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Posted by: Toni Suominen Feb 20 2008, 11:07 PM

Hi guys!

I don't know if this has been posted here before (Im quite sure that it has not) but I found this great tutorial video
on how to record a good metal tone. It's basically a dude explaining a lot of different aspects of how to get a good metal tone on your recordings. There's a lot of great tips and tricks, he even shows many different mic positioning possibilities on a guitar cabinet. Check it out!

Here's the link:

http://www.imperialmastering.com/guitartonevid/

Posted by: swingline Feb 20 2008, 11:22 PM

Good video highly informative, but I think he's being just a touch nit-picky about everything. I doubt Eddie Van Halen recognizes half the thing he talked about, and his tone sounds awesome. I might just be making a mountain out of a molehill though.

Posted by: steve25 Feb 20 2008, 11:26 PM

Hey Toni thanks watching it now . Unofrtunatly there's no chance of me getting a tube amp anytime soon lol

Posted by: swingline Feb 20 2008, 11:30 PM

QUOTE (steve25 @ Feb 20 2008, 02:26 PM)

Hey Toni thanks watching it now

. Unofrtunatly there's no chance of me getting a tube amp anytime soon lol

I've recorded a non yube amp and with a little extra elbow grease on Reaper you can get around 98 or 99 percent there.

Posted by: chast Feb 20 2008, 11:32 PM

Thank you for the link Toni, just watching it

Posted by: visi0n Feb 20 2008, 11:33 PM

Thanks for the video it was really helpfull!

Posted by: steve25 Feb 20 2008, 11:33 PM

Yeah i don't record with an amp at all i record directly wit PODxt, which i know isn't going to sound as good as an amp but it's all i can do at the moment

Posted by: audiopaal Feb 21 2008, 12:00 AM

Interresting..

Thanks for sharing

Posted by: Toni Suominen Feb 21 2008, 12:01 AM

No problem guys!

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Feb 21 2008, 03:01 AM

Hey that's great, thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Feb 21 2008, 08:21 AM

thanks for sharing !!! I'm gonna watch it

Posted by: Nemanja Feb 21 2008, 11:55 AM

thanks for the link..

Posted by: botoxfox Feb 21 2008, 12:00 PM

QUOTE (Toni Suominen @ Feb 20 2008, 11:07 PM)

Hi guys!

I don't know if this has been posted here before (Im quite sure that it has not) but I found this great tutorial video
on how to record a good metal tone. It's basically a dude explaining a lot of different aspects of how to get a good metal tone on your recordings. There's a lot of great tips and tricks, he even shows many different mic positioning possibilities on a guitar cabinet. Check it out!

Here's the link:

http://www.imperialmastering.com/guitartonevid/

You forgot the

Pretty cool vid.

Posted by: Toni Suominen Feb 21 2008, 12:11 PM

QUOTE (botoxfox @ Feb 21 2008, 01:00 PM)

You forgot the

Pretty cool vid.

Damn, I surely did

well here it is!

Posted by: DeepRoots Feb 21 2008, 12:20 PM

I'll check this out when i get home in an hour- quite annoying as im at a shcool computer and the earphone jack is at the back, so in order to listen i have to flop across the table with my head by the tower as my earphones dont reach so far-

wel that may have been off topic but i need to defend my honour.....people will be giving me weird looks if i start doing that.....

They're watching you Neo.....

Posted by: Skalde Mar 17 2008, 12:10 AM

Thanks for sharing Toni, nice link

Posted by: man0mule Apr 6 2008, 09:16 PM

I can tell that this guy is very knowledgable, but man is he annoying. He goes into sooo much detail about everything. He seems to be a bit of a gear snob too. I wish he would mention that sometimes you dont want to use a tube amp, or sometimes you want to try other mics. It might give you the sound your looking for.

overall a very informative video. just hard to watch all in one sitting.

Posted by: MickeM Apr 6 2008, 10:14 PM

Great video! Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Gus Apr 7 2008, 01:11 AM

Great stuff, should only be divided into smaller videos...

I specially liked the miking stuff. It is not intuitive at all.

Actually first time I played live I used line output of amp instead of miking it

Posted by: Hisham Apr 7 2008, 09:16 AM

thanks Toni ..very useful

Posted by: Gerardo Siere Jun 25 2008, 04:35 PM

thanks for sharing

Posted by: Nighthawk Jun 25 2008, 04:44 PM

What does he mean by a passive pick-up ?

Posted by: Zizi Top Jun 25 2008, 05:01 PM

nice vid, but the guy is paranoic, after hearing half of the video, it seems like the more it's expensive the better it is ... and change strings every 3 - 4 hours !! is he serious about that !! We don't have to be a millioneer to have a great tone, you just have to be a good player, and everything will sound good when you'll play it .... for example
hmmm... yes you know who I'm talking about : Muris with his pandora ^^

Posted by: USAMAN Jun 25 2008, 05:08 PM

QUOTE (Nighthawk @ Jun 25 2008, 04:44 PM)

What does he mean by a passive pick-up ?

No battery......emg are active ......evo or screamin demon would be and example of passive.

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jun 25 2008, 07:47 PM

so usefull!!! thx!

Posted by: Jeff Aug 5 2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks for sharing, Toni. I must disagree with some his information though. I would say that the technology is so good today that in the studio most people can't tell the difference between a properly set up modeling tone vs. tube amp. Marcus Lavendell can fool anyone with his tone. He's got the best tone I've ever heard and it's PodXT!

Live is a different situation though. No substitute for a great tube amp in my opinion.

Posted by: Toni Suominen Aug 7 2008, 10:07 PM

I'm happy that you guys found the link useful. I too disagree with some of the aspects that he is saying, but there's still so much good information about the "basics" that I still find this video very useful

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Aug 7 2008, 10:08 PM

Thanks for sharing, worth a view without a doubt.

Posted by: Xuestor Aug 14 2008, 08:13 PM

Thank you for posting the video! I really liked the use of the tubescreamer pedal. It really gave it a wider spectrum of sound.

Posted by: Noangels Aug 22 2008, 12:26 AM

LOL at the string changing and pick up advice!Apart from that very usefull.I use a SM57 on position 3 in a big room with tube amps and they sound fine.I might get some foam out and do as he does to see how it sounds

Thanks for the clip:)

To the players out there who use a lot less gain check out this usefull page to hear it all in mellow tones

http://johnmcniel.com/blog/microphone-placement/

Posted by: Fizzwidget Oct 20 2008, 07:29 PM

Great vid, thanks for sharing.

Watched about eight minutes of it, while he sounds like he knows what he's talking about, he does indeed sound somewhat of a "gear-snob" as someone said before me.

Posted by: jer Oct 20 2008, 07:43 PM

Yeah.

While I did get a couple of useful things from that dude, I did spend most of the time wanting to punch him.

Posted by: ItsMe Oct 20 2008, 07:46 PM

QUOTE (Noangels @ Aug 22 2008, 12:26 AM)