Which amps / speakers / cabs / rigs do you blend for creating huge tones?

@jensvide777

2 жыл бұрын

Grindstein + Grindstein. Really, a thick middy tone and a really thin one works great.

@derived-doom

2 жыл бұрын

I am using my Engl Fireball 25 together with a Rocktron mAXE. The mAxe for itself sounds "interesting", but it is the right tool to fill up a high gain valve sound. Since I am lazy, my 3+4 are actually one track mixed into two instances of Overloud THU with Rectifier profiles. At the end it is a hybrid setup: Valve, transistor and program code... For the cabs: Engl IRs (the official ones) and a real E110 cab mic'ed with a E609 and a MD421 (that is tricky, since it is a small speaker). I think the E110 adds everything a 4x12 can't provide... :-)

@potp5150

2 жыл бұрын

I have a bogner for scooped and randall for mids on my left channel and then a Mesa and a fender combo on my right channel. Used rainbows and chainsaws irs largely the dv77. Absolutely stoked on the sounds we are getting. About to head back to the studio and use everything from the get go rather than just in post.

@ssmstudio1476

2 жыл бұрын

Like this? I use yours pedal and ir's kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaCuyKpwftzKlLA.html

@slavesforging5361

2 жыл бұрын

perfect video. I use a 3 Channel Triple Rectifier for the main body, Carvin V3 for crispy highs, and a Panama Inferno as an alternate if i need a bit more mellowed/Cultured sound. sometimes i will lightly augment these with high gain plugins sitting just underneath everything. i'd love to get a Vox nightrain to use as a nasty/trash guitar tone to blend in, but there are many things that come first on my studio 'to-get' list right now.

Fantastisch! Great information Kristian! This reminds me of what Dave Jerden would do with Alice In Chains! Love being able to hear such high level stuff here explained so well!

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

@@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb hello!

videos like this are just GOLD. For a newbie trying to learn home recording, this is precious stuff.

@JediCrackSmoke

2 жыл бұрын

You're precious.

Kohle Ramsay sitting in his studio "hmm, this needs a bit of mids, a splash of dängel and maby a side of chainsaw" love it

Holy shit this is so helpful. Thank you for doing this with plugins. Helps out all of us who will never buy/don’t have the space for real amps.

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the same approach in the end!

@pianoatthirty

2 жыл бұрын

What I love the most and never really thought about until you said it in this video - take ONE IR... ONE single IR, not two, ONE, and go through all your amps with it. That way you can learn the tonal characteristics of each amp. Brilliant. Sounds simple but it’s one of those things you don’t really consider when getting started in the endless world of amps. Vielen Dank!

@mr.mikehunt4286

2 жыл бұрын

seriously? you never heard of Judas Priest?

I just learned a lot! I will definitely try to do this in the near future! Keep the educational stuff coming. It's great! Thanks.

this was amazing. content is pure gold. would love more on how to do the blends in a creative way.

This is a very well teached lesson in sound sculpturing. Thumbs up!

As someone who struggles to get good riff tones at home, this video is a great find. Thanks!

Fantastic stuff again, Kohlekeller! I've always wondered how bands managed to sound so huge; quad tracking seems to be the way to do it! I remember Fit For An Autopsy's "Hellbound" EP being the first one where I though "oh my god, I *have* to get this guitar tone!" it was so damn massive. Can't wait to try out some of this stuff on my own.

A great video, as always. Amazing sound, and a really clear and fantastic explanation. You really make things go easier. Thank you very much

I love your videos. I feel like I never find good professional videos about blending amp tones. They’re few and far between.

I have your Eminence IR pack, and I'm thoroughly pleased with it - they're almost my go-to

Great video, was already aware of these techniques and approaches but an in depth perspective is always welcome. Cool stuff.

Seriously fantastic video Kristian -- love it. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks for this epic tutorial. The Grindstein is simply "Weltklasse"!

So good! I love blending quad tracks. I get a lot of mileage by switching up the IRs and changing the amount of distortion on the amp.

