3 Tricks to Maximize Guitar DI for Massive Tone | How to Mix Guitar DI

If you record and mix guitar or bass DI tracks, then this video is a MUST WATCH!
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This video is comprehensive and discusses EVERYTHING you need to know about working with and mixing guitar and bass DI tracks so you can unlock MASSIVE guitar tones in your music.
You will learn exactly how to sculpt and EQ guitar tone, enhance the pick attack with dynamic EQs like FabFilter Pro Q3 specialty EQs like Eventide SplitEQ, and how to wake up a static guitar DI using transient enhancers.
There is a lot of deep, fundamental information in this video so stick with it all the way through to the end!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:14 Download My FREE Guitar Cabinet Impulse Response Pack 🎁
2:06 Fundamental Concepts When Working with Guitar DIs
2:35 Guitar Cabinet Impulse Responses are Linear Processes
3:14 How We Use a Null Test to Test Audio Files
4:09 How to Perform a Null Test
4:57 EQing Before or After Guitar Cabinet IR Is an Identical Process
6:02 EQing Before or After Amp Sim or Distortion
7:45 Guitar Tone When EQing DI BEFORE Reamping
8:45 Guitar Tone When EQing AFTER Guitar Amp Simulator
9:07 When Should You EQ a Guitar DI?
9:38 Cleaning Up Bass Tone by EQing DI
10:46 When Should You EQ AFTER Reamping?
11:10 Using a Dynamic EQ to Enhance the Transients of a Guitar
12:52 Using a Dynamic EQ to Clean Up Guitar Cabinet Resonance
13:40 Eventide SplitEQ to Enhance Guitar Pick Attack
15:11 Using a Transient Enhancer to Make Guitar DIs POP
17:35 Quick Summary
19:24 Don't Forget to Download My FREE Guitar Cabinet Impulse Response Pack🎁

[@Jacob7Strings]

I was struggling with getting a good amp sim tone. Now my tone has improved A LOT. Thank you for sharing precious informations ❤

[@rustyrobot72229]

This vid has helped immensely. Thank you so much. You are a wonderful teacher. These tips are gold!

[@tgstk2]

this is as awesome as it gets...i watch all your vids...but missed this one... where it's probably the one I needed the most!! thank you so much!

[@gregfender]

Awesome video, dude! I ran into this issue just yesterday, where I had a really annoying resonance that I was fighting in the guitars. When I pulled that frequency out of the DI tracks it instantly opened everything up. Thanks for sharing this. You have an awesome way of explaining things.

[@johnsguitarpage4415]

Excellent content on non-linearities - everyone DI-ing guitars should watch this.

[@hinesification]

Great video. I record a ton of DI guitars, and have always EQ'd after the amp. Your tips will take my craft to a new level. Thank you!

[@bucurgabriel6319]

Very, very valuable information and explanations! Thank you very much and I appreciate your posts! From Paris with respect and friendship !

[@aleksandarcurcic5316]

Awesome tips bro ! Great content !

[@floriandb9786]

Excellent content, as usual on this channel !

[@Fekesson]

Very good creative eq suggestions

[@lewiscaudle3713]

You generally make the best lessons! :)

[@fvneral666]

You got my sub! Excellent content :) Thank you!

[@BrimstoneButcher]

Glad I found this channel. Great video on EQ. ***subscribed***

[@charlesduquette8724]

The best Eq video i’ve ever seen, really good explanation, love your job, continue your great videos.

[@RaytownProductions]

Thank you so much! Cheers 😊

[@BrianFlores-jf2qt]

I never ever comment on videos but ,holly crap you really taught me something! The major differences little things make! amazing! Thanks man

[@BrianWalis-Producer]

These are really helpful tips! Really good stuff here! The bass part alone is gold.

[@RaytownProductions]

So glad you found it helpful man! Cheers 🤘

[@thecoleh3311]

Going to EQ my DI b4 Neural DSP Amp for sure thank u dude!

[@andybusuttil818]

Well done Bobby :)

[@firmans12]

Thanks Bobby. I rarely process DI guitar. But i like to pre process bass DI. Bass is more tough sometimes than guitar lol

[@robmcclelland6793]

Great vid! how are you changing both eqs at the same time, are they connected somehow?

