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Topic: Process heavy metal to get tone and timbre of regular guitar |
Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2010 7:06 am |
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Is there a way to listen to Yngwie Malmsteen and process the sound so it's as if he's playing Clapton's strat or Page's Les Paul or Howard Roberts's hollowbody etc? I can't stand that heavy metal sound, but some of those guys sho 'nuff can play.
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John Groover McDuffie
From:
LA California, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2010 10:30 am
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Turn the volume knob counterclockwise??  |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 4:06 am
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If you have a graphic or parametric EQ, you can fix things up a bit. I have a lot of trouble listening to Pro-Tool'd cymbals - it seems to me that after they've been time-stamped, quantized, shifted and EQ'd digitally they just sound like a burst of static, not a vibrating brass thing.
On guitars, there's often a huge resonant peak around 2K to 2.5K, even up to 3.2K - granted, this is what the artist wanted. To "fix" cymbals, I just take 'em out - start killing everything and everyone above 6K and see what happens. This often reduces some of the annoyingness of the guitars. I know exactly what you mean - Paul Gilbert is a great player and writes instrumentals every bit as interesting as Jeff Beck or Eric Johnson, but he's got that pimply/80's/Guitar Center tone. To die for....  |
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John Groover McDuffie
From:
LA California, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 10:25 am
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...or to die from!  |
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Jerry Bull
From:
Republic, MO, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 11:33 am
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John, your KILLIN me!!
I feel the same way sometimes....
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