[Les Cargill[_4_]]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
James Price wrote:
This particular individual is attached to going direct with an Axe FX II
rather than mic'ing up an amp, namely because the preset they use has
'their sound'. Since the Axe FX is primarily used to record direct,
any room sound would have to be artificially created. Hardly ideal, but
options are limited.

Record the output of the Axe FX, and at the same time record a direct guitar
feed. Afterward, reamp the guitar feed with a pignose lying on its back
on the floor with an SM-57 about three feet in the air pointing down at it.

Or use whatever junk amp you have around.

It is AMAZING how much better it sounds than those cheese-whiz amp simulators.


You don't have to use amp sims any more, at least not with VST. There is
a free convolution VST - PULSE by Rosen Digital Audio - and you load
up an impulse response of your favorite amp and go.

80-90% of the time, it's all you need. And at least the impulses
I use take pedals well.

Here is the real secret though: the sound that sounds best in isolation is
NOT the sound that sounds best in the mix. So if they get "their sound" it
might be wonderful soloed but it might also be totally wrong for the track.
I know it's hard for people to believe this but sometimes you have to make
them believe it. And sometimes you have to reamp without them seeing it.
--scott



When people argue without about this, refer them to some of the tones
Davey Johnstone used on Elton John records. You would not want to hear
them soloed.

--
Les Cargill