[RWP] How to clean up guitar amp sim noises?

[Scott Chesworth]

>From a quick listen on laptop speakers, it sounds like you're running
into that amp sim way too hot. Remember, these sims are mimicking the
response of a real amp as closely as possible, and a real amp
generally doesn't have a heap of gain before it in the signal chain. I
don't want to encourage bad habits, but when I'm recording guitar
through plugins like that, I pretty much ignore the meters and look
for the most realistic feel from the software instead of worrying
about getting a level that's deemed to be good practice. Often when
I'm mixing stuff for people who have recorded themselves, I find that
I'm trimming 30 DB or more off of DI guitars before my plugins start
responding anything like real-world amps. So yeah, first step, turn
down the gain on your interface.

Couldn't get any sense of what style pickups you're playing from this,
but they're also going to raise the noise floor. Nearby electronics
could also be adding to that, so unless you're certain your guitar is
well shielded it'd be worth spending a minute spinning around in your
chair, walking around the room a bit etc with everything wired up as
you usually would to see if there's a place where that guitar is in
its happy place. It's also worth noting that a lot of great heavy
guitar sounds are just noisy as hell when there's nothing playing, so
concentrate on the sounds you're getting when you're actually playing
music first and foremost. That's the stuff that matters. Sometimes,
it's just gonna be noisy as hell and you're gonna have to run through
the song to clean up the exposed gaps manually. I've recorded a few
real amps where the hiss alone was scary to be in a room with, one of
those situations if someone decides this is the perfect time to
practice, then you're instantly dead by shred lol. I suppose what I'm
saying is that concentrating on cleaning up your sounds is all well
and good, but don't get fooled into not recording until everything is
perfect, because it's rare that anyone gets there, and a lot of people
never end up recording anything that they care about because they're
stuck down that rabbit hole.

Good luck, and keep us posted

Scott

On 10/28/14, Hadi Rezaee <hadirezaei at gmx.com> wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I know that there are very great members in this MailingList who produce
> awesome content even with limited resources.
> I need some advice/instructions about guitar sims, and how can i
> decrease their hiss, and fuzz sounds.
> I'm sure that everything  in my physical environment is ok, i got a very
> great cable with a scarlett 8i6 audio interface, so I think from this
> aspect, I should not get any noise or anything.
> Here's my REAPER FX chain, that i normally use:
>
> tse tube screamer
> Lepou lecto
> ReaVerb with some great mesa boogi cabs, (god cabs)
>
> That's all I've got. I have no  noise gates, no EQ, (Because i don't
> know how to work with them.
> First of all, when i crank up the input, There's a big hissing sound in
> the background, even when i'm not playing. It looks like a regular amp
> hissing sound, but it's just too loud, and I want to cut this off, so i
> could record without any  hissing noises.
> Second, I think the sound is having a little bit of fuz, and is not too
> warm for me.
> I want to try to  achieve that big,  smooth warm sound of  electric guitar.
> Here's a simple test that you can hear
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87868354/Hadi_guitar_tone_test.mp3
>
> Also, by the way, as you see, my  vollume is kind of.. low. if i try to
> raise reaper's master vollume, or the track vollume, i get a very bad
> buzzing sound on the guitar.
> Can anyone help me with this?
> Thanks!
>
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