Monchito
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I think I may have hit a wall and not even sure this is something I can solve with the AX8 itself or if I need to revise my idea of mixing.
I made a thread about my patch levels a while ago. They are going into the DAW at between -12 and -6dB. As far as I know that is good headroom for recording digital. I have my patches matched to different guitars for different application and all sound great on their own without clipping even though some seem louder than others at the same dB (but that can be corrected with minimal effort in the mix).
Now I am by no means a professional mixer but I am trying to get the rhythm guitars to sit clearly in the mix but always feel they sound weak and bloated–if that makes sense. I am cutting high and low, getting rid of some fizz in the high register (around 4K) and have tried boosting somewhere around 1k to 2k just slightly. I have a compressor on my guitar group but it is really subtle, just there to emphasize pick attack.
No matter what I try the tone is just not there. Am I doing something wrong? Should my source tone from the AX8 be louder into the DAW? Should I use different cabs? Or am I not adjusting the amp block correctly? I have followed plenty of tutorials and the tones themselves are alright, it's once I am going to mix down that they feel loose.
Today I found a video on youtube where the guy was using stereo cabs to the DAW to create more movement. This totally threw me off. I learned that strong rhythm guitars should be mono to avoid phasing but here it's apparently being used creatively to get more "air"?
Maybe I am overthinking this. The patches I am trying to blend are attached here. I am using a Dellinger with a Dominion pickup. Maybe the strings are too loose for D Standard, too?
Let me know what you would do from here. My mixing skills are certainly beginner level and I don't have much time to play. it's really just something I do to relax and disconnect but I would like to get better.
Are my source tones not good for recording? Am I recording too quiet? How do you set up the most straightforward crushing tones for recording?
Thank you!
I made a thread about my patch levels a while ago. They are going into the DAW at between -12 and -6dB. As far as I know that is good headroom for recording digital. I have my patches matched to different guitars for different application and all sound great on their own without clipping even though some seem louder than others at the same dB (but that can be corrected with minimal effort in the mix).
Now I am by no means a professional mixer but I am trying to get the rhythm guitars to sit clearly in the mix but always feel they sound weak and bloated–if that makes sense. I am cutting high and low, getting rid of some fizz in the high register (around 4K) and have tried boosting somewhere around 1k to 2k just slightly. I have a compressor on my guitar group but it is really subtle, just there to emphasize pick attack.
No matter what I try the tone is just not there. Am I doing something wrong? Should my source tone from the AX8 be louder into the DAW? Should I use different cabs? Or am I not adjusting the amp block correctly? I have followed plenty of tutorials and the tones themselves are alright, it's once I am going to mix down that they feel loose.
Today I found a video on youtube where the guy was using stereo cabs to the DAW to create more movement. This totally threw me off. I learned that strong rhythm guitars should be mono to avoid phasing but here it's apparently being used creatively to get more "air"?
Maybe I am overthinking this. The patches I am trying to blend are attached here. I am using a Dellinger with a Dominion pickup. Maybe the strings are too loose for D Standard, too?
Let me know what you would do from here. My mixing skills are certainly beginner level and I don't have much time to play. it's really just something I do to relax and disconnect but I would like to get better.
Are my source tones not good for recording? Am I recording too quiet? How do you set up the most straightforward crushing tones for recording?
Thank you!