Ayyy don't beat yourself up like that my dude, you also know how to make that thing sing and listening to you play guitar always gets me smiling and head bobbing👌 huge inspiration for me.
Great video as always buddy! Worth mentioning the compression added by RUclips is about data compression, not dynamic compression. The process is very different, it does affect the sound but not in terms of dynamics! Thanks for sharing your tips!
Compression, no matter what the application, does by definition reduce data resolution when "packed". Compression does not change on an application basis. DSP (Digital Signal Processing) will absolutely 100 percent be affected by any signal compression analog or otherwise.
I think people will always find something that's the magic cure or the demon destroying tone. I'm a newer player so maybe I dont have any room to speak. But in my.limited experience bad tone comes from couple things. Not taking care of your gear. Not knowing how to eq an amp or your tone period. And the biggest one of all is basically your hands and your technique. I've thought so many times that oh something I bought wasnt what was advertised and 9 times out of 10 it's me and my playing and technique. Ps get your guitars set up every once in a while. Great video abel.
5150/6505 style amps were driving me crazy since they sounded pretty zippery. I thought it was my pickups since they're kinda PAF-y (Alnico II duncans) so I got a set of EMGs (no ragrets) and it kinda helped but not much. I eventually came to the realization that Peavey's are just voiced that way. I was listening to Havok's "Conformicide" and that's a pretty bare-bones record, they almost exclusively use Peavey amps. Lo and behold, it sound zippery and kinda clanky. I don't know where I was going with this comment but here we are. Lol but this video was super helpful in giving me more tips and tricks for my amp sims!
There are times when I'd load a Neural DSP plugin up, and I don't like the way it sounds so I change the IR and it makes a difference (though that may also be because I just didn't fuck with the mic placement).
I don't change my strings often because it's expensive, not because I'm lazy. A Solar guitar here costs 14 months of work, a Scarlett 2i2 costs a whole salary. Not everybody lives in the United States.
The amount of guitar players that don't realize the difference between brand new strings and even just a month old strings is massive. I'd change my strings weekly, but you know.... $$$. Great video!
@@juanaka17 oh of course, I'm only talking about when you're trying to get the best tone possible. In other words, when you need to record or play live.
A lot of the tone comes from impulse responses and audio monitors. Some use mini systems, others use party speakers, I think a good audio monitor and goods IRs should make 80% of the tone sound better
One thing I need to mention. A lot of the tonehub preset sound muffled. Why? Because my guitar is massive Mahagoni in drop F with 27” scale. The lower the tuning the muffled it gets. That’s the reason most default presets don’t work for me. Easy way to solve this is to just push the mic more into the center
Cables do matter. I really suggest not to skimp on a good cable. A great one is the Mogami instrument cable. Be sure to get the one with the special end that stops all buzzing when unplugging it from the guitar.
Hello Abel! Thanks for this video! This is really useful and now some things have become clear to me! If you don't mind, could you please tell me how best to set up the pickups on a guitar? I have a PRS Mark Holcomb 6 strings, with Alpha & Omega pickups.
Double check the audio sample rate. I get fantastic tone just in PC speakers. Just make sure your PC motherboard can reproduce the sample rate. Some sound amazing, some sound like crap and some don't work at all. And double check the noise gate keep it just high enough to stop the resting hiss.
Just found this video trying to figure out why my plugin tones were so fizzy and digital sounding compared to some of the guys like Ola and such. I'm guessing the youtube compression might be the reason for this... Thoughts?
Excellent video by the way Abel. Very informative. I agree with everything you say. Quick question : about the gain level hitting the plugin, what's the difference between slightly clipping on your interface sometimes, and staying under that threshold but increasing the input gain on the plugin ? That way you don't clip either on your interface or your plugin, but your level is maxxed ?
you don’t wanna be clipping on either end. you should be able to get plenty of gain just from your guitar. watch misha mansoor’s video on guitar recording to see how he sets his gain and do the same process for your guitar. you should be able to leave the input of the plugin at flat where it is on the preset, shouldn’t have to boost it.
True, what I was basically saying is that for fear of peaking out most people stay to far from the peak, when you should be closer to it at the very least with an UAD interface. My DI signal wasn’t nearly loud enough.
