This video further reinforces that getting stuck in the gear-trap is bad. People feel like they can't start a band, can't record, etc because they don't have the right gear. Then they get stuck in the trap of feeling that they need to buy more and more and more gear. Some of the best albums were made by people just using what they had. The ultra-metal pedal sounded great right off the bat. The metal master sounded way better than expected, too.
I've been experimenting a lot with EQ pedals the last few years, since I can only afford to use solid-state equipment to rely on mid to high gain tones, so I've learned a lot on how to emulate valve sounds on them. Also I think people overlook how a good preamp circuit can improve your tone regardless if you're using a valve or solid-state power amp. Thanks for shining that light on the topic!
Hey!! Tried out some of your techniques with a helix into my 10 band mxr, into my Randall RD45 and now my Helix sounds like REAL amps!!! It has feel, and the high end is more focused. Fantastic, thank you for the video 😁
When I started playing guitar 10 years ago I ran that Digitec Death Metal straight into a Harley Benton 15W 1x12 mini combo... I had never heard of noise gates... you can imagine the ear-splitting noise. Good times.
The Rat with the eq at the end sounded amazing! 🤘 I'm using pedals in a similar way -Thank you for sharing, this was interesting seeing someone else's approach 😊
I run an amptweaker tight metal st pedal with an eq mxr 10 band in the loop of it, through the input of an engl ironball. Man the tone you can reach with the right settings is just insane !
@@donsmith5385 Yes I know I follow him on instagram, this guy is a legend^^ I tried the pedal through my torpedo captor and the tone is a little "cold". I love the synergy between that pedal and the preamp of my Ironball... Honestly, I can say it sounds SO awesome, I have 3 Schecter guitars and sculpted the tone of each guitar with my mxr eq to have the best tone and Im in paradise. My tone quest is over !
I love the metal master, i understand that its not a lot of peoples' idea of an "ultimate metal tone" but for me i can dial in some tones that really inspire me, make me want to play my guitar and write riffs. I'm pretty sure Jack Owen of Cannibal Corpse was using the metal master for a while. Make of that what you will...i happen to love listening to cannibal corpse
The EQ into the MM pedal totally made it sound like a VERY 90s death metal sound. I love that sound soooooo much, but understand if it's too fizzy for some people (namely modern Djent-type guys edit - and gals). I think the biggest surprise was hearing the mini-ts9 into the rat. That was a neat sound. Never played with a rat, but I've heard a lot of speak about them as kind of an unsung hero. The MXR EQ you do is actually something I do to dial in my tone when I'm just using a tube amp. I'll throw that into my FX loop (which sucks, because it IS noisy) and cut some honk out of my 6505+, and some of the fizz as well, then just boost the front of the amp, dial in a good tone, and go a little surgical with the pedal before it hits the power amp. GORGEOUS work sometimes. I guess that's kind of what you're doing with the ultra metal pedal there - UM becomes the preamp, the EQ hits before the power amp, and you're gtg. Very similar to what the Mesa Mark amps do with the 5-band EQ between the preamp and power amp. I'd honestly love a mesa amp like that, but I'm broke as hell right now. As always dude, I love your videos! Thanks for doing what you do!
The Rat into a dual rec makes for an interesting sound in my experience. Usually you just gotta use tight pickups and dial back the bass. Or use an EQ. Also the Metal Master pulls off the 90s Death Metal sound idea ran into a Marshall style amp (or a Bugera in my case). Not the best sound but if you’re jamming out old school shit it’s fun as hell.
Justin G. It depends what you do with ears not eyes . I had used Rat in “ starve mode “ the idea is to go over the desired Gain on amp and starve it with less volume from rat but sligth more gain than boosted. For me it gives that Gritieness growliness = slower power distortion assolation , near Fuzz teritory with less noise ( suprisingly ) No noisgate needed!
Awesome vid! I have been doing this for for a few years after my thrasher went out with an mxr 7 band eq pedal and use tons of distortion and overdrive pedals....went as far as using the boss sd1 with a ds1......I got one of those small floor solid state power amps and was blown away at sounds I was getting in my 2x12 cab..I also use my two notes torpedo cab impulse loader and got fun tones, haven't tried them in a mix yet.
Awesome work as always Ryan. Just wondering if you'd ever consider a walkthrough vid of your gear/instruments/new recording space sometime? Unless of course you're still setting up your space.
