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Maybe this is dumb, but Endtime and I were talking the other day about using a lower gain track on recordings, so I started messing around with that a little bit today. Various combinations of red and blue channel, both higher and lower gain.

All EVH 100S into my Mesa OS 412, SM57 on a V30, Lewitt MCP240 Pro on a Redback. RME Fireface.

This mixed up one has one side red high gain, blue low gain and the other side blue with SD-1 high gain and red low gain.

https://app.box.com/s/jwuaxmihsa2p54orv727ayqjm3af2ueg

Red high and low gain tracks: https://app.box.com/s/9ip3mf85frvcbw0m0s2afqzz0gsxdrs5
Blue high and low gain tracks: https://app.box.com/s/kpzrbmw4jtsd718pow6qioinpohlpjsv
Blue high, red low: https://app.box.com/s/bam8roytj2nr1tt2s0qhe4obg419q1s8
Red high, blue low (I think I like this one the best, but we're splitting hairs, here) : https://app.box.com/s/7m7k91ncarwgwlbc8u9agm569b1akve6

Sounds great

The blue/blue sounds perfect to me. Like amon amarth or something.

Awesome! Thanks for the comparison. I enjoyed it bigtime.

Yeah I like the Blue/Blue too.

Adding a lower gain track is great. Adds definition and you can hear the pick attack better.

I'm pretty low gain to start with, but I do something similar by doubling my rhythm parts with a single coil guitar. Basically the same concept...

i dont know i really prefer one of the other, all of them sound great.

Thanks dudes!

Makes sense you guys like blue/blue, too. Blue has that more Marshally vibe happening. Red adds this weight to everything that I think feels so brutal haha.

I like blue/blue and red high blue low the best. More sack to em. Great riffing and tones

Thanks dude!

Endtime and I were chatting about some EQ stuff last night, so I gave something a try.

This is red high blue low with some additional EQ.

https://app.box.com/s/fv2hxmng9ieq155c6nbxq9rywru0p6jm

It's a toss up between Blue high, red low and Red high, blue low. They have the best chug to clarity.

Yeah I think with the additional eq it fits in the mix best without stepping on the bass players dick. Sounds crushing!