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Old 10-25-2020, 06:00 PM
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Default Re: Electric Guitar doesn't sound clean enough

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Originally Posted by albee1952 View Post
Things to consider:
1-you said you posted a song but no song is linked
2-The quality of the sound encompasses several things, hand tone, the guitar(style, condition, proper setup), player skill/talent(a wildcard) and this is all before it gets to Pro Tools and the amp plugin.
3-Eleven Lite is REALLY limited and there are several amp sims you should check out, based on your needs(like Amplitube, Line 6 Helix software, Guitar Rig, etc). Watch videos on youtube as pretty much everything is demo'd and/or reviewed there.
4-Maybe you need to back off the recording level? In the world of digital, there is no longer the need to slam the input to get above the noise floor
5-Impulse responses are fine, but absolutely NOT required. What is required is whatever gets you to the sound you want(which we really don't know)
Also to factor into this is the guitar single coil or humbuckers? As a rule the latter have a hotter output than single coils. Another - how hard is the picking action? What specific amp is the OP using? Some amps just don't do a clean sound. For instance a Twin Reverb should get you a cleaner sound than something like a Mesa Boogie or Marshall stack

Question to the OP:
What exact input are you using on your interface?
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