Very good Video. One thing that is also important to mention is. The people that play these demos are in 90% way better in playing guitar than the average bedroom guitarist who buys the plugin. I bet that you could play on dogshit and it would still sounds amazing. They don’t say “the tone is in your fingers“ for nothing 😅
But how are you plugging the guitar into your fingers though, Lol. I always love this tone comment, it is always amusing to me 😉 and made by people that have never played a guitar. Peace ❤
Cubase and final should not add compression on your sound. As long as you export in the native format . RUclips of course does so compression on your material
How do I work around the annoying noise that I get from either ground noise or feedback? If I turn in a certain direction it’s not as bad but I cannot for the life of me get a tone without having noise. A noise gate helps but then it’s hard to get enough sustain. Fender Squire Deluxe Strat Also going to put in high gain Seymour Duncan pickups. Will that make it worse or better bc they’re humbuckers vs single coil?
It sounds to me like a wiring issue somewhere in your guitar electronics, while some noise is normal due to high gain you shouldn’t have the noise in your actual tone. I’d see a guitar tech and have them go through the wiring.
Yeah dude! I got this weird sweat on my hands and every non coated strings go dull in like 5h or so. Switching to elixir really made my life worth living, lol. Too bad there's an shortage here in finland, cos' them strings fucking rule!
For tracking guitar DIs, the ideal is that the signal goes from -12dbfs "PEAK" not Rms, to -6dbfs, maximum -3dbfs but not go beyond there. with that signal you can get the best tone from your amp sims. Input gain is the main problem, and where 99% are always wrong, since they record too weak or too loud. Most confuse Rms and PEAK levels, that's the problem, and it has always been said that you should normally record at -18db but Rms, which would be about -6dbfs PEAK reader from the Daw, more or less approximate. But not all interfaces are calibrated to give their best performance at -18db Rms, so that number should not be taken as a reference, but rather consult the interface manual and see at what level is the most appropriate to record.
The editing was fine. Playing around in the plug in and jamming. This is what it's like to use these things so it's fitting. Most videos are over-edited these days anyway.
Great video , I have a question on one of the riffs you had for will putney stl tonality . Simple question have you tabs to them cause it is the heaviest riff I have ever heard if not no hassle dude
Other fact is your own personal guitar skills.. if you can't play fast, or do triplets and try to play them but they are sloopy, you're gonna sound sloppy. Best thing is to do the little things, like practise and warming up. Metal ain't easy to master.
nice video good tones , could you explain the electricity noise that is constantly there when the gate is lowered, is this normal in any way? Because when you actually start to play you can hear this noise coming back. This makes the tone more muddy right? Is there any fix other than the NS-2 and Gate in the plugin to minimize this hiss ? Thanks
nearly a year late but my god does the 5153 doesn't behave like that in my AmpHub. Mine is super boomy and muddy. I have to bring the low to like 9o'clock if I want to have something half decent. I have 0 problems with the other amp models, but I just don't use the 5153 cause I just can't achieve a good rythm tone.
This is a huge one guys Check your pickup height. They shouldn't be too close to the strings, you'll get all kinds of annoying harmonic overtones that will make everything you play through sound like a kazoo. Lower those bad boys.
What speakers does everyone use for their VSTs? I have some "Multimedia Monitors" They're good speakers, but I wonder if they make all my VST tones sound a bit shit?
Great vid! How much does including an active DI box in the chain matter? My interface has inst/line options but any opinion on tone using a DI or going directly into the interface?
honestly a DI box never really made a difference to me but I’ve always have a “Hi Z” input on my interface, if you have that kind of input on your interface I wouldn’t worry about getting an additional DI box.
master volume and pre at maximum. boost with boss OV, drive in the middle and maximum level. change the irs something like ownhammers irs mesa os 4x12. add something reverb, and this should sound a lot better
How can you sound like that? I've got a scarlett 2i2 and can't get rid of static sound, I was trying out stl amphub and even using the gate when palm muting still hearing interference and is getting on my nerves, because riffs won't sound clean
i am new to plug ins i just got a scarett interface i am just scarett that into the stl abel will it still sound good i am not using qbase or recording software
I didn't know ryan Reynolds played guitar
🤣🤣🤣☠️
Holy shit I didn’t release. He really looks like him😂
PSH
Lmfao 😂
my tone sucks because im not as good as you haha. All kidding aside, you're so good dude, and you pump me up and make me wanna go practice
That’s a serious complement man, thank you so much 🙏🙏🤘
Ayyy don't beat yourself up like that my dude, you also know how to make that thing sing and listening to you play guitar always gets me smiling and head bobbing👌 huge inspiration for me.
