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November 17, 2018 at 10:51 pm #53637
Niki Pichler
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    Heho Kain,

    i normally dont compress electric guitars, but when i do then just a little but nothing to get it more "punchy". i think the key is the amp settings and a nice mic setup.

    For that try this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaSrXimH3ZI

    if you use a virtual amp try to play with the amp settings.

    if nothing helps and you wanna have more grit on the guitars, just blend a clean guitar which plays the same (if you have the DI from your guitar just take this) to the heavies or record an acoustic which plays the same.

    cheers, Niki