Def Leppard - "Foolin'" Preset Added!

I really don't know what I do different? If anything? I can tell you that it's not a 'one shot' deal. It's a long process sometimes. I do some research and try to find out what was used on the original recording. I listen really, really close to the track to see what I can pick up. I've been doing that all of my life and have gotten pretty good at picking things out through the mix. Stem tracks really validated what I thought I was hearing.

I run the tone match dozens of times, trying different settings in the tone match block. When I get something that sounds good, I temporarily save it in the tone match 'block library', then audition them all and pick the best one. Sometimes I use a cab block before the tone match block and use the tone match block 'graph' to tell me where I need to EQ the amp block and then use the tone match as a final EQ tweak. The less the tone match block has to do the better the results sometimes. A few time I have applied EQ to the 'source' track that I'm matching.

Sometimes I do the hole tone match process, save it as an IR, load that IR into a cab block placed right in front of the tone match block, with that cab block active, re-tone match it again, save that one as a final EQ IR, then load the two IRs into two cab blocks in series, run a sine wave sweep through them into the tone match block to make a new single IR (I made a couple of 'IR mixer' presets for this before the days of 'Cab Lab')......................There's more:eek:

I would like to do a few videos of my tone matching processes someday
 
Moke said:
I really don't know what I do different? If anything? I can tell you that it's not a 'one shot' deal. It's a long process sometimes. I do some research and try to find out what was used on the original recording. I listen really, really close to the track to see what I can pick up. I've been doing that all of my life and have gotten pretty good at picking things out through the mix. Stem tracks really validated what I thought I was hearing.

I run the tone match dozens of times, trying different settings in the tone match block. When I get something that sounds good, I temporarily save it in the tone match 'block library', then audition them all and pick the best one. Sometimes I use a cab block before the tone match block and use the tone match block 'graph' to tell me where I need to EQ the amp block and then use the tone match as a final EQ tweak. The less the tone match block has to do the better the results sometimes. A few time I have applied EQ to the 'source' track that I'm matching.

Sometimes I do the hole tone match process, save it as an IR, load that IR into a cab block placed right in front of the tone match block, with that cab block active, re-tone match it again, save that one as a final EQ IR, then load the two IRs into two cab blocks in series, run a sine wave sweep through them into the tone match block to make a new single IR (I made a couple of 'IR mixer' presets for this before the days of 'Cab Lab')......................There's more:eek:

I would like to do a few videos of my tone matching processes someday
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Thank you for this info, I really appreciate it. I like the idea of looking at the tonematch EQ curve and using that as a basis to adjust the amp EQ or an separate post equalizer. This process is more iterative than I thought, which is probably what I need to do to get closer. Is there a way to see the detail of the EQ curve from the tonematch operation (export it to see the actual dB / freq values?) to apply it to a graphic EQ for example?
 
guitarzen said:
Is there a way to see the detail of the EQ curve from the tonematch operation (export it to see the actual dB / freq values?) to apply it to a graphic EQ for example?
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Not with the Axe-Fx or Axe-Edit that I am aware of (maybe time for a new 'Wish List' thread). I'm sure that 'Ozone' or any of the other EQ matching plugins have that.

BTW.......look up 2 posts.......;)
 
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Moke said:
Not with the Axe-Fx or Axe-Edit that I am aware of (maybe time for a new 'Wish List' thread). I'm sure that 'Ozone' or any of the other EQ matching plugins have that.
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Thanks. It's an interesting idea and probably worth a wish list thread.
 
pablito said:
Moke, you did it. You dit it. Congrats man. There is no limits for your talent.
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Thanks pablito............You make me sound like a Super-Hero..........."Tone Match Man"!!....:D
Let me know if the download works and the preset too.
 
Master Moke, this is awesome, as a relative Axe newbie your pre-sets are teaching me soooo much, many thanks, keep um coming. Love your playing, you sure know your way around a fretboard.
 
Sounding great Moke! Thanks for sharing the preset. We used to play a couple of songs off of that album, but never Foolin. Guess there's no time like the present to get that one down, too. Cheers. Lee
 
Maxsys said:
Master Moke, this is awesome, as a relative Axe newbie your pre-sets are teaching me soooo much, many thanks, keep um coming. Love your playing, you sure know your way around a fretboard.
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Thanks Maxsys, If you have any questions about this preset, I will do my best to explain why it is the way it is.
 
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