Lamb Of God - Black Label (Mesa Boogie Mark IV Clip)

[gibson5413]

I have received about 15 requests in the past 3 months to record a Lamb of God clip. I received some inspiration about an hour and a half ago and decided to give it a shot. I put the drums together and decided to lay down some bass and guitars over it.

This clip is VERY rough (and not recorded in its entirety). I listened to the song about 3 times and gave it a whirl. I will say that it isn't 100% in terms of performance. I don't play this kind of music very much at all anymore so my "alternate chug picking" is not really up to snuff. I mainly did this clip for tone purposes. There are definitely many players on this board that can play circles around me with this style of music.

I'm not 100% happy with the mix but thought it turned out okay.

What are your thoughts?


http://www.mp3lizard.com/download.cfm?id=25177


Also uploaded at www.netmusicians.org

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

Awesome stuff!

Could I ask for settings?

And if you don't mind me asking, what was the recording method? Did you do two takes, and then pan left and right? Or was it a single take?

Thanks alot!

 

[MetalMatt]

So far so good! The guitars sound menacing. It's amazing how much better lamb of god sounds without the singer (IMO).

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Platypus]

sounds pretty heavy, very cool

thanks for sharing

 

[gibson5413]

Awesome stuff!

Could I ask for settings?

And if you don't mind me asking, what was the recording method? Did you do two takes, and then pan left and right? Or was it a single take?

Thanks alot!

Here's the settings:

Lead Gain (pulled)- 7.5
Treble- 7.5
Mids- 3
Bass- 1
Presence- 3
Lead Drive- 7

Guitars
Schecter Hellraiser -> Mesa Boogie Mark IV short head -> Bogner 2x12 w V30s -> Sennheiser e609 and Shure 57 -> M-Audio Mobile PRE USB -> N-Track 5.

Bass
Yamaha bass -> Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI -> Mobile Pre USB -> N-Track 5.

Drums
EZDrummer


Bass and guitars were all 1 take each. Bass down the middle. The guitars each 1 track split hard left and right.

 

[gibson5413]

So far so good! The guitars sound menacing. It's amazing how much better lamb of god sounds without the singer (IMO).

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

 

[gibson5413]

sounds pretty heavy, very cool

thanks for sharing

Thanks!

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

So no GEQ on the clip?

 

[fpoon]

I find getting a LoG tone is easier without the GEQ. It already has that "sound" I can't really describe that steers toward getting their tone imo.

 

[Spirithunter]

I'm digging it!
gonna try these settings. 8)

 

[mrd]

Hmm... not to be harsh, but I don't think this sounds very good. It's mostly the mix, the bass & drums are way too loud. The guitar is too far back in the mix. The tone is pretty good though, not quite LOG, but darn close. Their tone is a bit more in your face I think.

 

[Markdude]

I'm new to the forums and I've been browsing and listening to some clips, and I just had to bump this one 'cause it's just really awesome. I dig it a lot.

Care to share what mics you use/how you position them?

I'm on the hunt for a Studio Preamp, can it get this heavy?

 

[Aart]

I'm on the hunt for a Studio Preamp, can it get this heavy?

Yes, definately. It's somewhat rawer and more aggressive at some point, but it can definately get these kinds of tones.