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    Presonus Studio One 6 Pro Upgrade - question

    maybe Euro vs Dollar price difference. Now...that price looks a lot more palatable.
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    Looking for mix feedback on a weird (modified drop G#) tuning

    Sounds fine here.
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    What else will I need for a home recording set up?

    Sounds like you have pretty much everything but need a basic audio interface and software. Considering your genre, I don't know if you even care for live guitar, in the classical sense of miked cabs, etc. Might go with a freeware pack, the LePou packs were great with LeCab IR loader and some...
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    BFD3 for 50 bucks

    you can load any sounds in Battery, I have expansion packs for it, didn't use it much as it was hard to navigate.
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    anyone tried XLN DS-10 Drum Shaper?

    https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/addictive_fx/effect/ds-10_drum_shaper it looks like it does some cool tricks behind the scenes, I feel like it is paralel comp and some audio sweetening. On sale now so picked it up to try. Generally I try to keep drum performances as organic and live as...
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    Good budget studio monitors

    JBL 305s probably...Kali are also pretty good, I'd say pretty much everything will work, I'll look for the bigger size I can get at this price range, so probably 5 inch. M-Audio are really good in this price range...or see what you can get used, if you can touch some of the more expensive used...
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    what do you think of this mix?

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    Is it normal to require EQ or other tweaks to achieve a good tone?

    most of the modern productions are so heavily processed that it is absolutely normal to expect it
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    BFD3 for 50 bucks

    almost pulled the trigger on it myself but honestly, I got quite a few drum plugs as it is. That one was more of a direct competitor to NI Battery if you remember that one. Once I found EZDrummer, I just couldn't go back to these unless it's just for triggering a real drummer performance via it...
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    Let me know what you think of this mix

    using lots of tape and tube comp emulations, thank you was going after that kind of sound. Thank you all - feedback appreciated, keep'em coming.
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    Let me know what you think of this mix

    Just released this - looking for some feedback. Thanks all., hope everyone has been doing good and keeping busy recording and writing some tasty tuneage!
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    Archetype: Petrucci

    I chased these things forever with pedals, sims and multi-effect units, until a revelation hit me - it's the physical gear. Also, a lot less distortion to "tape" than what I was using. High end mic preamp helped, something with a real transformer, multimic setup, usually 3 mics or 2 mics and DI...
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    Artist Communication: Advice Needed

    OP, sounds like you need a fully fledged studio to take the production from start to finish with you at the helm. As an engineer at one point I was hungry and took everything, from the church kids that play 3 chord pop punk to some super talented people. No matter what you do, put your best...
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    Archetype: Petrucci

    That should be based on his Mesa amp, right? Maybe look at settings for Mark II Mesa and start from there?
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    "good" metal gui tone by itself/ tone changes from ref to casual speakers

    For the most part you should think in a context of a mix, that's why most presets are way overhyped as they are missing the rest of the band. Since it's anniversary of Randy's death, here's one example. Think about hearing this by itself: Yuk, right? No depth, kinda scratchy, airy and...
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