recording Metal guitar tracks..

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Hello peeps..
Just got back into recording again after about 2 years. Ive been recording some new guitar tracks, heavy metal.. and had a question about supressing unwanted string sounds. I dont know any other way to put it. But i get little annoying noises in between notes, and it seems impossible to avoid, no matter how hard I try to position my hands. Its not horrible, but its enough to make me want to keep recording the tracks over...and over...and over. Ive done alittle research prior to making this post, so Ill give that advice a try, but I still wanted to ask this.. Ive noticed when watching bands recording in the studio, they have a piece of foam, I think...attached just above the nut..What is the purpose of this, and will this help with my problem? Thanks, and I apologize If I dont make any sense!

Shizz
 
Headband over the strings between the nut and the machine heads. If that doesn't work, deaden the strings that you are not using at the time (like the top 3 or whatever).
 
Could you EQ it out? I'd try a narrow Q and sweep until I found that noise and then try to drop it a little assuming it doesn't ruin the rest of the track.
 
Thanks so much for the advice. Now my guitar has a locking nut..do I remove them? And as far as the eq'ing. I don't know anything at all about it. Except to do a low pass on guitars. I don't expect a whole explanation on this forum. Maybe I should post about it in the eq section? But any quick advice on it would be more than appreciated.
 
Yes it really is that simple. What the little paper does is deadens the drone notes that get into the mix when you palm mute (and your palm sets the strings off)

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I would recommend something thicker though. It only kills the ability to play those frets, the strings are still playable anywhere where the paper is not. I usually just deaden those three for people because they tend to chug the brootz on the first 3 strings power chord style.
 
There are a couple things going on.

You are using more gain than you probably need.

Your technique is a little sloppy. Probably a combination of both.

Putting something in to stop the unused strings from droning will help. Also make sure that you are not hearing the springs from the them system. sometimes its necessary to put some foam in there to keep them quiet too.
 
Farview said:
There are a couple things going on.

You are using more gain than you probably need.

Your technique is a little sloppy. Probably a combination of both.

Putting something in to stop the unused strings from droning will help. Also make sure that you are not hearing the springs from the them system. sometimes its necessary to put some foam in there to keep them quiet too.
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+1 Technique and gain especially. The higher gain makes even the most sensitive touch come up, but even lowering the gain won't fix for you having your hands all over the place.

This comes from a guy with terrible guitar technique. =P Adding onto to all that, a basic noisegate could help you a fair bit too, whilst also tightening the overall sound.
 
Is it "scratching" noises created when you slide from note to note, or are unwanted notes ringing out?
 
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