modern metal tone?

[jolly crescent]

https://youtu.be/HqLUzLOe_vE how can I get a guitar tone like this?

[clever solstice]

he has this percussive but not so chuggy guitar tone

based off the vid first step is emgs

if you dont got those add a barely there compressor at start of sig chain

works kinda the same

[jolly crescent]

What about turning the gain up

[clever solstice]

dont

[jolly crescent]

Ok

[clever solstice]

for those tones less is more

3-5 gain on a high gain type amp is enough

that sounds like something close to a diezel or revv on ch3/4

wait r u running software or real amp

much easier on software

[jolly crescent]

I have a real amp but I use impulse responses

[clever solstice]

real amp into loadbox for IRs? interesting

[jolly crescent]

It has an XLR out

No space for a cab

[clever solstice]

so you have a head, that goes XLR out into what

[jolly crescent]

My interface

To my pc

And into reaper

[clever solstice]

and you have an IR loader in your reaper

?

[jolly crescent]

Yea

[clever solstice]

whats the amp

[jolly crescent]

Laney ironheart

[clever solstice]

anyways this feels like a little little bit of boost into some 3-5 gain and not-very-aggressive EQing amp

thing is im kinda clueless on the cab and mic stuff for that

but try the basic v30 with sm57 IRs i guess

[jolly crescent]

Probably a mesa 412

Yeah

[clever solstice]

theres also a tones-oriented-like-that IR pack by AIRIS for free

https://www.airiseffects.com/digital.html

i use that for similar direction tones

and since youre on reaper why not just go full software

NAM od+NAM (both free) with a default compressor/default parametric eq kinda enough

[jolly crescent]

EQing in nam is kind of stupid for me

Like the knobs are super sensitive

[clever solstice]

yeah just dont use the default knobs

if anything i move the knobs 0.5 at most

[jolly crescent]

Alright

Thank you

[clever solstice]

this my NAM sig chain rn

the basic compressors and all

but all NAM eq knobs at default

and 2 param. eqs to actually do the shaping

[jolly crescent]

ive found the ir to get the tone, do you think i should have more mids or more treble to get the sharp guitar tone?

[clever solstice]

i prefer speaking in frequencies now because bass/mids/treble isnt that defined and varies by amp brand

[jolly crescent]

you right

[clever solstice]

but for the sharp tone its 1) right amp type 2) balanced mids and more treble

[jolly crescent]

what does balanced mids mean

[clever solstice]

here mids refer to 250-1k and treble being 1k-4k

[clever solstice]

leave at 5/no boost/no cut

[jolly crescent]

ohb ok

[clever solstice]

i dont like fruity eqs representation which says the whole ass 275-3.5k is mid/then presence/then treble

but translating this to amp is just "leave mids boost treble"

[jolly crescent]

thank you

🙏

[clever solstice]

✅

also try individual frequencies boosting

like one specific frequency

i have a standalone 80hz boost to simulate the deep knob on diezel amps

works wonders sometimes

[jolly crescent]

what plugin do you use for the eq?

[clever solstice]

i use fl so fruity parametric eq 2

and fruity frequency splitter/fruity bass boost

there should be equivalent stuff in any DAW by default

[dusty junco]

Yeah for modern metal tone it’s pretty easy I’d say

You may want an overdrive in your signal chain

I like a little boost

Also try scooping the mids a tiny tiny bit

Like from 5 to 4 ish

But obviously EQ varies so take this with a pinch of salt

@jolly crescent