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7 hours ago, Phil Balliet said:

Any of you here using Bandlab to share your music or collaboration? I've been using it a whole lot, making good friends and music on there, it's been really cool.

We've only posted a few songs there but since we're a collaboration already we don't have much need for that aspect of Bandlab.

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On 12/24/2018 at 2:54 AM, Lord Tim said:

I think that's like some kind of a law from your part of the world, that you have to serve your time in a black or death metal band, kind of like national service! ?

LOL :) It's funny because it's true... But there are much more black metal bands in Norway than in Finland which is "general" metal country: Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Impaled Nazarene, Stratovarius, Stam1na, Korpiklaani...

 

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Yes, my favorite genre! I'm more into Prog metal, but I like different types. Bands I like and am influenced by are Anubis Gate, Spheric Universe Experience, Symphony X, Metallica, Threshold, Opeth, Enslaved to name several. I play guitar and keyboards, though I'm somewhat of a beginner at both.

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Mostly modern rock, prog rock, and metal. Every now and then some pop and pop/rock, but, old school (like, with drums and instruments, not pure synths and beats)

I feel we're so relegated by mainstream nowadays... How cool was to turn on the radio and have Stone Temple Pilots, or Metallica, airing with...I don't know, Seal, or Natalie Imbruglia, or Jamiroquai...(just to name a few from the broad spectre of genres airing) jeez... I feel old

 

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2 hours ago, Jim Roseberry said:

Not so much Metal... but definitely a Rock guy.

Used to be more into Prog Rock when I was younger.

Now, I prefer simpler... well-crafted songs.

God knows I love prog rock, but jeez, what a time-and-brains consuming it can get!

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All prog metal myself, but I also record some clients who do other forms of rock.  I mostly use the Kemper Profiler direct to DAW for guitars now.  I just could never get the quality of some of those guitar sounds mic'ing the cabinets myself.  Been trying for two decades!

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Companies like Fractal Audio and Kemper raised the bar for guitar (amp-sim) processors.

This caused other companies like Line-6, Atomic Amps, HeadRush (InMusic), UA, etc to step-up their modeling.

Line-6 (IMO) nailed a great UI with Helix.  Super easy to use.  They also released Helix Native (software only version of Helix), which is extremely convenient.

 

I've owned/used all the major guitar modeling/profiling processors... and compared most side-by-side. 

In short, ALL are capable of good/excellent results.

All are also capable of sounding bad.  The more familiar you are with your chosen modeler/profiler (and the original gear), the better your end result.

 

 

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8 hours ago, Lord Tim said:

There are so many great amp sims out there now. I think there was a thread in the Coffeehouse where people asked what was the biggest innovation in the last 5 years or something like that, and a few people mentioned the realism of amp sims. You could always get something usable in context (which is really the only thing that matters at the end of the day - what does it sound like in context?) but the stuff that's out there now is in a whole different league.

It's good to be nostalgic about a cranked tube amp (which, of course, sounds fantastic) but given that vs. the convenience of turning up with a profiler or even something like what I use live, which is an iPod running Amplitube into a little 200w class-D power amp... I know what I'd prefer to lug around. ?

I think also people would be really surprised at what actually ends up on a record, even if it was a real amp being used. Sure, that might be a great old Marshall JCM800 into Vintage 30s, but which mic? How many? Placement? And when it's recorded, what processing is being done? Sometimes it's slamming it down to tape that gets the sound, sometimes it's through a multiband to shape the tone and tame stray frequencies... Not to mention the sound might actually be a blend of several amps. It's fascinating and if you're inclined to experiment in the studio, it's super rewarding getting amazing tones doing that.

But then there's days you just want the job done - plug in, get a good tone first go, every time... yeah, I'll take the profiler/modeler, thanks! ?

I'm the OP of that thread, and my personal pick was the evolution of amp-sims. They've got really really good these last 2 or 3 years

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