Hey guus, just wondering which profile you're using for djent? Right now I'm using one of the EVH 5150III profiles. Any tips to get that djenty tight response from the bass strings?
best profile for djent?
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Hey guus, just wondering which profile you're using for djent? Right now I'm using one of the EVH 5150III profiles. Any tips to get that djenty tight response from the bass strings?
Maybe you should try Ola Englund´s Recto Profiles. Extremely scooped, but perhaps this is what you are looking for. He used those on the "Refeared Album" which sounds killer...
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Hmm ok I'll check it out! Looking for more of a Periphery/ Keith Merrow tone. Tried some of the ENGL profiles but wasn't really what I was looking for
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most Djent tones are pretty artificial sounding, so don't expect to simply call up a profile and be 'there'
these sounds are made with quite a bit of EQhere are some pointers that worked for me
- low tuning (obviously)
- a longer scale length is preferrable
- don't use too much gain
- treble and presence must be present (hehe)
- easy on the mids, but no scooping
- add some high mids at ~ 1.5 kHz
- remove some low mids in the 150 - 250 Hz region
- adjust the way your pick attacks the strings to get the proper djenty response
- Engl profiles should provide a good starting point
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Thanks for the tip! I'll try it out once I get the chance. Should the eq be post or pre eq? I'm using a paduak n4 and 92 standard les paul
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Thanks for the tip! I'll try it out once I get the chance. Should the eq be post or pre eq? I'm using a paduak n4 and 92 standard les paul
N4, nice. Always wanted one of those.
What I said about the mids, treble and presence obviously applies to the tonestack.
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Yup I was aware about that being the tonestack. So any recommendations for an engl profile?
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Why not try marrows 5150 profiles?? They sound great, and are some of the best. Any of the engl se profiles should get you there. Djent is more about technique than anything, do not downplay that aspect at all, it is just as important if not more than your amp. Try running the 4:1 gate upfront in the stomp section as well with the threshold set wayyyyy up, that's 50 percent of it right there, you'll see.
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Why not try marrows 5150 profiles?? They sound great, and are some of the best.
Does he have more than one profile of the 5150??
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Why not try marrows 5150 profiles?? They sound great, and are some of the best. Any of the engl se profiles should get you there. Djent is more about technique than anything, do not downplay that aspect at all, it is just as important if not more than your amp. Try running the 4:1 gate upfront in the stomp section as well with the threshold set wayyyyy up, that's 50 percent of it right there, you'll see.
Don't seem to be able to find the gate in the stomp section! Any tips? Just got my Kemper last weekend:/
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It should say 4:1 gate, there is a 2:1 as well.... Do you have the latest firmware? If not, download it , they may be the problem.
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Yup I do have the latest firmware! hmm lemme look around again
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it may be obvious by now: but 'djent' is a technique, not a sound. that said, pickups with an upper mid boost help accentuate the pick style and chord voicings used for djent.
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I miss him, a good clean ambience djent sound.
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IMO one of the most overlooked things is multitracking.
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Shamelessly plugging my own profile here, but I get some decent djent type tones out of my engl savage 120 profile. I think it's called Savage 120 RX2 in the profile exchange. Try it and see if it works for you.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHBhdU…be_gdata_player
this is a production a did some weeks ago, if you like it i will upload the KPA profile we used! (and maybe i can profile also the axefx II rig, so you'll obtain something really really close to this)let me know, if someone want to be in touch with me for this profile please use my email invernostudios@gmail.com because i don't check this forum so often.
Regards.
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Don"t mean to be stupid, but what is Djent ? Is it a style or a sound and what does DJENT stand for?
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Don"t mean to be stupid, but what is Djent ? Is it a style or a sound and what does DJENT stand for?
Ah it is so refreshing to be on a forum where Djent doesn't rule the roost.
Djent is a term that came about with the rise of bands in the post - Meshuggah state of modern metal. It is onomatopoeia for the sound made when you heavily palm mute a 2 octave power chord. It has also morphed into a "genre" of sorts, but the debate on that subject is furious and often hilarious haha.
These videos might help explain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3Ejq5Jm9U
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Sam, thanks that was very informative
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