Great video as always buddy! Worth mentioning the compression added by RUclips is about data compression, not dynamic compression. The process is very different, it does affect the sound but not in terms of dynamics! Thanks for sharing your tips!
Compression, no matter what the application, does by definition reduce data resolution when "packed". Compression does not change on an application basis. DSP (Digital Signal Processing) will absolutely 100 percent be affected by any signal compression analog or otherwise.
I love the Nazgul / Sentient pairing. I grabbed a Keith Merrow 7 specifically to get that sound. Its a wonderfully spec'ed guitar as well.
I paired my Nazgul with a (7-string) single coil SSL-5. Unusual yes, but the lead tone from the single coil is second to none.
I think people will always find something that's the magic cure or the demon destroying tone. I'm a newer player so maybe I dont have any room to speak. But in my.limited experience bad tone comes from couple things. Not taking care of your gear. Not knowing how to eq an amp or your tone period. And the biggest one of all is basically your hands and your technique. I've thought so many times that oh something I bought wasnt what was advertised and 9 times out of 10 it's me and my playing and technique. Ps get your guitars set up every once in a while. Great video abel.
5150/6505 style amps were driving me crazy since they sounded pretty zippery. I thought it was my pickups since they're kinda PAF-y (Alnico II duncans) so I got a set of EMGs (no ragrets) and it kinda helped but not much. I eventually came to the realization that Peavey's are just voiced that way. I was listening to Havok's "Conformicide" and that's a pretty bare-bones record, they almost exclusively use Peavey amps. Lo and behold, it sound zippery and kinda clanky. I don't know where I was going with this comment but here we are. Lol but this video was super helpful in giving me more tips and tricks for my amp sims!
😂😂😂👍
A year late, but bought myself a Scarlett and a Neural plugin. This video contains some great tips and insights, so thanks man!
A big factor when it comes to amp sim tone is the Cab IR. I don’t think enough people take this into consideration.
There are times when I'd load a Neural DSP plugin up, and I don't like the way it sounds so I change the IR and it makes a difference (though that may also be because I just didn't fuck with the mic placement).
I'd almost say it's more important than the amphead. Distortion is distortion, but how it's shaped and EQ'd is crucial
I don't change my strings often because it's expensive, not because I'm lazy. A Solar guitar here costs 14 months of work, a Scarlett 2i2 costs a whole salary. Not everybody lives in the United States.
Very true I apologize. I try and speak in general terms but I should take into account people in different countries.
BR?
That beer there makes me thirsty
Dude you have one of the best channels for this stuff, hope you keep posting brotha !
Thank you! I plan too. 🤘🤘
Very cool guitar room setup man. If only my wife would let me have one.
The amount of guitar players that don't realize the difference between brand new strings and even just a month old strings is massive. I'd change my strings weekly, but you know.... $$$. Great video!
Elixirs can last you up to 6 month to a year sounding great, if you're okay with the feel (they have 3 ranges with 3 different feels).
You dont need the better guitar tone all the time, just only for recording. You dont need it for practice or for recording demos to your friends.
@@juanaka17 oh of course, I'm only talking about when you're trying to get the best tone possible. In other words, when you need to record or play live.
A lot of the tone comes from impulse responses and audio monitors.
Some use mini systems, others use party speakers,
I think a good audio monitor and goods IRs should make 80% of the tone sound better
One thing I need to mention. A lot of the tonehub preset sound muffled. Why? Because my guitar is massive Mahagoni in drop F with 27” scale. The lower the tuning the muffled it gets. That’s the reason most default presets don’t work for me. Easy way to solve this is to just push the mic more into the center
Great video. Everything sounds fantastic.
Hey Abel, great video dude. I always check out what you post, thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks so much man 🤘
Your videos are so good, glad I found your channel! Wish you all the best ❤️
Thank you 🙏
Cables do matter. I really suggest not to skimp on a good cable. A great one is the Mogami instrument cable. Be sure to get the one with the special end that stops all buzzing when unplugging it from the guitar.
DADGAd is a great setting would experiment with it when I first started out, great for a jazzy blues tone
Thanks for this nice video Abel. I love those amps sims very much. Man I need to try out DADGAD, sounds totally killer.
Geat video...as always!!!...congratulations
I needed this video so much. Thanks homie.
Hello Abel!
