Make sure you're listening over studio monitors or at the very least some high end audiophile headphones like some 650HDs. Typically the slash gate pedal works better than the actual noise gate in the program. Go easy on the included noise gate as well. Just like the input you want to the output to be in the "yellow" most of the time while playing, without ever clipping. Pay close attention to the volume of the microphone in the cab room because if it clips: you just ruined you tone. Avoid over cranking any Treble or Presence controls, if you feel it lacks high end use a high shelf instead or things are going to get brittle fast. Repeat 4 and 5 until you find a combination that works for you then fine tune the tone on the amp itself. I've found the Amplitube Mesa to be too scooped and muffled compared to the real cab (which I own). If you're after a Mesa cab tone, you're better off using an IR. As for cab selection I've found the ENGL Pro XXL, Orange PPC4x12, a few of the "Metal" cabs, and the Slash Marshalls to give the best results. Once you find that spot then experiement moving the mic away from the cab to tighten up the sound. Just like in real life this will vary from cab to cab, speaker to speaker. While listening to your looped DI track move the microphone away from the center until you find the "sweet spot". The SM57 is the king of guitar mics) put the mic dead center of the speaker right against the grill. Too much gain is the #1 killer of tones.ĥ) Move over to the cab section, pick your cab, pick your mic (I recommend not messing with dual mic configurations as a beginner. I'm assuming you'll be clean boosting the amp in which case the amplitube "overscream" is a good tubescreamer emulation. Double track it as well for later comparisons, double tracked guitars sound different than a mono guitar track.Ĥ) Pick an amp, set all settings to 5 except volume and gain. It's easier to make fine adjustments while listening than playing. You want the signal to show "yellow" on the input meter within amplitube and never clip.ģ) Record a short simple DI Track that you can loop. You can also use the input adjustment in the plugin itself but every time you change the preset this will change. 2) Same but get to -12 peak and use a trim (volume adjustment) plugin before amplitube to crank the signal up. The same typical "change your strings" "set up your guitar" stuff always applies.Ģ) Ensure proper input, the manual states to get the signal as hot as possible you can achieve this in two ways: 1) Crank the gain on the interface until you hit -2 peak picking very hard, depending on your interface and how much you have to crank this could add unwanted noise or distortion. Hi-Z inputs generally suck on every interface including interfaces like Apollos that cost almost a grand. A Countryman Type 85 or a Radial J48/D2 will work great. If you follow these steps then you'll have the tone you're looking for:ġ) Get a DI Box, if you don't already have one, and make sure it has it's own transformer. I'm not sure what version of the program you have, I have max which includes pretty much everything you'll ever need for metal but you can demo anything you want for a few days in the custom shop application. It's going to take a little tweaking but as a POD user you should be extremely used to that and it won't take nearly as long. I've actually owned a POD HD Pro and I can assure you that Amplitube blows that piece of junk away (and I even prefer it over the Axe FX-II XL+) but you have to approach the program as if you were actually in the studio micing up a real cab. Thanks ! Tulzcha Posts: 2 Joined: Mon 2:37 pm I don't have extract from me recording with amplitube 4 but I can guarantee that it is far from this quality. And it is soooo bad! I can't get a good metal tone, even those I pick up on the internet don't sound the same with me, I don't know why -> Is it my soundcard ? My guitar ? The sounds I have seem dirty, like beginners metal sound to register in a cellar.īut honestly I have a better sound with my Pod HD bought 100€ years ago than with modern amp modeling like Amplitube 4.įor instance, here is the 2nd album of my band recorded with a Pod HD (of course it has been mixed and mastered, but the original sound is not so far from that) I have a black metal band for which I used to record with a Pod HD from Line 6 and I like my sound but I though I would have a better one with my new stuff. I have acquired recently Amplitube 4 + a Scarlett 2i2 2nd generation soundcard.
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