Very nice. Currently I suffer quite a long time from bad ampsim tones and I desperatetly tweak the hell out of the EQs with no success. Just downloaded your cabsims to see what they can do for me. I think the biggest challenge for a beginner is to be sure if you're using not the right gear, or if you are simply not skilled enough. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Are you loading the cabinet into the amp sim itself? Or are you loading it into an external impulse response loader? I can't seem to load the cabinet into the amp sim at all.
ok im not gonna lie, I think my guitar tone is great but I struggle with a weird sound that my double tracked guitars make in mono or through one speaker. I cant figure out what it is but I really need help
Hey Bobby!! Thanks so much for this vidéo. It cleared out a question i had. And just one question, would it be better to have a DI box in front of my audio interface for guitar recording?
I know for me, adding a DI box between my guitars and interface helped. But, it could also be that I adjusted the guitar input from “Mic” to “Line”. Doesn’t hurt to try both, though.
Unless you're recording a live tube amp at the same time and you need to split your signal, you don't need a DI box. I record DI's straight into interfaces all of the time with clients. The Hi-z input on any interface is meant to accept instrument-level signals.
i get bogged down with the endless sounds by using DI. im lending more to a studio setting where the sound is what you record. like it would in a studio. i get overwhelmed with all the options and and keep it simple. ok bit of eq where needed but essentially get the tone you want then record it. i end up forever tweeking when my first judgement should be right. do you agree or am i stuck in the past
I agree 100%! I actually follow a similar approach when using amp sims. After I decide on a tone, I print it to audio and never touch the plugin again in the mix. Committing is such an important part of mixing.
Hi Bobby awesome video as always. Recently i just compared my mix to professional commercial mix, i just realize the commercial mix guitar is heard louder without eating up the space for other instruments. I tried to match the guitar loudness but it's just eating up the space so the other instruments feels lower in terms of volume. Do you have any tips to get louder guitars without eating up the space for other instruments. Thanks Bobby
My guess would be it’s not about turning up the volume of the guitars DB wise as much as it’s keeping the guitars at a decent volume but EQ them so you turn up their “perceived loudness” is there. Maybe try boosting some 1k?
Definitely gonna make a video on this! Apparent loudness comes from the frequency response of the guitars (especially the midrange. Sounds like you might have too much low-end happening in your guitar tone which eats up a lot of headroom in the mix.
Very nice and helpful video! I guess I will have to try that. Im recording new song and gonna mix it afterwards. Im already using settings from my previous project, just tweaked here and there. I doesn't sound too professional but I like it, still I guess Im probably guilty of overcomplicating process. I put multiband compressor to attenuate some fizzy frequencies and doing cuts with eq, but I probably gonna start over. Of course this is just my hobby and Im doing it for myself but still I want to improve. th-cam.com/video/ukPzFCAkoA0/w-d-xo.html this was my last project but I bet it sounds worse than your "terrible" tone from 2010. Made me proud when I released it back then, maybe not so much now, at least Im happy from composition perspective
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I bet ya I can get a guitar tone out of that P.O.D. that can rival any amp sim they got today!! Great info in the vid none the less
I've definetly realized that simplyfying the eq on guitar and messing with the cab section is the key to a killer tone! Great video!
You're a smart man, Josh! 100% true.
Bobby , we can't thank you enough for your golden videos 💛
Great stuff. Good to go back and see how much you have improved over the years and how easy it was to get a great tone.
Wow! HUGE difference! Great information. Thanks! \m/
Great display of what good, free amp sims with the correct IR can do! Thanks for the free IR Pack, Bobby!
Legendary video Bobby! It’s so simple but there are so many producers out there, who used tons of plugins to create good sounds..
You're a wizard 😮 So inspiring, thanks for the share. ML sound lab amp sims are really solid
Very nice. Currently I suffer quite a long time from bad ampsim tones and I desperatetly tweak the hell out of the EQs with no success. Just downloaded your cabsims to see what they can do for me. I think the biggest challenge for a beginner is to be sure if you're using not the right gear, or if you are simply not skilled enough. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
That raw guitar tone from the POD just cleared out some earwax ;-) Very useful video, thanks!
