Anyone else preferring “produced” sounds?

[riffy]

Maybe it is because I can’t play for squat now. I seem to be moving back to more recorded sounds than raw guitar tones.

Anyone else go through this or have tastes swap back and forth? I am even thinking of getting that Jam Origins program to convert my standard guitar to midi and buying more soft synths!

 

[PLX]

 

[Orvillain]

I'm scooping mids a lot lately.

 

[2dor]

I'm scooping mids a lot lately.

Mids were always meant to be scooped!

 

[Mikael Dez]

I'm scooping mids a lot lately.

 

[mbenigni]

Maybe it is because I can’t play for squat now. I seem to be moving back to more recorded sounds than raw guitar tones.

Anyone else go through this or have tastes swap back and forth? I am even thinking of getting that Jam Origins program to convert my standard guitar to midi and buying more soft synths!

Big fan of Jam Origin, but if you're new to pitch-to-MIDI conversion, expect a learning curve.

As for processed guitar tones, hell yeah. Sign me up for more of that delay and reverb.

 

[DrewJD82]

Sometimes it’s unavoidable, I was recording last night and had a 5150 preset dialed in to sound like an amp that’d require some post processing to sit in the mix properly, but was having a hard time tracking because I couldn’t stop focusing on the low end. I don’t quite have the foresight yet to navigate the EQ/balance of instruments without mixing as I go if I’m just using raw sounds.

I love albums with a big production, Brendan O’Brien is just as much of an influence on me as most guitar players I’ve been into heavily. I love the bells, whistles and percussion layers.

 

[James Freeman]

I've been thinking about adding reverb to my pedalboard, this certainly a 'studio' type effect since I read most peippe don't use reverb in a live situation except maybe in worship music where it's an essential part of the guitar sound.

 

[[Nathan]]

Anyone else go through this or have tastes swap back and forth?

This, for everything haha.

Can go for months loving ampsims then use a pedalboard/amp/loadbox day to day for a month and it feels glorious.
Then I'll flick on an ampsim with a different IR, oh wow this is great, as good as the real thing... for a couple weeks

---> Repeat insanity loop

The main thing is it all gives me fresh reasons to be stoked and everything usually ticks 8 out of 10 boxes, nothing is perfect. It's all versions of awesome if you focus on the benefits of the setup at hand.

 

[sleewell]

these days all i really need is a boosted recto or 5150 with enough volume to hold you up if you lean into it.

 

[GTR37]

I scoop mids on leads actually , I find they blend better
On the Rythm I like a solid a big punchy mid honk
The latest thing that I am doing that’s new is I am doing the Reb Beach delay always on 333 Ms low mix it’s subtle but works great and just kind of acts like a glue

 

[la szum]

Just go all the way and let AI do all the lifting/playing/producing.

 

[PLX]

Just go all the way and let AI do all the lifting/playing/producing.

 

[Digital Igloo]

Fine with me as long as the clown show stops claiming that produced sounds are somehow "more accurate" to the original amps.

 

[James Freeman]

Fine with me as long as the clown show stops claiming that produced sounds are somehow "more accurate" to the original amps.

Most accurate with the Hype knob fully cranked and torn off for permanent realism.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

My idea of "produced" sounds are generally quite raw. I swear the average guitarist assumes guitars are way more processed than what happens on 90% of recordings (unless it's deliberately going for a very stylised effect). Do whatever brings the spark, for me that usually involves removing layers of unnecessary processing that usually work against me, and just strip it to the stuff that is pushing it where I want the tone to go.

For my ear, it's often one mic MAYBE with some broad strokes EQ. Clean tones might get some compression. Reverb and delay depend.

 

[GTR37]

Fine with me as long as the clown show stops claiming that produced sounds are somehow "more accurate" to the original amps.

I thought Nickleback was the Recto in the room sound , straight up raw unprocessed audio no post production
Are you saying no?

 

[riffy]

Fine with me as long as the clown show stops claiming that produced sounds are somehow "more accurate" to the original amps.

Who says this?

 

[Steinmetzify]

Man I am a terrible guitar player. The more processed the better. Main rig is a Diezel which is much more of a processed sound, and my main patch on my Kemper is a Recto with delay/reverb AND a flanger lol

Process me!

 

[HotRats]

mmmm no, I'm still into raw amp sounds when I play.