I realize that many guitarists desire the percussive sound of the pick hitting the strings. I however, would like to get rid of it in many heavy lead patches. So, I would like to know where it lives in the frequency spectrum and how best to diminish it.
Yes, I did try to find it on my own. I failed. That is why I am asking here.
Here is an example of what I am talking about:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5ny11fczdnzyya/pick noise.wav?dl=0
You can clearly here the pick attack as a separate entity. I would like to be able to minimize that.
Any directly practical and useful advice towards that goal would be appreciated.
Just curious as to whether the OP is finding a too prominent pick attack as being a problem when monitoring via FRFR or whether he's using a power amp + guitar cab rig?
The reason I ask is because my main rig is pwr amp + cab and whenever I try to go FRFR (thru my CLRs) I can never get it to be quite satisfactory enough with the most noticeable issue being that the pick attack is so much more prominent with IRs thru the CLRs than it is through the guitar cabs.
And if I'm gigging with my cabs (via the FXL Block and Out 2) I don't feel so good about sending the FOH my Cab Block generated direct feed (via Out 1).
This isn't so much an "amp in the room" thing for me anymore.
But the feel is so much different via FRFR (and I'm using IRs that are from cabs with drivers like my own) that I really don't feel comfortable performing live with an FRFR rig as of yet.
My conclusion is generally that there's just something about the way FRFR systems in general propagate sound in a room, especially the attack transients of the source signal, that is incompatible with the way I'm used to hearing electric guitar.
[But I do notice this more thru the CLRs and other for-live FRFR monitors I've tried than I do thru my studio monitors (HS80ms) so maybe it's only related to non-near-field FRFR systems. ???]
But any Amp Block parameters I might adjust regarding pick attack will also affect my pwr amp + cabs tone.
So I guess my question is whether there are any tricks in the Axe that would allow me to soften the attack of the FRFR Layer (post Cab Block, I'm assuming) while not affecting the FXL Layer that has no Cab Block?
I've tried simply putting a limiter after the Cab Block but it doesn't really accomplish what I need.
I tend to think that there is no way to accomplish what I need but thought I'd ask the forum anyway.
Note: I'm playing mostly hyper-clean dark (and bright) jazz tones and medium-gain classic rock-ish tones, not metal.
And the pick attack issue is more annoying on the dark cleans than it is with any of the other tones I tend to use.