Hi,
I hope someone can help me out. Maybe it's a stupid question but I've tried loads of different rigs, good rigs but it's far from the tone I'm looking for eventhough the amps are the ones I'm looking for.
I'm interested in Mesa Rectifier,, 5150 and Framus Dragon rigs and I've found some that sound really good.
The sound I'm looking for is something like Orden Ogan, Gojira and As I Lay Dying (the video Josh Middleton posted somewhere else on this forum too).
So, high gain without loosing too much clarity and tightness.
I know for video's it's also a matter of mixing, but then still from a basic rig I should be able to get at least quite a bit in the right direction.
But the real challenge begins when I start with the EQ (in the X-section) to dial in the proper EQ settings for the sound I'm looking for.
Somehow I can't get it right.
Do I need to load the tone I'm looking for in an frequency analyser to find the frequencies hotspots I need to accentuate?
I'm really having a hard time to get the EQ right, when I need more bass the low end gets muddy and I need to raise the low-cut so back to lack of low end. This is just an example but it goes like this in many ways when fiddling with the EQ.
I thought the accents need to be around 800hz and 1600hz with a Q setting set to small. But still no luck so far.
So, my question is:
Wat is the best approach to start from a rig downloaded from the rigexchange or whatever to improve your tone from a EQ point of view?
Are there any guidelines or rules of thumb which frequencies to accentuate?
Thanks in advance.
Mauce