Short HD500 clip - tonetest, feedback appreciated

[Santuzzo]

Hi,

I am working on finding a nice rhythm tone on my HD500 for recording and I made two comparison clips (both tones are similar, but slightly different as also different guitars/PUs were used).
Sorry for the sloppy playing....

version A:
Tonetest 1a by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

version B:
Tonetest 1b by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

What do you think of this tone in general?
Which version do you think sounds better?
What should I change/improve on either version?

EDIT: here is a new version, is this better than the previous ones?
http://soundcloud.com/larsbauer/tonetest-1d

Thanks,
Lars

 

[ThePhilosopher]

I prefer the second one, but I'm not sure I know enough to say how to improve either.

 

[Blazerok]

i liked the second one better too.
Hi hat was way to bright/piercing on both track. You might want to remove a bit of the "clickyness" on the kick too.
Your guitar tone was cool though. what amp model did you use?

 

[Santuzzo]

I prefer the second one, but I'm not sure I know enough to say how to improve either.

Thanks

i liked the second one better too.
Hi hat was way to bright/piercing on both track. You might want to remove a bit of the "clickyness" on the kick too.
Your guitar tone was cool though. what amp model did you use?

Thank you.

Yes, the drums are not very good, I just used an AD preset, will still have to work on the drums more.

For the guitar I used two patches panned 100L/100R, one is the Treadplate and the other one is the F-Ball, both are boosted with a TS model.

 

[peagull]

Yeah, the second one has more attack and impact. To my ears anyway. That get's my vote

 

[Santuzzo]

Yeah, the second one has more attack and impact. To my ears anyway. That get's my vote

Thank you.

What do you guys think should I improve on the tone? Does it have too much gain?

 

[Purelojik]

damnt hat guitar sounds awesome. i agree with everyone else about the piercing highs on the hats and stuff. take some of that stuff down a bit and your good. perhaps turn the guitars down a tad and make everything gel a bit more. its sounds great but ....too separated? i dunno not much else its pretty damn good to me

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

What do you guys think should I improve on the tone? Does it have too much gain?

Maybe a little more bottom, and it doesn't have too much gain.

 

[Santuzzo]

damnt hat guitar sounds awesome. i agree with everyone else about the piercing highs on the hats and stuff. take some of that stuff down a bit and your good. perhaps turn the guitars down a tad and make everything gel a bit more. its sounds great but ....too separated? i dunno not much else its pretty damn good to me

Thanks !

By too separated you mean the bass guitar and guitars that don't gel well?

Maybe a little more bottom, and it doesn't have too much gain.

Thank you!

 

[Leuchty]

I like version B.

I actually REALLY like version B.

Well done

 

[Santuzzo]

I like version B.

I actually REALLY like version B.

Well done

Thanks a lot!

The funny/weird thing is that I expected version A to be liked better, because I used a j-custom with DiMarzio's for it, B on the other hand was done with an 1527 and Ibby stock PUs.

But since the DiMarzio's on the j-custom have a lower output (PAF 7) I changed the gain setting accordingly. Maybe if I add a bit more gain to version A it will come closer. But I am not sure if the difference is just a matter of gain.

 

[Santuzzo]

update:

made a new version with different drum mix also slightly different guitar tone, is this better than the previous ones?

Tonetest 1d by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[Santuzzo]

update:

made a new version with different drum mix also slightly different guitar tone, is this better than the previous ones?

Tonetest 1d by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

bump.
also: what do you think of the drums?

 

[HollowmanPL]

Second one here ;]

 

[Santuzzo]

Second one here ;]

Thanks!

I must be doing something wrong, because my RG with Ibanez stock PU's is sounding better on the clips than my j-custom with DiMarzio's ...

 

[Santuzzo]

Here is yet another version, different guitar tones and also different drums, I used DFH Superior 1 on this, I do like the kick but not happy with the snare what do you think (of guitar and drums):

Tonetest 1e by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[Santuzzo]

which of my last 2 versions do you think sounds better and why (both with regard to guitar tone and drums):

version D:
Tonetest 1d by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

or
version E:
Tonetest 1e by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Thanks,
Lars

 

[Santuzzo]

which of my last 2 versions do you think sounds better and why (both with regard to guitar tone and drums):

version D:
Tonetest 1d by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

or
version E:
Tonetest 1e by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Thanks,
Lars

one more bump

 

[Santuzzo]

which of my last 2 versions do you think sounds better and why (both with regard to guitar tone and drums):

version D:
Tonetest 1d by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

or
version E:
Tonetest 1e by Lars Bauer on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Thanks,
Lars

one last bump in hope of getting some more feedback