Treble: In most cases, you’re going to want to boost the treble as this will help your tone cut through the mix.The key is don’t start with any crazy cuts or boosts. If you’re playing more modern metal styles, you may boost the mids. Mids: If you’re going for that classic thrash metal tone, you’re naturally going to cut your mids.You need to leave room for those instruments to carry the bottom end, not your guitar tone. Like gain, boosted bass sounds great in your bedroom, but in the full mix, you don’t want to compete with the bass guitar and kick drum. Bass: Another issue many guitarists have is boosting their bass.Sure, this sounds great in your studio when you’re jamming, but it doesn’t work in the full mix because it will muddy up your mix. Gain: Too many guitarists want to crank up their gain.I’ll go into more depth with each recommended setting as well. Here are the basic settings to start with below. Start with these Amp Sim Gain and EQ SettingsĪlright, I’m going to get right to the point. I’ll also talk more about the specific amp sims later. **I encourage you to continue reading this post as there are more details below. The goal was to see (or hear!) if there were any major differences in the tones using the same amp and EQ settings. In the video, I’m testing three completely different amp simulators. You can watch the video version of this post below on the Metal Mastermind YouTube channel (and make sure you’re subscribed to our channel!!). Let’s get started… Metal Tone Test Using 3 Different Amp Sims But I’m fairly certain that if you use this guide as a starting point, you won’t spend near as much time trying to get a good tone.Īnd you’ll also find that it almost doesn’t matter what amp sim you’re using (you’ll read more about the amp sims I used for this tone test towards the end of this post!). Now, these aren’t going to be the perfect metal tone settings.
So I’m going to give you some basic tips and settings to help ease your frustration with amp sims. Instead, we end up in that endless search for tone and trying to make sure we have the right amp sim. The problem with all of this is it holds us back from the important stuff like writing new music, recording, and practicing.
Many guitarists simply have a tough time dialing in a good metal tone with amp sims, or at least one that sounds good in the full mix.There’s a constant flow of new amp sims (and enhanced versions), and we always feel like we have to have the latest and greatest.
The two challenges us guitar players have regarding amp simulator are: In this post, I’m going to show you how to dial in a usable metal guitar tone, using almost any amp sim.
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