This is such a great tutorial bro! Thanks for all of the tips

This is a great video. Not many people even talk about it. Its so important

Awesome! I just did this actually, with Nolly for the mids and highs, and Fortin Nameless for the sludgy lows, both using a Mesa 4x12 IR. Worked great! Thanks for the great content Kristian! 🤘

I can only recommend the IR pack. It’s sick, and so we’re these tones. 🔥🔥🔥

Hi Kristian, one more time a very inspiring video! Especially the possibility to go two different ways of style is very nice. That's why I like your Guitar Tone Crafting Course very much!! Thank you a lot for this nice videos and for sharing your knowledge with us! Best regards from Anterior Palatinate!! Stefan

Very nice vid, very helpful! Love that band Carnal Decay as well, need to check them out!!

I used your Eminence IR pack to record the guitars on my upcoming EP, and even without mixing the tracks, it sounds so brutal!

a tip on the nolly 5150. the master volume knob does SO much to the midrange. between 3 and 4 is a huge change. anything over 5 gets mushy, and 4 sounds way better. it took me SO long to try that.

i like how the guitar tone gets deeper into the mix with quad tracking!

Thanks Kohle! After watching this video and applying these techniques I am much closer to the sound in my head.

Just watched the first 5 minutes and I'm instantly motivated to play around finding great guitar tones!

3 minutes into the first video of this channel got the easy sub, dude this is an excellent simplification of an overly complicated subject. This is where art meets science in audio engineering. Great explanation on tone building. 🤘👽💨

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and welcome to the channel!

Brilliant. Very enlightening. Thank you.

Sounds amazing! I'd like to hear more about that great bass tone.

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

That was a Spector bass! I need to look up what I did with it.

@marcpeiron_studio

2 жыл бұрын

@@KohleAudioKult Yes please, that was a big bass!

Great video, tons of useful information, very well explained. Thank you! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

Great vid as Always, really nice Blend 🤘🤘

Bought the Grindstein plugin after watching this video. I can already say it's worth every penny, ESPECIALLY on sale. Well done.

Invaluable knowledge here, just started studying Music technology at University, can't wait to make some proper beefy sounds in the studio. Cheers Kristian.

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Great! Don't forget to join the Kohle Audio Kult! On my discord channel, you'll meet a lot of cool people to nerd out! discord.com/invite/A8CpzfGJ5q

This was interesting to see how you shape a guitar tone very very nice. Kohle rules!

Did something similar starting with Orange Dual Dark + Jensen Electric Lighning + Sennheiser e906; we needed some more mids so I added a Jcm 800 + vintage 15" speaker + Beyerdynamic m201. Sweet combo!

That Grindstein is pure evil, I'm using it everywhere since I got it!! Awesome vid bro, cheers!

alwayz lov your Workz Mr. Koh...!!

"I want this to sound cold and brutal. I do not want this to sound nice." 2 minutes later: "Ah, nice! ....Oh that's nice! ...that sounds very nice!" As for my own blend, the coolest blend I've got in the physical world was running a Line 6 Spidervalve 3 (bogner) with tone dialed mimicking a Kataklysm type tone through a Marshall Jcm 800. Not the biggest Line 6 fan but that one amp is good and with the preamp run through a Jcm full stack - Holy heaviness!

Cool video! 5150+Orange was my favorite combination. Your IR sound great!

Damn, you had me at the opening breakdown. *first time viewer proceeds to subscribe*

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the spirit! 🤪❤️🍺

This one is great! It's actually the very first video of you, Kristian, where I fully agree and totally feel you. For me and my band, I'm doing it the other way around. God damn nasty ass HM-2 tones that need to be filled in the lower mids gap!

Thanks for sharing. Great video

Im working on my band's next studio album, i was doing quadtracking with the same amp just swaping the IR, 100 70 70 100, the 100 with a brighter and low end speaker and the 70 with more "dark" sound to get a nice tone, but now, i just changed the 70 amp by another one with a different speaker and it sound waaay better than before, thanks for this vid! you're been helping me through these last years with the music production Kristian. By the way im using your Eminence IR Pack, thanks for that too!

Brooooo! This shot is gold!!!

It's a fucking amazing video. One if the best I've ever seen in guitar tone topic. Very well done. Really, hats off 🤘

Best vids in town, thanks as always!

Man I freaking love your content and more importantly how you teach and transmit the knoweledge you have to others. Crystal clear, amusing... I'd LOVE to drink a beer and Talk with you!!