Well played Sir, the last examples are the most convinient. All you really need is an ok filth pedal then 2 EQs either side, same if ur ampa got an FX loop and sounds a dreary-pre and post EQ; sorted!!
I find Joyo British couples quite nice after UM300. I was experimenting with this kind of stuff and you completely enlightened me with this video and the one about boosts.
Best high gain tone for metal is 2 SD1 BOSS OVERDRIVES going into the dirty channel of your amp. 3 GAIN stages is all you need to get into sonic metal territory. You'll have more tone shaping ability having 2 extra volumes, 2 more tone knobs and 2 more gain controls which are usually just set to zero or off position but if you want it to be more cluttered/dirty it's always there waiting. The additional volume backing off will clean up the gain also giving it a sit in the mix or behind it kind of sound which is very doomy to say the least.
I use rat in starve mode . less volume from unity but sligtly more gain than boosted on amp that is tuned with more gain than desired. For me it gives more Grit & growl in slower distortion assolation . & suprisingy much less noise so no naise gates needed.
Brilliant video. I used to have a beastly Engl Powerball half stack but stupidly sold it all. I am now building a much more convenient pedalboard rig. I am using an AMT E-1 preamp \ distortion pedal and will be running it into a Two Notes Cab M for the power amp \ speaker sim. Do you still think it would be worth using EQ in front of the pedal? I do have a boss SD-1 lying around but not so sure the E-1 would need that.
I've always found the SD-1 and screamer derivatives to sound too focused in front of most ENGLs, so I would definitely go for an EQ or clean boost type pedal if you're unhappy with the boss. You probably won't need much in terms of an overall gain boost anyway.
Hey dude. Love your videos as always! I just wanted to share a mod I found here on TH-cam with you. I too have the MXR 10 band eq pedal and it can be improved quite easily by replacing the OP amp within the pedal. Perhaps you already knew that but It would cool to see modding videos from your channel.
It's also important to have a line-driver/buffer with a low impedance output (100ohm) when using a "line level" effect loop. Otherwise the impedance mismatch will gutt your sound.
You have to make use of the tone/filter knob when you use a RAT instead of just cranking it either way. The RAT is not a Tube Screamer with more gain. The Tube Screamer + RAT combo is essentially what the Fulltone OCD circuit is, which is why Michael Fuller was unable to patent it.
@@josenatanaelpelayoruiz1069 no problem, set everything on the pedal straight up at 12 noon with the gain knob at zero. Then just add volume to add boost. The EQ knobs are touchy so don't go too far before or after noon. Bingo!
Why did you put the Death Metal in the thumbnail but didn't include it in the video? it was my first distortion pedal and I was getting ready for some nostalgia time. Great pedal btw, if you want a really heavy Death/Black Metal sound - feels more "real" and textured than the Metal Master which my bandmate had.
A lot of these can sound great if you turn the gain down on your distortion pedal, and put them in the FX loop proper, aka plug in to the front of the amp, with the "Metal Zone" or whatever in the loop. Set your amp on edge of breakup or "thick clean" and then set your distortion pedal to accentuate that, or mold it to your preferred distortion tone. You can still throw a tube screamer in front of your amp, and this method works with solid state or tube amps, as well as cheaper amp modeller pedals like the units from Vox, Zoom, Mooer, Nu>X, etc., in that sub-$150 market, as well as "in the box" with cheaper, simpler modellers. I have the same Behringer UM300, as well as a TO800, and a Zoom G1XOn, and in tandem with an ART Tube MP/C, I can use a Peavey Badit 112, or I can plug into my ART SLA-1 rack power and drive a 4x12 directly. Since I generally put the Tube MP/C as the last item in the FX loop, I can actually run both setups at once by adding a single XLR cable, but if I'm only using the half-stack, I can enable a solid state clean channel on my Zoom pedal to replace the Peavey's preamp circuit. This allows me to get a very wide variety of recognizable, yet very unique tones, due to me fudging everything with layered and cascaded effects. I can sound like System of a Down on one patch, Death on another, and then I can still use the expression pedal to put the gain all the way down, and engage my UM300 for an entirely unique tone on nearly every patch, as the amp model on each patch will mesh differently with the UM300 due to varying gain structures and EQ settings. Everything tucks into the back of the Peavey, rather conveniently, so I only use 3 pedals, have no need for a pedal board, and generally treat the 4x12 like an extension cab for larger venues, or use it to mic up when recording. Like, I have a bunch of cheap, shitty gear, lol, but listening to my recordings, you'd never know it.
