Metallica tone with MKIV

[mickrich]

I am REALLY loving my new MKIV.
Today I re-amped guitars for a Metallica tribute band I recorded last year.
The MKIV absolutely kills my Triple Recto for this sound.
Bright, attacking and aggressive.
Radial X-amp>MKIV>Recto Cab>57>API mic pre. No Boost. Straight into the amp!
Band are Frantica from Dublin Ireland.

MKIV
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/DTNCMK4.mp3

Here it is with triple recto (with TS808) for anyone who wants to hear the difference.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/DTNCRecto.mp3

 

[kc_ksom]

Hey man, I really like both takes, I think the mark v probably the edge on the recto, but sounds good man.

Casey

 

[ryjan]

Wow. That Mark IV killed the recto.

 

[SonVolt]

Sounds fantastic. The rec actually sounds great, it doesn't sound like Hetfield obviously but it has its own great tone in that mix.

 

[mrodr008]

sounds great. mkiv 0wned the recto.

 

[THTH]

\m/ Mark IV \m/

 

[rgx612a]

Yeah, the Mark IV definitely sounds better. More bite, clarity and tightness to it. Good tone.

Death Magnetic has such a harsh tone... i understand it was mostly mark IIc+'s on that album but it don't sound like it that much. Good album, it just suffers from poor production and tones.

 

[#2121313]

I am REALLY loving my new MKIV.
Today I re-amped guitars for a Metallica tribute band I recorded last year.
The MKIV absolutely kills my Triple Recto for this sound.
Bright, attacking and aggressive.
Radial X-amp>MKIV>Recto Cab>57>API mic pre. No Boost. Straight into the amp!
Band are Frantica from Dublin Ireland.

MKIV
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/DTNCMK4.mp3

Here it is with triple recto (with TS808) for anyone who wants to hear the difference.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/DTNCRecto.mp3

Yeah the Mark IV kills the recto - cool tone.

What are your settings on the IV?

 

[mickrich]

Thanks for the comments.
I used the Lamb of God settings.

 

[orionz06]

Great tones out of both, edge to the Mark for sure but the Rec sounded great.

 

[chipaudette]

Listening on my laptop speakers this morning, I thought that the difference in tone was surprisingly dramatic. The Mark IV recording definitely had that classic Metallica sound (MOP, Black) whereas the Recto recording sounded a bit more generic. What caught my ear was that the Mark IV had such a good upper-mids presence as saturation whereas the Recto was just kinda empty and fizzy in those frequencies. I was definitely impressed with the Mark IV and your playing of it.

Now that I'm listening again, though, I don't hear the same things. Instead of my crappy laptop speakers, I'm using some fairly decent headphones (Sennheiser HD 280). Now, the two recordings don't sound nearly as different as they did throught the laptop speakers. I would have expected the opposite...I would have expected that the headphones would make the differences more pronounced. Well, they didn't. And, frankly, the Mark IV doesn't sound as good now as it did on the laptop speakers. On these headphones, its high-mid thing is less prominent and it sounds more like the Recto recording. The playing is still totally spot on, and both recordings sound really good, but the Mark IV just doesn't stand-out and engage me as much as it did this morning. Weird.

I guess that it's just additional evidence that, if you're mixing/mastering a recording, you gotta listen through lots of different systems in order to get the full feel of your recording. Every system will sound different and you (the generic "you") gotta make your mix so that it can sound good on (or at least tolerate) the wide range of systems out there.

Or, maybe it's my ears/brain that changed between now and this morning...that bit of wetware is definitely fickle.

Thanks for sharing. It was really cool to hear both versions. Your playing is sweet and this mix is pretty kickin. I wanna hear the rest!

Chip