Members jr_vw2 Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 Went and jammed with some guys the other night we recorded a song. Here is a short clip from it. close to the end of it one guitar stops playing for a second and its just the second guitar. The two tones dont seem to mix well to my ears, the second guitar sounds kind of thin compaired to the first guitar. What do these guys need to do to mesh better? BTW im not playing guitar on this track im actually playing drums on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 I think what's missing first is a decent recording over all. You guys sound pretty good playing wise but that recording is {censored}ing awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 from a drumming standpoint, your time needs work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 it's really hard to comment on guitar tones when the recording is so poor... sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jr_vw2 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 I agree with all of you. It was the first time we all played together. And that was written in about a hour. We recorded it with a single ambient room mic. We were just planning on sending in with the singer so he could work on vocal ideas. But the guys wanted me to try and help their mix out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 It would help if we knew what gear they played with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neon Soul Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 It would help if we knew what gear they played with. I disagree, I see this as counter productive. When someone asks what's wrong with their tone then list their gear all they get are responses about buying this amp or those pickups and everyone loses sight of what has been asked. If it's just the tone you are hearing then you can make suggestions made purely on the sound like less treble, more mids and maybe roll the volume back a bit or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 I agree that it's very difficult to tell, but in general, I would roll back the gain on the guitars... but then that's probably just my personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 the second guitar sounds fine. Its the first one that is not so good. You guys sound like early Motley Crue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 The guitar that is playing by itself had more af a Marshall type tone, and the Guitar that drops out and comes back in has a more Recto type tone.I think for the few seconds they were playing together they blended fairy well.The Recto sounding amp was also louder than the marshall sounding amp. I actually prefered the tone of the guitar playing alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 For the quality of the recording I think they meshed fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 Yeah, I was kind of hoping it would be a bit longer. Sometimes it's hard to judge how something sounds or fits together when all you have is the 10 second basic idea vs running through a verse and a chorus a couple times... I do think that for such a minimal recording, it's not horrible. There's just not enough of it there to get into the feel of it for me. I also agree that there's zero reason we need to know the gear that is being used... it either sounds good or not and it either needs more treble, less bass, more compression or not, regardless of it was recorded on Diezels and ENGLs or a Line 6 Spider and a Fender Frontman with a pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 Went and jammed with some guys the other night we recorded a song. Here is a short clip from it. close to the end of it one guitar stops playing for a second and its just the second guitar. The two tones dont seem to mix well to my ears, the second guitar sounds kind of thin compaired to the first guitar. What do these guys need to do to mesh better?BTW im not playing guitar on this track im actually playing drums on this one. Right now I'm on my phone so I can't hear it. If it sounds thin my guess would be more kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted February 19, 2011 Members Share Posted February 19, 2011 A bit too much gain on guitar #2 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted February 20, 2011 Members Share Posted February 20, 2011 Right now I'm on my phone so I can't hear it. If it sounds thin my guess would be more kids. He's asking how make the guitar stand out in the mix. He's not asking how to reduce his playing time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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