Brown or not?

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Brown or not?

Post by OokraMoO » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:26 am

Guitar Rig 4, don't mind that mean street intro, I'LL NAIL IT ONE DAY! lol

Anyone think this is anywhere near the brown sound? It's hard to get that THUMP with a modeller on the recording that's where they really fall down I think.

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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Good Guest » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:35 am

Near aint the word ..you have the meanstreet tone nailed....vibe and all. I'm sure the "guitar rig " people out there are going to want to know a lot more and thumps are going to be the least of their concerns...good playing too! :clap:
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Dunkmop » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:51 am

You picked up on many nuances in the sound.

Really good attempt at capturing the tone, especially on software.
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by OokraMoO » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:21 pm

Wow thanks a lot guys, much appreciated.

I've been workin on this rig for a while now, and just that something was missing from it for me personally, so I was readin some quotes from Ed and I had always read about how he lowered the voltage to 90, well that's what I had been doing, but I read he said that for that first album (and prob FW) he cranked it to 140 volts. I know rumour has it this was a lie to fool the copy cats, but I tried it in the software, made sure the BIAS was cranked too... and it just seemed to add that tightness but at the same time the squishyness Ed gets on the single strings and when he's chuggin on the low strings.

Just a bit of food for thought for guys like Ralle...
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Funky Hunky » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:56 pm

Bravo. Pretty good for software. Nice playing too.
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by evhintexas » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:02 pm

One word --- Awesome
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Marshall SL12301 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:09 pm

considering it was done with software and not a amp it sounds really good. care to share your setting for guitar rig?
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by OokraMoO » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:19 am

Cheers guys... I just got some Plate Reverb with a GR4 plugin, ITS EVEN CLOSER NOW! lol ;)
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Marshall SL12301 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:28 pm

can you post a updated clip? :rock:
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Ralle » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:07 pm

Man... what is that? a softwear... with any sound you want?.... that on fire clip was "The Sound"... I can hear it's "sampled"...'
I've heard about this kind of softwear, but never seen'em...
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by ZeroCool » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:46 pm

How bout some settings? :rock:
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by Good Guest » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:43 pm

Holy smokes ..I just listened to that VH noddle / riffs clip....I can't believe what I'm hearing ...and the lack of noise and hum has got me thinking ..can this be better than the real thing? :shock: :shock: :shock: You got the chops too..just friggin fantastic stuff going on there. :clap: This is going to be one loooong thread methinks.
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by T.L. » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:18 pm

It sounds a bit more overdriven than the original, but the Tone is there. 'Sounds great...
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by OokraMoO » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:35 am

Thanks a lot guys, comin' from you guys I must be doing something right ROFL

Ok I've attached my Guitar Rig 4 preset to this post for anyone who wants it, it's what I used for the Mean Street soundclip, just for reference guitar specs:

Kramer Pacer 2010
Mahogany/Maple
Seymour Duncan Custom Custom
Standard tuning (blasphemy I know lol)

You may need to adjust the input and output to get the right amount of gain/sizzle.

Can't wait to hear some of you guys clips! :thumbsup:

:: Edit ::

Oh and that noodle clip was basically the same preset with the gain a little lower, and the amp at 90v instead of 140v.
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Re: Brown or not?

Post by OokraMoO » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:40 am

Especially interested to hear someone with a DSD try it.
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