I used to use the boss metalCORE pedal, But i wonder how good it would sound with a bandpass sculpted tubescreamer style boost in front of it!?!? Honestly,,, i think it would be crushingly good ! Btw you REALLY cleaned these pedals up GOOD at the end! They sounded really good ! Tighter overall
I throw a clean booster in front and it tightened up the low end and since the I find the high on the Metalcore pedal can be kinda sensitive, I use the treble from the boost to give it a little more high end. The boost really pushed the pedal into a very tight setting.
I thought the metal zone was alright for rhythm, but the cocked wah sound on the metal zone was very evident when soloing, especially bending and vibrato. No matter what you do (even pluging into effects return), its always there.
men you are save me im starting to play guitar and dont have much money( live in argentina) and i can find all this things here and especialy the ultra metal thanks bro like
I'm planning on doing this with my behringer x vamp. The Soldano and JCM emulations sound great. I will boost it with a super overdrive and find a cheap mxr eq clone ans I'll be set! ty man.
I've got a question that might be kinda green: 13:10 I think I have this problem Mic-ing a marshall cab and amp, straight into an interface into my computer. I seem to be able in a pretty alright tone to my ears, but when I play it back it has horrendous high frequency fuzz. Not white noise, it comes along with the sound produced from the guitar. Now, I've tried different microphones, a Shure knock off seems to cut alot of that. And of course I can EQ post recording, and alter my tone to adjust. I'm wondering if this is just how it goes or it sounds like I'm doing something incorrectly that I pick up that fizz on my tone no matter what. Similar to 10:27 should I try a wider band EQ Before recording instead of after?
might be your speaker, or mic placement maybe? did you try moving the mic farther from the center of the speaker and have you tried using it off-axis? really difficult to tell without hearing it. have you tried the fredman technique for micing? that can be used quite effectively to shape your tone without doing a lot of post-processing
@@DominiqueHeine It is hard to diagnose without being there, but thanks for replying anyways. I have tried different positions, not sure what that technique is you mentioned. Right now its dead center otherwise I lose too much of that punch and it sounds too flat. I did try each speaker and discovered that they aren't exactly great. I knew that when I bought it (its an MG cabinet 😳). Its on the speaker that sounds the best. Edit: watchee a couple videos, and that may work for me. However, I'm likely going to be recording both angles separately rather that buying another microphone and stand or a clip for it.
@@kingnothing2161 yeah, the MG cabs aren't great. maybe try and get a cheap (used) 1x12 or 2x12 with a V30 for example. For the fredman technique, you use one mic on-axis (90° angle) and one (preferably the same model but not necessary) pointing in a 40 degree angle towards the cone. With that you have some phase cancellation that will take out some nasty frequencies in the right spots. Just check youtube for fredman technique ;-)
I have a digitech rp150, a bunch of plugins most often bias amp 2 through a focusrite 18i20, and a maxon od808 into a joyo mjolnir (great value amp) into a harley Benton 2x12. all in all the tube amp is the best, but in a live mix they're not all that far apart from one another.
Unholy shit! Gods of war arise! If you had a solid state amp with a decent gain channel (Randall RH100 G2), but wanted to push it a bit harder and welly up the gain a bit- would you use a distortion pedal on lower output, or something like an OD pedal or a screamer? Maybe even something along the lines of a Horizon Devices precision drive? Most of the Internets pedal reviews are done on the top tier tube amps- so it's hard to get a bead on what a cheaper Solid State will sound like with these pedals.
The '85 R100ES I recently acquired takes contemporary clean boosts like the Fortin Grind like a champ, so I wouldn't hesitate to go that route (Precision Drive, other light overdrives, Graphic EQ, etc.)
@@PlagueScytheStudios Cheer mate, I had a KDHK Darkblood on it, and it didn't like it at all with any sort of gain on the amp. Thanks for the feedback!
I think the videos could do with a bit of evening out of commentary and demoing, the volume bar has to move like 50% of the full length to compensate when listening in the evening. The after EQ was definitely impactful thing. Found out a similar trick works nicely in mastering, when you might want to record guitars with a lot of mids, but the end product sounds nicer when you scoop the full product a bit.
This video further reinforces that getting stuck in the gear-trap is bad. People feel like they can't start a band, can't record, etc because they don't have the right gear. Then they get stuck in the trap of feeling that they need to buy more and more and more gear. Some of the best albums were made by people just using what they had.