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Beer sounds good! 🤪❤️🍺

@Dave_TheMetalJester

2 жыл бұрын

@@KohleAudioKult btw used this philosophy to pull out the Clayman tone. Main tone IS a 5150 with an OD (not a TS) Fredman technique and the secondary one a ValveState mixed Between 5 or 6 dB below. Awesome tone

I've run 2 tube amps (amps I've owned or borrowed) on stage on various times throughout my life as a gigging guitar player; Fender+Marshall, Vox+plus Marshall, Mesa+Peavey etc. and I've found that for the music I play, which is mostly classic and hard rock, the Marshall 2203 paired with the Mesa Dual rectifier both plugged into a Marshall 412 stereo cab sounded the most monstrous I think because of the Marshall's classic midrange roar and the brutal high gain focused lows and highs of the Dual rectifier.

Just discovered your channel and have spent the weekend "Grinding" 🤔 through your videos. Absolutely loving your content. So many great tips. Thanks man.

@KohleAudioKult

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! I'm launching my academy in October! That will be even more grinding fun!

@paulmichael-Kixxy

Жыл бұрын

@@KohleAudioKult oh wow. That's awesome. Can't wait.

I really like to blend the best of both worlds. Lately I have been using Tube Amps with the Two notes captorX. Really enjoy the versatility of using the Wall of Sound inside Reaper and the ability to mix, match, and blend the two notes cabs with several different mics alongside outside Cab IR's.

The best blended tone I've ever heard is from Toxicity. I have never heard a tone like it ever, very droning, clean, and overall an amazing idea from Malakian.

Very well explained. And you can automate the "mids" tracks to be slightly louder during verses and outros for added intensity.

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

I actually cut out a part where I said exactly the same thing! 😅

Great video!! Weird how that rockerverb was so chill.

Awesome. that was some great Guitar tone.

Thank you!

Great tutorial!

Great video, I'm currently recording a hard rock track and can certainly use these ideas. I've double tracked a les paul through a jcm 800, gonna do the same again with a strat through a vht, then solos with a dual rec!

Amazing video again! To me, the Orange + 5150 sounds really great! I can't wait and try to reproduce that same combination with my Orange Rockerverb + AmbHub 5153. It should work :)

Nice video! Without a doubt, I am clear that hundreds of records have been made using this technique and you also explain it very well with a practical example. greetings

Thank you teacher !!

Great video,alot of information ✊🔥

I love your Bogren IR's especially with the Oh My Goat

very useful video, thanks!!!!

@tarasolegov356

Жыл бұрын

wow! what should I do?

Hello, Kristian, I wanted to thank you for selling me this IRs pack. It is honnestly way better than everything i had previously used and try (wich is a lot!). Finally, i have a tone that I enjoy to work with. Bravo!

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot man! I'm actually surprised how much bs is out there. Both IRs and plug ins.

great video!

This is great. I don't really have a set goto for blends, but lately I have messed with the Grindstein plugin with various other amps. It's an awesome technique to get huge sounds. Love how you break the theory down and have a tone chart basically. That's a damn good idea. :d Cheers! 😁🤘🍻

The guitar tone you captured on Benighted's 'Asylum Cave' is one of the best I've heard. Great job on that 🤘

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

It’s been a while, but thanks a lot! Same principle like in this video.

@hectorvegasduque2234

Жыл бұрын

Best benighted record so fucking underrated and yes the tone is amazing but some of their latest stuff has even better production

Great video! I did nearly exactly this a couple weeks ago. Recorded a metal band that wanted to track with the Gojira plugin. Got a nice bright aggressive tone. But, I felt it was lacking, and considering the band plays oranges live, I decided to get a thick tone with my rockerverb and couldn’t ask for a better combo

Super Danke!!. gracias amigo!

what I've been doing for 12- 13 years now is a marshall DSL or TSL with a mesa Dual rectifier (or mark series amp). Blends the EL34s and 6L6s and differences in eq stacks. The same would be awesome with Marshall JVM and mesa Mark V combinations. You have to plan the tandem wisely to truly benefit.

Bro this is the best video ever

thank you so much ! i was having this same problem where i couldint get a wide sound. thanks

Thank you 🤘

I haven't recorded it but my live stereo guitar rig is Mesa Mark V into Schecter 4x12 with V30s, and EVH 5153 Stealth into matching cab. I think the Mark V has really great clarity and tone, I can hear every note... and the 5153 Stealth adds a modern compressed distortion. I also have a 6505+ and Red Voodoo 4x12 with EU V30s that I used to record with. And the guitarists in my band both have Dual Rectifiers, one of them with matching 4x12 slant Rectifier cab.

