Miscreant
Inspired
Hi Guys, I've been working on a patch these last few days for my main heavy distortion sound. I'm getting closer, but I'm getting a bit frustrated with this 'cackling' somewhat fizzy sound that is 'riding above' the notes I'm playing. It's especially present when I'm palm muting.
I've included a soundcloud file for you to listen to.
My set up:
Guitar: Viper 407 w. EMG 81-7/707 active pickups
Axe-Fx patch (in the order of blocks): Gate Expander (threshold -40, ratio 2, attack/hold/release all at 1.0ms); Drive block (tube drive, w. drive at 0, clip type hard); Amp block (recto orange modern, eq'd to have low bass, medium mids and slightly high hi's); Cab (two 4x12 rectos, one RW the other OH, and one with an R121, the other with an E609 dynamic); Reverb (very slight, just to add a touch of shine).
My other concern is just that this patch is too compressed sounding, almost coming close to a tinny metalzone, which is very bad. Anyways, I'd like to open it up a bit more, without losing the definition, which is really what I'm going for. A nice tight, defined sound that isn't too tinny and shrill sounding. I do fear that some of my problem is my active EMG's and their more 'hi-fi' sound--which I'm not crazy about anymore. But it's what I have to work with.
Anyways, any tips on how to get rid of the cackle and how in general to improve this tone are much appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Guitar Tone - Heavy Distortion by The Miscreant on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
I've included a soundcloud file for you to listen to.
My set up:
Guitar: Viper 407 w. EMG 81-7/707 active pickups
Axe-Fx patch (in the order of blocks): Gate Expander (threshold -40, ratio 2, attack/hold/release all at 1.0ms); Drive block (tube drive, w. drive at 0, clip type hard); Amp block (recto orange modern, eq'd to have low bass, medium mids and slightly high hi's); Cab (two 4x12 rectos, one RW the other OH, and one with an R121, the other with an E609 dynamic); Reverb (very slight, just to add a touch of shine).
My other concern is just that this patch is too compressed sounding, almost coming close to a tinny metalzone, which is very bad. Anyways, I'd like to open it up a bit more, without losing the definition, which is really what I'm going for. A nice tight, defined sound that isn't too tinny and shrill sounding. I do fear that some of my problem is my active EMG's and their more 'hi-fi' sound--which I'm not crazy about anymore. But it's what I have to work with.
Anyways, any tips on how to get rid of the cackle and how in general to improve this tone are much appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Guitar Tone - Heavy Distortion by The Miscreant on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free