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ChemicalFire · 4th September 2010

I'm having some problems wrapping my head around multitrack guitar recording and mixing as I'm pretty new to it.

From all sources I have been told to use a strong mid tone and less gain to keep my guitars punchy and crisp. This is fine the results are pretty good (I'm using amp simulation at this time, Softubes Metal Amp Room) but the tone is more akin to hard rock instead of metal.

The problem I feel is I'm using Mid heavy tones with lower amounts of gain that a standard metal song would use. To get the tone that I want live I tend to have to use more gain and mids than would sound good recording.

Basically I'm not sure how to record a metal tone. I've also been told that you want to get a great tone before you record. But I can't get the tone I want because I want to keep the mids high to keep my recordings crisp.

What am I doing wrong?

4th September 2010	#1
ChemicalFire Gear interested Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 27 Thread Starter	Recording Metal Guitar Tones for a Newbie I'm having some problems wrapping my head around multitrack guitar recording and mixing as I'm pretty new to it. From all sources I have been told to use a strong mid tone and less gain to keep my guitars punchy and crisp. This is fine the results are pretty good (I'm using amp simulation at this time, Softubes Metal Amp Room) but the tone is more akin to hard rock instead of metal. The problem I feel is I'm using Mid heavy tones with lower amounts of gain that a standard metal song would use. To get the tone that I want live I tend to have to use more gain and mids than would sound good recording. Basically I'm not sure how to record a metal tone. I've also been told that you want to get a great tone before you record. But I can't get the tone I want because I want to keep the mids high to keep my recordings crisp. What am I doing wrong?