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Really love watching and learning from your videos Bobby! Really great stuff! Thank you so much
Way to show your progress! I missed how you loaded the IR into the amp sim. Could you explain the steps for that, please. Thank you!
I'm using the IR loader in the Roots plugin. Just click the "IR" letters on the faceplate and load any IR's that you have on your computer!
night and day difference in those guitar tones
Great content as always !
Nice topic, thank you, Bobby!
that orginal guitar tone is awesome if you want to have bleed from your ears :D great job as usual!
08:40 You are clipping the input pretty bad on the Roots sim (blue light flashing)
Man nice work on the vocals on this first track!
so clever to record the DI back then :) thanks !
🤘🏻🤘🏻 gonna try out blending distorted guitars with the DIs put through TSE BOD.
TBH I was expecting "how to fix a bad guitar tone" not "let's replace old tone with a better new one".
Are you loading the cabinet into the amp sim itself? Or are you loading it into an external impulse response loader? I can't seem to load the cabinet into the amp sim at all.
I'm using the IR loader in the Roots plugin. Just click the "IR" letters on the faceplate and load any IR's that you have on your computer!
@@FrightboxRecording Thanks a lot!
ok im not gonna lie, I think my guitar tone is great but I struggle with a weird sound that my double tracked guitars make in mono or through one speaker. I cant figure out what it is but I really need help
Hey Bobby!! Thanks so much for this vidéo. It cleared out a question i had. And just one question, would it be better to have a DI box in front of my audio interface for guitar recording?
I know for me, adding a DI box between my guitars and interface helped. But, it could also be that I adjusted the guitar input from “Mic” to “Line”. Doesn’t hurt to try both, though.
Unless you're recording a live tube amp at the same time and you need to split your signal, you don't need a DI box. I record DI's straight into interfaces all of the time with clients. The Hi-z input on any interface is meant to accept instrument-level signals.
Hey Bobby. I’m plugging strait into my Scarlett 2i2. Should i eq before adding amp plug in for guitar. Thanks
Nah, I'd just feed it straight into an amp sim just like you would when plugging into a real amp.
Awesome videos man, super straigth forward and super simple. Any dumb people like me can replicate and understand it Thanks man
i get bogged down with the endless sounds by using DI. im lending more to a studio setting where the sound is what you record. like it would in a studio. i get overwhelmed with all the options and and keep it simple. ok bit of eq where needed but essentially get the tone you want then record it. i end up forever tweeking when my first judgement should be right. do you agree or am i stuck in the past
I agree 100%! I actually follow a similar approach when using amp sims. After I decide on a tone, I print it to audio and never touch the plugin again in the mix. Committing is such an important part of mixing.
my god... such a good song lol
You must be on a mac cause ml tones isn't aax Windows compatible :(
The camera focused on movie in that old TV wwwwwwww
Hi Bobby awesome video as always.
Recently i just compared my mix to professional commercial mix, i just realize the commercial mix guitar is heard louder without eating up the space for other instruments.
I tried to match the guitar loudness but it's just eating up the space so the other instruments feels lower in terms of volume.
Do you have any tips to get louder guitars without eating up the space for other instruments.
Thanks Bobby
My guess would be it’s not about turning up the volume of the guitars DB wise as much as it’s keeping the guitars at a decent volume but EQ them so you turn up their “perceived loudness” is there. Maybe try boosting some 1k?
Definitely gonna make a video on this! Apparent loudness comes from the frequency response of the guitars (especially the midrange. Sounds like you might have too much low-end happening in your guitar tone which eats up a lot of headroom in the mix.
Very nice and helpful video! I guess I will have to try that. Im recording new song and gonna mix it afterwards. Im already using settings from my previous project, just tweaked here and there. I doesn't sound too professional but I like it, still I guess Im probably guilty of overcomplicating process. I put multiband compressor to attenuate some fizzy frequencies and doing cuts with eq, but I probably gonna start over. Of course this is just my hobby and Im doing it for myself but still I want to improve. th-cam.com/video/ukPzFCAkoA0/w-d-xo.html this was my last project but I bet it sounds worse than your "terrible" tone from 2010. Made me proud when I released it back then, maybe not so much now, at least Im happy from composition perspective
it's hard to fix a guitar tone