Different tone than youtube

[Matteodem]

I'm just trying to reproduce some tone I hear from Cooper Carter and Leon Todd.
I hear them on the same monitors I use with the FM3.
Even a simple amp+cab set the same is them sounds differently, with a much higher content of high end (in my case).
The guitar is very similar.

Why?
Thanks

 

[∞Fractals]

EQ?

Strategic high and low cuts in the signal path?

Room?

 

[Matteodem]

EQ is the same as they show.
Any general master eq should affect both the model and YouTube, as I'm hearing the sound of YouTube using the FM3 as sound card

 

[∞Fractals]

EQ is the same as they show.
Any general master eq should affect both the model and YouTube, as I'm hearing the sound of YouTube using the FM3 as sound card

Your cab low and high cuts.

The IR choice.

All the same?

 

[Matteodem]

Your cab low and high cuts.

The IR choice.

All the same?

Yes all the same

 

[unix-guy]

Don't underestimate the difference in guitars, strings, pickups, pickup height, technique, etc.

Also, are you running the same firmware version the videos were created with?

 

[simeon]

i wonder if you're hearing the sound of your guitar strings. have you tried comparing a recording against the youtube audio? it might be helpful if you could make an mp3 with a bit of the reference and a bit of your playing so we could have a listen to it. we're flying blind at the moment.

 

[guitaroholic]

YouTube compression?

 

[Matteodem]

Don't underestimate the difference in guitars, strings, pickups, pickup height, technique, etc.

Also, are you running the same firmware version the videos were created with?

no, I don't think so. But generally speaking, I notice that my tones need a strong high cut to match those heard on internet.
Just wanted to see if anyone esle noticed this

 

[Tonedeaf]

I've never downloaded a preset that sounds just like the demo. I just expect them to get me in the ballpark now, and then tweak them with the knowledge I've learn these past few years with the FM3.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

we're flying blind at the moment.

Yeah, but that's never stopped the forums before.

 

[∞Fractals]

Since we’re flying blind… Did you check the volume and tone knob positions on the guitars?

 

[Joshua_L]

The Leon Todd presets sounds nothing at all like what I hear on the videos too.

My main guitar is more on the bassy side tone and each time I use his preset or his LT tv mix 7 the sound is really thin.

 

[chris]

My gig partner and I switched guitars during a song one day. I have a 7 string humbucker with an FM3 he has a strat type single coils with a line 6.

My tone is generally bassy with tamed high end, his is generally mid heavy little bass with more highs than me.

We put on each other’s guitar. No gear changed at all. We used our own respective picks.

I still sounded bassier than him, and he sounded more mid/treb than me. Nothing changed except pick, hands and technique. We were surprised.

 

[Matteodem]

My gig partner and I switched guitars during a song one day. I have a 7 string humbucker with an FM3 he has a strat type single coils with a line 6.

My tone is generally bassy with tamed high end, his is generally mid heavy little bass with more highs than me.

We put on each other’s guitar. Nothing changed at all. We used our own respective picks.

I still sounded bassier than him, and he sounded more mid/treb than me. Nothing changed except pick, hands and technique. We were surprised.

Wow incredible

 

[Matteodem]

I completely tame 8k and 16k on the eq to have a tone I like

 

[Rex]

i wonder if you're hearing the sound of your guitar strings. have you tried comparing a recording against the youtube audio?

I think this is the most likely culprit. I’ve seen it happen too many times. Often, people don’t realize how loud you have to get before your strings get drowned out by the amplification.

 

[chris]

I think this is the most likely culprit. I’ve seen it happen too many times. Often, people don’t realize how loud you have to get before your strings get drowned out by the amplification.

LOUUUUUD

 

[unix-guy]

I think this is the most likely culprit. I’ve seen it happen too many times. Often, people don’t realize how loud you have to get before your strings get drowned out by the amplification.

Comparing the videos and playing with (closed back) headphones can resolve that. Something for the OP to consider.

 

[unix-guy]

no, I don't think so.

To which part of my post?