Metal guitar tone

Hi. I've been playing the guitar for a while but I'm clueless as to how get a good sound. Are there any tips?

guitartest.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

My guitar is a cheapy Cort X2, 2 humbuckers. Photos of the setup as attachments.

Thanks in advance.

Sounds ok. Little edgy too even you turned out treble almost all the way down.

Try to put mic closer to grill and off from center.

I did some tests with on axis and off axis, and I turned the contour from 0 - 10 in equal intervals. I kept all other knobs constant.

On axis: on axis.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

Off axis: off axis.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

I'm not sure which sample I prefer.

Photos:

ON AXIS:

OFF AXIS:

SETTINGS:

Off axis sounds way much better because since Marshall amps has lots of treble in their character. You should try off centered miking too.

If you buy something like this, you'll be very happy...

All the effects you want

A quite good mixer to record your guitar directly, no microphone That model is very good because sends you the divided tracks to your computer, not like must mixers that send only the Stereo Mix (so you can record and edit separately the instruments)

What kind of metal tone are you looking for? Some styles of metal lend themselves towards different tones more than other. Just give me a little out line of what you are looking for like maybe "I want a deep chugging sound with a smooth lead tone" or "I want a harsh tone."

So you get the sound you're looking for...then what? It won't magically fall into place.

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Song:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=978157&songID=8548061

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Here's the mixing template:

Mixer:

Drums - Center/90% overall - ( Bass Drum lower volume ) , ( compressed Snare higher volume ) , ( Hi-Hats higher volume ) , ( Toms medium volume ) , ( Crash higher volume )

Bass - Center/80% Volume

Rhythm Guitar - Left 22%/110% Volume

High Rhythm Guitar - Left 100%/45% Volume

High Rhythm Guitar - Right 100%/45% Volume

Melody Instrument (Solo Guitar probably) - Right 22%/80% Volume

Master Tool Thing/Aux

Maximization for Volume Wars.

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Also, the trick is POD Farm or Guitar Rig 3.