Metal guitar mixing often mystifies people. This is because it can be one of the most difficult things to get right within a mix.
We often like to turn guitar mixing into something more complicated than it needs to be.
People love chatting it up on the subject of:
Eq..
Compression..
MULTIBAND compression..
Saturation..
Limiting..
We all obsess over the intricacies of these mixing tools so much that we often overlook simple techniques that can take our metal guitar mixing (or mixing in general) to the next level.
Remember, great mixes and guitar productions existed long before all of the fancy pants plugins we all use today were even around.
In my latest tutorial, I reveal my to 4 mixing tricks that apply to metal guitar (that most people overlook).
Sometimes it’s the obvious stuff that can help us the most within our productions.
Stuff that’s so obvious that we often fail to think of them.
Low pass filters, timed delay settings and automation are not sexy topics..
But they can have a MASSIVE effect on the overall sound of your mix.
Also, you can download my custom guitar impulse response for FREE by clicking HERE.
Load it into your amp sim plugin and get right to dialing in a killer metal tone with ease.