Thanks for this video! This is really useful and now some things have become clear to me!
If you don't mind, could you please tell me how best to set up the pickups on a guitar?
I have a PRS Mark Holcomb 6 strings, with Alpha & Omega pickups.
This was great much love from australia
Double check the audio sample rate. I get fantastic tone just in PC speakers. Just make sure your PC motherboard can reproduce the sample rate. Some sound amazing, some sound like crap and some don't work at all. And double check the noise gate keep it just high enough to stop the resting hiss.
Just found this video trying to figure out why my plugin tones were so fizzy and digital sounding compared to some of the guys like Ola and such. I'm guessing the youtube compression might be the reason for this... Thoughts?
Your tone is insaneeeee do you have any IRs??
It's clearly his chair. Just added it to my cart.
Let's rock y'all.
🤣🤣 quality comment 🤘🤘
Really awesome video ma man :D
Excellent video by the way Abel. Very informative. I agree with everything you say. Quick question : about the gain level hitting the plugin, what's the difference between slightly clipping on your interface sometimes, and staying under that threshold but increasing the input gain on the plugin ? That way you don't clip either on your interface or your plugin, but your level is maxxed ?
you don’t wanna be clipping on either end. you should be able to get plenty of gain just from your guitar. watch misha mansoor’s video on guitar recording to see how he sets his gain and do the same process for your guitar. you should be able to leave the input of the plugin at flat where it is on the preset, shouldn’t have to boost it.
True, what I was basically saying is that for fear of peaking out most people stay to far from the peak, when you should be closer to it at the very least with an UAD interface. My DI signal wasn’t nearly loud enough.
@@AbelHernandezguitar for sure bro. thanks for the cool video.
Thanks for watching man 🤘🙏
Very good Video. One thing that is also important to mention is. The people that play these demos are in 90% way better in playing guitar than the average bedroom guitarist who buys the plugin. I bet that you could play on dogshit and it would still sounds amazing. They don’t say “the tone is in your fingers“ for nothing 😅
But how are you plugging the guitar into your fingers though, Lol. I always love this tone comment, it is always amusing to me 😉 and made by people that have never played a guitar. Peace ❤
Cubase and final should not add compression on your sound. As long as you export in the native format . RUclips of course does so compression on your material
How do I work around the annoying noise that I get from either ground noise or feedback? If I turn in a certain direction it’s not as bad but I cannot for the life of me get a tone without having noise. A noise gate helps but then it’s hard to get enough sustain.
Fender Squire Deluxe Strat
Also going to put in high gain Seymour Duncan pickups. Will that make it worse or better bc they’re humbuckers vs single coil?
It sounds to me like a wiring issue somewhere in your guitar electronics, while some noise is normal due to high gain you shouldn’t have the noise in your actual tone. I’d see a guitar tech and have them go through the wiring.
i thought tis was Ryan Renalds at first
Special mention to Elixir who make insane very long lasting good sounding strings.
Yeah dude! I got this weird sweat on my hands and every non coated strings go dull in like 5h or so. Switching to elixir really made my life worth living, lol. Too bad there's an shortage here in finland, cos' them strings fucking rule!
What's considered "hot". I've always aimed to be around -12db but I've seen others recording much louder
For tracking guitar DIs, the ideal is that the signal goes from -12dbfs "PEAK" not Rms, to -6dbfs, maximum -3dbfs but not go beyond there.
with that signal you can get the best tone from your amp sims.
Input gain is the main problem, and where 99% are always wrong, since they record too weak or too loud.
Most confuse Rms and PEAK levels, that's the problem, and it has always been said that you should normally record at -18db but Rms, which would be about -6dbfs PEAK reader from the Daw, more or less approximate.
But not all interfaces are calibrated to give their best performance at -18db Rms, so that number should not be taken as a reference, but rather consult the interface manual and see at what level is the most appropriate to record.
The editing was fine. Playing around in the plug in and jamming. This is what it's like to use these things so it's fitting. Most videos are over-edited these days anyway.
hi bro i bought stl amp hub and it shows in ignites,i am looking 5153 what uve got there,,what is the name on that amphub plug in,,,i love that,,,
Great content man!