The ultra-metal pedal sounded great right off the bat. The metal master sounded way better than expected, too.
In other words, GAS, 'Gear Acquisition Syndrome"
Screw my axe fx, time to rock my metal zone XD
That Dethklok song has been stuck in my head for the past few weeks, and now it's here! Damnit, Ryan! :)
OMG, around 10:46 very close to the TS boosted 5150 sound of Amon Amarth! hail to the \m/
I've been experimenting a lot with EQ pedals the last few years, since I can only afford to use solid-state equipment to rely on mid to high gain tones, so I've learned a lot on how to emulate valve sounds on them. Also I think people overlook how a good preamp circuit can improve your tone regardless if you're using a valve or solid-state power amp. Thanks for shining that light on the topic!
15:46 Thunderhorse 🤘🤨 You should cover it. Would be a challenge, but really cool.
It would also be a challenge: preventing Brendon Small from taking the video down.
BrunoDSL - There are other Thunderhorse covers on here. It would be an issue if he tried to monetize the video.
Seeing how you use that 10 band EQ is incredibly helpful, thanks!
hell yeah, you got your new studio setup dude!
Even the sweet sounding Um300 sprang to life with just the proper EQ helpings. Superb!
Hey!! Tried out some of your techniques with a helix into my 10 band mxr, into my Randall RD45 and now my Helix sounds like REAL amps!!! It has feel, and the high end is more focused. Fantastic, thank you for the video 😁
Yay I’m going to experiment! Thanks
Literally the exact same thing I've been thinking about for the last few days. Trippy
When I started playing guitar 10 years ago I ran that Digitec Death Metal straight into a Harley Benton 15W 1x12 mini combo... I had never heard of noise gates... you can imagine the ear-splitting noise. Good times.
Brilliant video. You are really good with this stuff! Anyone with an interest in distorted guitar should have this knowledge. Keep up the good work!
I'm something similar to this with slip knot set up. They double up on fuzz pedals and tube screams. Great video
The Rat with the eq at the end sounded amazing! 🤘 I'm using pedals in a similar way -Thank you for sharing, this was interesting seeing someone else's approach 😊
I run an amptweaker tight metal st pedal with an eq mxr 10 band in the loop of it, through the input of an engl ironball. Man the tone you can reach with the right settings is just insane !
Dude the Amptweaker Tight Metal was made by the master of high gain James Brown! You really don’t need a traditional amp with that pedal!
@@donsmith5385 Yes I know I follow him on instagram, this guy is a legend^^ I tried the pedal through my torpedo captor and the tone is a little "cold". I love the synergy between that pedal and the preamp of my Ironball... Honestly, I can say it sounds SO awesome, I have 3 Schecter guitars and sculpted the tone of each guitar with my mxr eq to have the best tone and Im in paradise. My tone quest is over !
torpedo cab* sorry
New room setup looks great Ryan!
Great vids, man! Great info I've never bothered to learn. Keep it up. Cheers!
The Metal Master actually sounds pretty good.
I love the metal master, i understand that its not a lot of peoples' idea of an "ultimate metal tone" but for me i can dial in some tones that really inspire me, make me want to play my guitar and write riffs.
I'm pretty sure Jack Owen of Cannibal Corpse was using the metal master for a while. Make of that what you will...i happen to love listening to cannibal corpse
I love any pedal that has the name METAL on it. Even if people think is sounds lame. All THINGS METAL
The EQ into the MM pedal totally made it sound like a VERY 90s death metal sound. I love that sound soooooo much, but understand if it's too fizzy for some people (namely modern Djent-type guys edit - and gals).
I think the biggest surprise was hearing the mini-ts9 into the rat. That was a neat sound. Never played with a rat, but I've heard a lot of speak about them as kind of an unsung hero.
The MXR EQ you do is actually something I do to dial in my tone when I'm just using a tube amp. I'll throw that into my FX loop (which sucks, because it IS noisy) and cut some honk out of my 6505+, and some of the fizz as well, then just boost the front of the amp, dial in a good tone, and go a little surgical with the pedal before it hits the power amp. GORGEOUS work sometimes. I guess that's kind of what you're doing with the ultra metal pedal there - UM becomes the preamp, the EQ hits before the power amp, and you're gtg. Very similar to what the Mesa Mark amps do with the 5-band EQ between the preamp and power amp. I'd honestly love a mesa amp like that, but I'm broke as hell right now.
