Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Gorgoroth - "Satan-Prometheus"
Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt is the eighth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released in October 2009 through Regain Records.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Cannibal Corpse guitar tab book!!!!
Holy crap, I can't believe this tome of guitar brutality finally made it to the land of the living(dead)! I remember reading that Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster had been working hard on making this a reality and man, I for one am freakin' STOKED.
only $14.99 at amazon dot com
only $14.99 at amazon dot com
Sunday, August 21, 2011
POD X3 EQ trick (works with other gear too)
I have a method I've recently figured out to help get close to a
specific guitar tone... I take a song(in the enclosed example, Cannibal
Corpse's "Death Walking Terror") and I analyze a portion of it's sound
frequency spectrum in Audacity(a free recording app). Just click and
highlight a few seconds of a track and then click "Analyze>plot
spectrum". This gives me an exact detailed list of the frequencies and
their respective levels in the audio track! I try to get a section
with only the guitars playing, as the drums, bass, etc. will skew to
results... I can't get it exact, but I can get wicked close! I dial in
an appropriate amp setting as close as I can, usually(but not always)
following a google search on that band's/guitarist's rig, and then go
back with the EQ and dial in what I can from the sound frequency
spectrum analysis. Sometimes the mid frequencies might be as low as
-20 or 30 db(because it's sooo metal LOL), which my EQ on the POD X3 only does +/- 12 db, so I have to kinda take everything relative to each other, but anyways...
There's also something people have come up with called "the fizz trick". I analyzed a simple tone in the POD X3 and there are some quite high frequency sounds that are just 'there' for some reason. Maybe because it's digital? I dunno...
*The 4-band EQ in the X3 is semi-parametric - the low and the high are 'shelving', meaning that what you dial in affects everything below or above that frequency you choose, respectively, whilst the middle two adjustments you can dial in a specific frequency, then adjust it's level, which results in a swooping or undulating type EQ curve(depending on how you adjust it).(see attached picture)
So, to do "the fizz trick", you take the high control and roll it as HIGH as it will go - then you take it's level knob and roll it as LOW as it will go. Because it is a shelving EQ, you have just killed that 'fizz' that some people complain about with solid state/digital modeling gear! If you look closely at the picture attached, you can see that above a certain frequency, everything is cut off - they did the the fizz trick!
Pretty cool, eh?
There's also something people have come up with called "the fizz trick". I analyzed a simple tone in the POD X3 and there are some quite high frequency sounds that are just 'there' for some reason. Maybe because it's digital? I dunno...
*The 4-band EQ in the X3 is semi-parametric - the low and the high are 'shelving', meaning that what you dial in affects everything below or above that frequency you choose, respectively, whilst the middle two adjustments you can dial in a specific frequency, then adjust it's level, which results in a swooping or undulating type EQ curve(depending on how you adjust it).(see attached picture)
So, to do "the fizz trick", you take the high control and roll it as HIGH as it will go - then you take it's level knob and roll it as LOW as it will go. Because it is a shelving EQ, you have just killed that 'fizz' that some people complain about with solid state/digital modeling gear! If you look closely at the picture attached, you can see that above a certain frequency, everything is cut off - they did the the fizz trick!
Pretty cool, eh?
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Electric Wizard - The Nightchild @ Rabarock (17.06.2011)
I am a Nightchild
Shadows gather 'round me...
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Goetic Circle "Keeping the Devil Captive" is being re-released as a special edition CD single
By popular demand, the breakout hit from Goetic Circle "Keeping the Devil Captive" is being re-released as a special edition CD single! Once only available as an mp3, this is the first time this killer song has been released on CD, featuring bonus artwork. Get yours today!
http://www.reverbnation.com/store/view_item_album/artist_1317650?item_id=1169437
Goetic-Circle on facebook
http://www.reverbnation.com/store/view_item_album/artist_1317650?item_id=1169437
Goetic-Circle on facebook
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Digitech GSP1101(Peavey 5150 amp model) thru Samson powered speakers
Here are my settings for this tone:
PV5150 head - gain 70, bass 7.7, middle 4.1, treble 5.5, volume level 75, rectified 4x12 cab
TS-9 (screamer) - level 65, drive 50, tone 70
noise gate - threshold 50, attack 0, release 0, attenuation 99
Lexicon hall reverb - predelay 0ms, decay 40, liveliness 40, reverb level 25, left/right wet level both 99
I am using firmware C58 from mustbebeta.com, but there are newer versions available... I've just not felt the need to change anything. I may in the future...*
*Mustbebeta.com is NOT run by Digitech - although it WAS developed by a Digitech employee named Stan, who graciously did LOTS of work(for free) to upgrade the stock GSP1101 to fully make use of its available processing power. Believe me, it's a HUGE upgrade from 'fresh from the factory', which is no slouch by itself!
Friday, August 5, 2011
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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