...A home studio and creative outlet. I will explore different setups, hardware, software, and review anything I find that I like. Almost everything heard on my recordings will be digital, from the guitar amps to the drums, from the strings to the compressors, all with both musical taste and price point in mind. I intend to help others and document my work with setting up a studio on a budget. What's best about this is that anyone can do it with a little know how and time. Not including the computer and the guitar, it is possible these days to make your own recordings for as little as a few hundred dollars. This is my attempt to do just that. The goal is to create amateur but realistic recordings from software for as little out of pocket expense as possible. So, feel free to comment and ask questions. I'm doing this as much for the community of home studio enthusiasts as I am for myself as a way to express my creativity. I'm not sure I'm looking for cutting edge - just good sounding songs that might put a smile on your face or make you want to drive a little faster in traffic. I hope you enjoy.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Ignite Amps NRR1 Update

I took a little more time to get this to sound how I want it, and with a little advise from the developer / instructions on how the tone stack works, I've got something I think I really like. Here's the clip:


Original: NNR1 demo

2nd try: Click Here

3rd try: Click Here

On the "2nd try" clip, I have 2 tracks, Reagate ->ts808-> NRR1-> Lecab -> ReaEQ (hi/low pass) -> verb -> Taldub III delay, both panned 86% and then into a bus track with the final Eq for a slight dip in the low mids and a slight (very small) boost in the upper mids and lower highs. This examples Ir's are the same as the first clip. I used Lecab to blend a Marshall impulse (75%, sm57 close to the cap) with an ambient room (actually a Royor 121, 12 inches off the cap) Soldano impulse (25%). Same thing on the other side except replace the Marshall with an Uberkab. The Soldano Redwirez cab is a little funny up close, but I've found a really good distances, it adds a nice little bit of mid creamyness when lightly added to the mix. The only difference between this and the very first clip is the settings on the NRR1.

On "3rd Try", the NRR1 is the same, but instead of blending the IR's, I routed the Soldano's to their own separate tracks and panned them 100%. So now you've got (soldano100%, Marshall 86%, Uberkab86%, Soldano 100%). Then all added back together in the bus track and eqed etc like above. I thought it might add a little more roomyness. I think it did add more, but it didn't quite turn out as good as I would have liked it to.

I like certain things with the "complicated" one. Like that the stereo field is a little wider or more separated when listening at optimal conditions, but it does take away from the punch a little - probably because the mids added by the Soldano cabs are now much wider. If you listen at a very low volume you can hear how it just drops out. Now I have to wonder if it wouldn't sound better with the Soldano's in the middle and the Marshall and Uber at 100%. I doubt it.

I think I'm going to stop messing with it and start tracking something with the "2nd Try" clip settings and see what happens.

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