Brilliant!

An Amplitube 5 video would be great! I’ve struggled for a bit getting a good metal tone and a walkthrough would help tremendously. Great channel, man!

Thank You so much

Great! That is exactly what I tried to do with the Grindstein in my latest recordings! And I did it with the tone matrix which I knew from the course :-) Although I had some trouble using an amp signal and the DI track so I used the amp singnal in the FX loop of the Grindstein which also works great! Thnanks for this good example!!! P.S.: DHL broke two bottles and sent me back the package. So I have to repack everything and get it on the way again.

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Oh noooo! 🙄

You are the best sound producer in the world! Thanks. I start understand something 💪

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Make sure to sign up to my email list and to join us on discord!

@oleskiyashko2901

2 жыл бұрын

@@KohleAudioKult yes, sir!

what i learned is that blending one amp with mo' tite pre distortion and the other with mo' loosey power distortion and automate them depending on the guitar parts works for me well lol, but when in doubt, just throw a fuzzy distortion unit on the quad track.

I do something similar with my cabs .. use a blend of a 4x12 Randall and a Fender twin reverb. Killer .

Great video and yes I think you should totally do an Amplitube 5 video. I like it a lot. So much better than any other release of it and would love to see you do a video on some tones you get and with what.

This video is pure 🔥to this very day

Damn! Those are nice tips, as usual! I already tried to blend different tones, but one in "L" side and one in "R" side, not this way, mixing both at each side, one as the main tone and the other to fill the gaps. I'll definitely try it. And I must start to watch your course, already grabbed it at Pro Mix Academy, but still not started to watch it. Ah! And a video showing the possibilities of Amplitube 5 into a more extreme metal production would be awesome! A lot of people don't believe in it, but I already got good results with AT5 so far. 🤘😀

That was great. I don't usually turn up the volume on my ear buds while watching a KZread video.

@KohleAudioKult

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Hey Kristian can you please show us how to fix phase cancelation when blending different tones when using the same DI tracks for the different tones. Maybe a review on some good plugins that address the problem would be awesome. So cool when you do these tone blending vids dude no one else seems to mess with it, always learning from you brother keep em coming!

Fantastisch! \m/

I’ve been really digging the Gojira amp sim!

Hey Kohle! I've been MIA from your channel because of university but damnit now it's like having a season to binge watch ;) Stay metal brotha

@KohleAudioKult

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! You must have been in a very lonely and dark place. It’s kinda hard to escape KZread 😜

@toemasmeems

2 жыл бұрын

@@KohleAudioKult Wow you're a psychic! LOL

I feel like you're trying to sell me something! 🤣🤣 great video a load to take in here, thank you!

I've been having pair B be hard Right & 60-75% Left (pair A hard R & L). That 1 track not hard left gives me space for solos & leads & when I blend it right it sounds 'exactly' how I hear it while playing from my drumkit.

@luminousbrilliance1711

2 жыл бұрын

Clever. Very Interesting! Album Rock Forever! Thanks Man!

It’s really helpfull a big thanks! So your ir are looking very good and also a little expensive !

@KohleAudioKult

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes! They probably some of the most expensive IRs out there. But you really get what you pay for. 🤘🙀

"unk unk chugga chugga" Finally someone speaking a way I understand! 😂

I am all in the box since I am in an apartment but I use the UA BE100 with the English 412 (49) and the UA Engle Savage 120 with the American 412 (19) both with a TS9 in front of it and get huge tones.

after seeing clutch live in 2004 I noticed Tim salt used a Marshall half stack with a Fender twin. I had a Marshall 602 combo And a Fender Princeton, So I sent the pwr amp out of the Marshall into the Princeton WOW what a sound. I highly recommended it

Mixing an ep right now. This is really helpful! Thank you! BTW I find the Plugin Alliance Orange ampsim very good, which I will be using I think. Thx again!

Engl Thunder 50 + Randall Diavlo 100 ergänzen sich mega gut, der Engl ist mega rauh und untight (ohne Tube Screamer oder so) und der Randall mega komprimiert und klingt sehr glatt. Klingt zusammen einfach richtig gut

I use a Diezel VHX multiple channels. 1 with a Les Paul modern and 1 with a 58 Les paul custom reissue. Monster tone