When you said 'a $200 special off Amazon' I thought you were still talking about pickups. I was like... what? That doesn't seem cheap... 🤣
Awesome plugin
Great video , I have a question on one of the riffs you had for will putney stl tonality . Simple question have you tabs to them cause it is the heaviest riff I have ever heard if not no hassle dude
Thanks so much man, unfortunately I don’t have any tabs for any of my songs as there’s never really been any demand for them.
love your honesty
Hello! Can anybody send me an older version of the amphub?
Other fact is your own personal guitar skills.. if you can't play fast, or do triplets and try to play them but they are sloopy, you're gonna sound sloppy. Best thing is to do the little things, like practise and warming up. Metal ain't easy to master.
Agreed 🙏
Awesome vid!
Also Raised by Wolves is awesome
What's your room treatment? Panels look awesome!
nice video good tones , could you explain the electricity noise that is constantly there when the gate is lowered, is this normal in any way?
Because when you actually start to play you can hear this noise coming back.
This makes the tone more muddy right?
Is there any fix other than the NS-2 and Gate in the plugin to minimize this hiss ?
Thanks
Benevolent band is buried under under the dust of oblivion, but at least Tyrant still makes killer sounds through years
nearly a year late but my god does the 5153 doesn't behave like that in my AmpHub. Mine is super boomy and muddy. I have to bring the low to like 9o'clock if I want to have something half decent. I have 0 problems with the other amp models, but I just don't use the 5153 cause I just can't achieve a good rythm tone.
This is a huge one guys
Check your pickup height. They shouldn't be too close to the strings, you'll get all kinds of annoying harmonic overtones that will make everything you play through sound like a kazoo.
Lower those bad boys.
What camera gear are you using. Your videos always look great
Thanks man, it’s just a Canon M50.
@@AbelHernandezguitar awesome ill have to look into one of those
Amazing
Thank you sir 🙏🙏
What speakers does everyone use for their VSTs? I have some "Multimedia Monitors" They're good speakers, but I wonder if they make all my VST tones sound a bit shit?
Wanted to ask what gauge string are you using for DADGAD
10-48 🤘
with the gain going into the red do u mean the gain on ur interface or the input gain
When you sit in front of you computer messing with plug ins and experimenting with sounds are you listening through monitor speakers alone? Thanks!!
Hey Deadpool! What is the name of the tunning you mention like 50 times? 🤔
lol it’s DADGAD
Great vid! How much does including an active DI box in the chain matter? My interface has inst/line options but any opinion on tone using a DI or going directly into the interface?
honestly a DI box never really made a difference to me but I’ve always have a “Hi Z” input on my interface, if you have that kind of input on your interface I wouldn’t worry about getting an additional DI box.
@@AbelHernandezguitar excellent man👍🏽 Really appreciate the reply and advice!
It is 100% his cable that gives him that tone
CHANGE YOUR STRINGS GUYS!!! Amen Abel
Ryan Reynolds playing guitar now? Hmm
Hey I need some help with the amp JCM 800 sim. I just can’t seem to get a good 80s metal tone out of it.
master volume and pre at maximum.
boost with boss OV, drive in the middle and maximum level.
change the irs something like ownhammers irs mesa os 4x12.
add something reverb, and
this should sound a lot better
How can you sound like that? I've got a scarlett 2i2 and can't get rid of static sound, I was trying out stl amphub and even using the gate when palm muting still hearing interference and is getting on my nerves, because riffs won't sound clean
Turn down the level knob on your interface or maybe try using a better cable.
i am new to plug ins i just got a scarett interface i am just scarett that into the stl abel will it still sound good i am not using qbase or recording software
It will sound great!
Well amp hub would be your first problem never have like stl tones
Thanks for a tip with over-clipping, it sounds so much more open and airy, roomy.
How much is the tone hub? I use Amplitube but I want to try tone hub. And I want my midi to control presets as well.
When you use amphub you will never want amplitube or anything like that again
I felt really ashamed when i googled deadgat tuning 😂
Just get 1000 + eur/usd full mahagony guitar with seamour duncans in it and put on 11 gauge strings and there you go.
15:23
The main reason is sloppy playing. Many many guitar players can't play in time with the rythmic section
Good video, but stop playing music in the background please
Thank you and No.
So I just turned out to that "DADGAD" tuning? Man you are talking way to fast for some of os? 😄😄
lol sorry about that, yes DADGAD
@@AbelHernandezguitar awesome 😄👍
Gonna go spent $60 on this STL only to have it sound like shit 🙂
Just remove “Your” and “Tone” from the thumbnail and u got it! 😉