As always dude, I love your videos! Thanks for doing what you do!
Nice video!! Please, do more about EQ response in metal amps like 5150, Marshalls, Boogies, etc
2nd ever youtuber to use a Amon Amoarth riff!!! THANK YOUUUUUU 😍😍🖤
Oh yes just the video I need. Thanks so much Ryan!
Nice to see megadeth getting some love in this video :D
Cool video. The ceriatone pedal you have is super awesome. Ide definitely use that as my main rhythm tone.
Great vid. Hair looks fantastic 🤘
Great video. Thanks!
The Metal Master actually nailed the Justice tone pretty convincingly. Perhaps that's what they modelled it after in the first place?
The Rat into a dual rec makes for an interesting sound in my experience. Usually you just gotta use tight pickups and dial back the bass. Or use an EQ.
Also the Metal Master pulls off the 90s Death Metal sound idea ran into a Marshall style amp (or a Bugera in my case). Not the best sound but if you’re jamming out old school shit it’s fun as hell.
Justin G. It depends what you do with ears not eyes . I had used Rat in “ starve mode “
the idea is to go over the desired Gain on amp and starve it with less volume from rat but sligth more gain than boosted.
For me it gives that Gritieness growliness = slower power distortion assolation , near Fuzz teritory with less noise ( suprisingly )
No noisgate needed!
Or make use of the filter/tone knob instead of turning it all the way to the right.
Awesome vid! I have been doing this for for a few years after my thrasher went out with an mxr 7 band eq pedal and use tons of distortion and overdrive pedals....went as far as using the boss sd1 with a ds1......I got one of those small floor solid state power amps and was blown away at sounds I was getting in my 2x12 cab..I also use my two notes torpedo cab impulse loader and got fun tones, haven't tried them in a mix yet.
Awesome work as always Ryan. Just wondering if you'd ever consider a walkthrough vid of your gear/instruments/new recording space sometime?
Unless of course you're still setting up your space.
When its 100% done, there will be definitely be a video!
Plague Scythe Studios awesome, will be looking forward to that 🙂
Amon amarth!!! That's awesome man.
Well played Sir, the last examples are the most convinient. All you really need is an ok filth pedal then 2 EQs either side, same if ur ampa got an FX loop and sounds a dreary-pre and post EQ; sorted!!
I find Joyo British couples quite nice after UM300. I was experimenting with this kind of stuff and you completely enlightened me with this video and the one about boosts.
holy shit the metal master sounds nice in the fx loop time for me to dig it out of one of the bins
Fantastic videos mam!
realy thank you so much for such a informative video :)
Use the metal zone as a clean boost, friggin awesome
Best high gain tone for metal is 2 SD1 BOSS OVERDRIVES going into the dirty channel of your amp. 3 GAIN stages is all you need to get into sonic metal territory. You'll have more tone shaping ability having 2 extra volumes, 2 more tone knobs and 2 more gain controls which are usually just set to zero or off position but if you want it to be more cluttered/dirty it's always there waiting. The additional volume backing off will clean up the gain also giving it a sit in the mix or behind it kind of sound which is very doomy to say the least.
I use rat in starve mode . less volume from unity but sligtly more gain than boosted on amp that is tuned with more gain than desired.
For me it gives more Grit & growl in slower distortion assolation . & suprisingy much less noise so no naise gates needed.
13:40 what song is he playing? Anyone????
great equ demonstration: pre and post equas can make live to a lot of trashy dist/od pedals
Brilliant video. I used to have a beastly Engl Powerball half stack but stupidly sold it all. I am now building a much more convenient pedalboard rig. I am using an AMT E-1 preamp \ distortion pedal and will be running it into a Two Notes Cab M for the power amp \ speaker sim. Do you still think it would be worth using EQ in front of the pedal? I do have a boss SD-1 lying around but not so sure the E-1 would need that.
I've always found the SD-1 and screamer derivatives to sound too focused in front of most ENGLs, so I would definitely go for an EQ or clean boost type pedal if you're unhappy with the boss. You probably won't need much in terms of an overall gain boost anyway.
Hey dude. Love your videos as always! I just wanted to share a mod I found here on TH-cam with you. I too have the MXR 10 band eq pedal and it can be improved quite easily by replacing the OP amp within the pedal. Perhaps you already knew that but It would cool to see modding videos from your channel.
