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  1. DudeManBrother

    Bogner Uber Ultra.

    I wouldn’t call the old one loose. It’s got a lot of balls and thump but the low end, yet stays rather focused. I’ve used mine without a boost for many tech death shows and it works as well as any of my other “tight” amps. All about the left hand I suppose.
  2. DudeManBrother

    Started a Down tribute band

    Nola has to be one of my all time favorite albums. I have owned 4 Mesa .50 cals because of that record :lol: Glad to hear you’ve pulled yourself out of the pits of despair and have a band again. Sounds great
  3. DudeManBrother

    Should I memorize songs to the point where I can play them without relying on tabs/backing track?

    Assuming you’re just playing for yourself in your bedroom: does it really matter? If you want to memorize a song then just play it more. If you don’t, then no one will know/care.
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    Is it me or does REAPER (DAW) sound muddy/congested/crammed/flat?

    I think the other guys got a good handle on your main issue; but your pictures only illustrate exactly what I said needed to be avoided earlier in this thread. I could hear the distortion in your examples and figured you were clipping the plugins. You can select every track, right click, and...
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    Hybrid analog/digital setups

    I have used an HM2/Throne Torcher with my Kemper for a long time. I like it because I can blend it in with my profile. It gives me a sound I don’t get with my real amps. I pretty much always record with reals amps and an analog chain but I wouldn’t hesitate to throw pedals into a DI if I was...
  6. DudeManBrother

    NAD Blacked Out Engl Invader MKII

    Nice. How would you describe the difference from the 150? I had a 150 before but didn’t jive with it.
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    Is it me or does REAPER (DAW) sound muddy/congested/crammed/flat?

    If you record in the analog domain then 44.1 is all you’ll ever need. Once you start introducing clipping/saturation/distortion in the digital realm you can run into trouble. The audio above 22k will be interpreted incorrectly and folded back into the audible spectrum. It can be very harsh in...
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    Is it me or does REAPER (DAW) sound muddy/congested/crammed/flat?

    What sample rate do you run at? I’d be curious if you hear an improvement by trying it at 96k. This would push nyquist out much further and reduce aliasing. I also hear some distortion that could be from clipping your plugins. You might try going back through and lowering the volume of...
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    Is it me or does REAPER (DAW) sound muddy/congested/crammed/flat?

    I highly doubt it’s the daw. You probably just need to work on your mixing skills. Congested and muddy usually means too many low mids. It’s an easy area to build up, so try playing with that level on your instrument buses; and use the built in reaper oversampling on your compressors to avoid...
  10. DudeManBrother

    Talk me out of a Mesa Dual Rectifier

    I think people that say rectos are flubby and fizzy have never turned them up. It’s not an amp that can be properly experienced at low volume. I have a lot of amps that do similar tones, but nothing is quite the same. If you want one, and can afford one, get one.
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    Rectifier ywang?

    You can put an eq in the loop to dial out any unwanted frequencies. Maybe an Empress ParaEQ is best so you can pinpoint the exact frequency that’s bothering you. Most of the undesirable Recto frequencies go away when it’s turned up considerably. If you have access to a load box you could try...
  12. DudeManBrother

    Strat Mods!

    Why not just turn up the gain and play what you have? Single coils can work great for prog and fusion. Obviously it’s your guitar so do what you want, but don’t feel like you have to swap pickups just to play a particular genre.
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    Your top melodeath albums?

    Insomnium’s Above the Weeping World and Be’lakor’s Of Breath and Bone are still my go-to melodeath albums. I love basically all TBDM albums as well, but those are a way different side of however melodeath could be classified.
  14. DudeManBrother

    NAD 2005 3 tube Splawn Quick Rod

    Yeah they’re talking about axefx models. With the real amps: You can get an incredible tone by turning the treble all the way down to zero. It shifts the midrange and still stays bright; but rounds off some of the ice picky transients Marshall’s sometimes get. Gain and master volume levels...
  15. DudeManBrother

    Quitting music

    Bruh women are such beta males. Go do some sit-ups in a park and eat some raw meat. Searing flesh is so mid.
  16. DudeManBrother

    2021 Plugin Deals Thread

    Back on sale like it was last year. Seriously worth checking out. You can really get a cool console like workflow with the free software that utilizes these two plugins. https://store.solidstatelogic.com/plug-ins/ssl-essentials-bundle-
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    500 series thread!

    Check out Hairball Audio. They make a killer mic pre, eq, and 1176 that are available in 500 series. Good colored compression is probably the hardest thing to emulate in plugins without some serious cpu consumption, and just catching peaks on vocals makes an 1176 a must have for tracking imo...
  18. DudeManBrother

    switching between 4/4 and 3/4

    I change time sigs like that constantly in riffs and songs. Sometimes during writing I’ll just add a section of 5/4-4/4-3/4 instead of 3 bars at 4/4 just to see what I create within the parameters of such a meter.
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    hardware mic pre's vs uad apollo interface?

    Yeah just grab a mic pre (w/ eq is very nice) first, then compressor next.


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