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Unholy Confessions cover. Holy? or Unholy?

Andrew Fernandes

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    I am in the process of doing a unholy confessions cover. I was just wondering if you guys think Im on the right track. Is the tone good, playing good etc. Thanks for your time and replies.
    P.S be as nasty as possible because the final cover is going on youtube and i have 26k subs and they are going to hunt me down lol.
     

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    Playing is great, the tone is okay, but it sounds like you’ve got digital clipping (the staticky sound), meaning you’re recording too hot. Check your meters in your recording software – the guitar should be between -12 and -6db for the most part. Pumping up to 0db peaks is the old, analog way – in those days, it gave it a mild clipping compression, which wasn’t usually too bad a thing. Digital clipping is nasty stuff. Try cutting the trim on the DAW input from your guitar a little.
    Clean that up and try again, and we’ll be able to get a better feel for your tone.
     

    Andrew Fernandes

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    @ed so once recorded, the clipping can not be fixed? if so IM fucked loool I have been going to like a studio, in partnership because of my mental conditions they help people like me to record songs in the studio. I go like once a week there for 1, 1 hour session. I’ve been going a lot so if all the work is clipping and can not be fixed thats kinda frustrating. But thanks for telling me.I recorded it through 2 jack cables into a interface then on logic used a clean amp over the distortion already.
     

    Noah Berends

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    Unfortunately if the tracks were recorded that way they can’t be fixed in software. Turning down will just make the clipping quieter.
    EDIT: If the original tracks aren’t clipping straight from the guitar you can turn them down in the final mixdown. But if the interface is pumping them in at a high volume then it’s set in stone. Forgot to clarify
     

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    What Noah said – I hear the clipping in the end result. That could be happening at the buss master you’re rendering, or in the recording of the individual track. Listen to the isolated guitar track. If you don’t hear it there, then what you need to turn down is your master volume slider.
     

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    Before recording, make enough headroom so your signal doesn’t reach over 0db because everything above 0db starts clipping and you don’t want that. The way to do that is to play the loudest part of the song and look if your signal is going over 0db. If it is, just simply turn the volume knob down on the mixer where your guitar input is to have enough headroom (space between the peak of your signal and 0db). And make sure you are not clipping on your audio interface, if you are then tunr the gain down.
     

    Andrew Fernandes

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    I think the person doing it with me said something like when we finished the full track that he’ll improve the sound so let cross our fingers. If not I have to upload it like this unfortunately spent a lot of time perfecting the playing. Do you guys think the clipping is like a major issue?
    here is another sample.
     

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