It's also important to have a line-driver/buffer with a low impedance output (100ohm) when using a "line level" effect loop. Otherwise the impedance mismatch will gutt your sound.
Now a vid on AJFA tones with the UM300 pedal? Hehe
You have to make use of the tone/filter knob when you use a RAT instead of just cranking it either way. The RAT is not a Tube Screamer with more gain. The Tube Screamer + RAT combo is essentially what the Fulltone OCD circuit is, which is why Michael Fuller was unable to patent it.
In the Ultra Metal section, I didn't see any settings change on the pedal or the EQ. What was altering the sound?
I have a digitech death metal and turning the mids all the way down and turning the bass up it’s a slam monster
I've found that the KSR Ceres as a preamp into an FX return wins over everything else I've tried.
I wonder what it would be like with a Moore's dual rect micro pedal, and tube screamer and eQ.
Metal Zone is still my absolute favorite Clean boost / distortion pedal. I think a lot of people hate them because they don't know how to use it.
Ive try that with my metalzone and with all the gain down still sounds dirty, what do you do to sound as a clean boost
@@josenatanaelpelayoruiz1069 no problem, set everything on the pedal straight up at 12 noon with the gain knob at zero. Then just add volume to add boost. The EQ knobs are touchy so don't go too far before or after noon. Bingo!
@13:38, wtf song is that!? I know it, but cannot remember where from and it's driving me nuts.
Animals as Leaders. CAFO i think.
Bingo
Why did you put the Death Metal in the thumbnail but didn't include it in the video? it was my first distortion pedal and I was getting ready for some nostalgia time. Great pedal btw, if you want a really heavy Death/Black Metal sound - feels more "real" and textured than the Metal Master which my bandmate had.
This makes me feel better about selling my metal master pedal to my cousin to run into a practice amp.
A lot of these can sound great if you turn the gain down on your distortion pedal, and put them in the FX loop proper, aka plug in to the front of the amp, with the "Metal Zone" or whatever in the loop. Set your amp on edge of breakup or "thick clean" and then set your distortion pedal to accentuate that, or mold it to your preferred distortion tone. You can still throw a tube screamer in front of your amp, and this method works with solid state or tube amps, as well as cheaper amp modeller pedals like the units from Vox, Zoom, Mooer, Nu>X, etc., in that sub-$150 market, as well as "in the box" with cheaper, simpler modellers. I have the same Behringer UM300, as well as a TO800, and a Zoom G1XOn, and in tandem with an ART Tube MP/C, I can use a Peavey Badit 112, or I can plug into my ART SLA-1 rack power and drive a 4x12 directly. Since I generally put the Tube MP/C as the last item in the FX loop, I can actually run both setups at once by adding a single XLR cable, but if I'm only using the half-stack, I can enable a solid state clean channel on my Zoom pedal to replace the Peavey's preamp circuit. This allows me to get a very wide variety of recognizable, yet very unique tones, due to me fudging everything with layered and cascaded effects. I can sound like System of a Down on one patch, Death on another, and then I can still use the expression pedal to put the gain all the way down, and engage my UM300 for an entirely unique tone on nearly every patch, as the amp model on each patch will mesh differently with the UM300 due to varying gain structures and EQ settings. Everything tucks into the back of the Peavey, rather conveniently, so I only use 3 pedals, have no need for a pedal board, and generally treat the 4x12 like an extension cab for larger venues, or use it to mic up when recording. Like, I have a bunch of cheap, shitty gear, lol, but listening to my recordings, you'd never know it.
I used to use the boss metalCORE pedal,
But i wonder how good it would sound with a bandpass sculpted tubescreamer style boost in front of it!?!?
Honestly,,,
i think it would be crushingly good !
Btw you REALLY cleaned these pedals up GOOD at the end!
They sounded really good !
Tighter overall
I throw a clean booster in front and it tightened up the low end and since the I find the high on the Metalcore pedal can be kinda sensitive, I use the treble from the boost to give it a little more high end.
The boost really pushed the pedal into a very tight setting.
I thought the metal zone was alright for rhythm, but the cocked wah sound on the metal zone was very evident when soloing, especially bending and vibrato. No matter what you do (even pluging into effects return), its always there.
So you have nothing going through the pre amp? Guitar, to pedals, to fx return or did I misunderstand
I suppose the UM300 comes in multiple colors? The one in the beginning of the video is red, but the one in the play through is black... ?
