Hello everyone First Post

[Jesse Hays]

Hello all this is my first post of many I’m sure…

I have EZD SD EZmix and a few metal packs respectively DFH, , MF, EZMX

I’m wondering about recording guitars with EZMIX2

When you guys record are you recording a clean signal and distorting it with EZMIX or are you recording dirty and shaping that in EZmix?

Thanks ya’ll..

http://www.reverbnation.com/jessehays

If you want to hear my stuff.

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[Scott]

It depends.

If I want to use the amp sims in EZmix, then I record direct and use the amp sims in EZmix.

If I want to further process a guitar sound I already recorded with a real amp/mic, then I select presets in EZmix without the amp sims.

Or, then again, I might use an amp sim in EZmix if I want to alter the real amp/mic sound…

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Jesse Hays]

Thanks for the response Scott,

I use a Pod studio UX1 to track guitars and while I can get a fairly good sound (see my link for examples) I would like to have more control over the shape of the sound, I have been experimenting with keeping a “clean” channel in the mix of heavy guitars to help with clarity but I keep having trouble with the low end of my seven string muddying up.

I have noticed some of the Daniel Bergstrom preset guitar sounds help but I’m really looking for a little more control of the sound. Do you recommend running multiple examples of EZmix on the same track i.e. using one for my distortion and then a second on top of that for an EQ?

I’m sorry to be a pain, I’m a noob to this…I used to do all of my mixing in Sony’s soundforge but it takes so long going through every individual track. I love how easy EZmix2 is it’s a great program and some of the best damn money I have spent for software.

If it’s not too much trouble I would love it if you and other members would listen to my music and tell me how I can make it better (I know it sucks but I’m trying)

Thank you all in advance for any input I really appreciate it.

[Scott]

Do you recommend running multiple examples of EZmix on the same track i.e. using one for my distortion and then a second on top of that for an EQ?

Yes, absolutely.

I sometimes run 3 or more instances of EZmix on the same track. One set for compression, one set for EQ and one with some type of effect. EZmix is a light hit on the CPU so you can run many instances in one session.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Jesse Hays]

ORIGINAL: Scott

Do you recommend running multiple examples of EZmix on the same track i.e. using one for my distortion and then a second on top of that for an EQ?

Yes, absolutely.

I sometimes run 3 or more instances of EZmix on the same track. One set for compression, one set for EQ and one with some type of effect. EZmix is a light hit on the CPU so you can run many instances in one session.

Cool thank you for the protip!!

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