Theres a black and white filter on that part because I messed up the exposure... lol.
@@PlagueScytheStudios ahhh... I didn't even notice the filter. Lol
men you are save me im starting to play guitar and dont have much money( live in argentina) and i can find all this things here and especialy the ultra metal thanks bro like
I'm planning on doing this with my behringer x vamp. The Soldano and JCM emulations sound great. I will boost it with a super overdrive and find a cheap mxr eq clone ans I'll be set! ty man.
Got one chance, infiltrate them!!
I've got a question that might be kinda green: 13:10 I think I have this problem
Mic-ing a marshall cab and amp, straight into an interface into my computer. I seem to be able in a pretty alright tone to my ears, but when I play it back it has horrendous high frequency fuzz. Not white noise, it comes along with the sound produced from the guitar. Now, I've tried different microphones, a Shure knock off seems to cut alot of that. And of course I can EQ post recording, and alter my tone to adjust. I'm wondering if this is just how it goes or it sounds like I'm doing something incorrectly that I pick up that fizz on my tone no matter what. Similar to 10:27 should I try a wider band EQ Before recording instead of after?
might be your speaker, or mic placement maybe? did you try moving the mic farther from the center of the speaker and have you tried using it off-axis? really difficult to tell without hearing it. have you tried the fredman technique for micing? that can be used quite effectively to shape your tone without doing a lot of post-processing
@@DominiqueHeine It is hard to diagnose without being there, but thanks for replying anyways. I have tried different positions, not sure what that technique is you mentioned. Right now its dead center otherwise I lose too much of that punch and it sounds too flat. I did try each speaker and discovered that they aren't exactly great. I knew that when I bought it (its an MG cabinet 😳). Its on the speaker that sounds the best.
Edit: watchee a couple videos, and that may work for me. However, I'm likely going to be recording both angles separately rather that buying another microphone and stand or a clip for it.
@@kingnothing2161 yeah, the MG cabs aren't great. maybe try and get a cheap (used) 1x12 or 2x12 with a V30 for example.
For the fredman technique, you use one mic on-axis (90° angle) and one (preferably the same model but not necessary) pointing in a 40 degree angle towards the cone. With that you have some phase cancellation that will take out some nasty frequencies in the right spots. Just check youtube for fredman technique ;-)
What was the riff for the Ultra Metal? It's on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite get it... I'm almost positive it's As I Lay Dying, though...
I have a digitech rp150, a bunch of plugins most often bias amp 2 through a focusrite 18i20, and a maxon od808 into a joyo mjolnir (great value amp) into a harley Benton 2x12. all in all the tube amp is the best, but in a live mix they're not all that far apart from one another.
your set is looking great tho :D
Opposition (Opposition) contradiction ( contradiction) premonition ( premonition) compromise!
Your a master who can pull off glorious tone with random shitty gear. I love my clone EQ pedals.
Take No Prisoners \m/
Thunderhorse!
Unholy shit! Gods of war arise! If you had a solid state amp with a decent gain channel (Randall RH100 G2), but wanted to push it a bit harder and welly up the gain a bit- would you use a distortion pedal on lower output, or something like an OD pedal or a screamer? Maybe even something along the lines of a Horizon Devices precision drive? Most of the Internets pedal reviews are done on the top tier tube amps- so it's hard to get a bead on what a cheaper Solid State will sound like with these pedals.
The '85 R100ES I recently acquired takes contemporary clean boosts like the Fortin Grind like a champ, so I wouldn't hesitate to go that route (Precision Drive, other light overdrives, Graphic EQ, etc.)
@@PlagueScytheStudios Cheer mate, I had a KDHK Darkblood on it, and it didn't like it at all with any sort of gain on the amp. Thanks for the feedback!
The metal master sounded great though thru your gear.
Set eq on frowny face!!!
Thuderhorse!!!!!!!!!!!
these tones where either muddy or ear piercing
I think the videos could do with a bit of evening out of commentary and demoing, the volume bar has to move like 50% of the full length to compensate when listening in the evening. The after EQ was definitely impactful thing. Found out a similar trick works nicely in mastering, when you might want to record guitars with a lot of mids, but the end product sounds nicer when you scoop the full product a bit.
Lol, CAFO
Getting some great sounds with the Rat. Be nice to hear it mixed with a bass.