[@russelldesigner2682]

This video is fantastic. Keep the great work.

[@RaytownProductions]

Thank you so much!

[@russelldesigner2682]

@@RaytownProductions You should discover mine and you will see the difference.

[@jrock5150]

I just listened to an old interview with Dimebag Darrell last night taking about where he gets his guitar tone and he mentioned having just an eq and a few other minimal things before his amp. It has to be sheer destiny that I just so happened to come across this video because it didn't occur to me at the time. Awesome advice brother, thank you.

[@RaytownProductions]

Glad you got something from the video! Cheers!

[@knotid]

Hey Bobby, great tutorial and great content as always

[@RaytownProductions]

Thanks so much!

[@RaytownProductions]

Thanks so much!

[@papichurro2115]

the single most helpful video on the topic

[@RaytownProductions]

Glad you found it helpful 🙏

[@ozzyogkush]

Probably too late but here's a question: I just DI recorded a bunch of guitar tracks, and I'm going to re-amp them shortly, but I was wondering if there is any pre-processing I should do on them first? Like, should I bother with a Pro-G gate, or compression, or even any EQing FX? What about normalization? Or should I simply use the raw sound I recorded, and save any FX/processing for the fully re-amped tracks (once I decide which specific sound I want from the few variations I record)? Thanks!

[@AckzellMusic]

Eye opener this one, thanks so much for your videos. Has made my solo project's EP sound absolutely badass, crisp and professional, and I can't wait to release it. No joke, I'd send anyone wanting to mix metal to your channel before any other.

[@RaytownProductions]

That means the world to me. Thank you so so much. Glad you found this helpful! Cheers!!

[@DavChops]

That pre sim cut on the bass is a lightbulb moment for me, that exact frequency has been the bane of my existence

[@prodbyamrit]

Loved the information! Can you make a video on making vintage humbucking pickups sound modern? Gibsons generally do a good job, but HSS Strats are extremely difficult to deal with! Since they generally have low output and do not have much information in the mids. Thanks for all the information though! 🤘🏽❤

[@tobins6800]

Have you tried using a boost? Tubescreamer or similar? Then there's transparent boosts, or use an eq pedal to push the wanted mids. Or, use an eq plug in. Wampler and jhs both have good video on the what's and why's of these pedals. That info can then be used digitally. For instance, needing to clear up a DI, when used with a bass heavy amp sound, experiment with a pre eq to remove the low end so that the amp isn't overly accentuating the lows and low mids. Might be that you'd use a low shelf, high pass, or targeted freqs. Then if still needed, add boost to the higher freqs. Believe it or not, string gage has an effect too. Fatter gages tend to have more harmonic richness to them before processing, adding more harmonics (distortion) can make it muddy. Makes it difficult for people like me who have a real heavy picking hand. Thinner gage strings tend to rise in pitch. Some folk tune down a half step to compensate, for me a half isn't enough for normal playing, and when I do go lighter, it's too low for the rest of the instruments. So I go heavier gage. I also need to be thinking differently about how to dial tone, a compressor might work better for me rather than a boost.

[@SkippiiKai]

I'd love to hear how that transient enhancer works for slap bass. That's one area I could see that really working well.

[@RaytownProductions]

Oh that would be sick!

[@cjmllvv]

Do I need to boost my di before the amp?

[@SkreamerOfficial]

It's like putting a Mesa Mark series EQ on everything. noice

[@RaytownProductions]

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[@Kainan2]

Where are the IR's??

[@steveliethen5943]

no Brian Hood link

[@RaytownProductions]

Ah! Thank you for letting me know. Updating asap!

[@RaytownProductions]

Updated 🤘

[@MotivationPassionAction]

Bro your videos are just too long. Make it simple and just go to the point. Just do it before and after. Done

[@RaytownProductions]

Appreciate the feedback. I like to go deeper than the other KZbin channels, but unfortunately it makes my videos significantly longer. But I will definitely focus on better pacing in the future. Cheers!

[@MotivationPassionAction]

@@RaytownProductions All the best. And the best I ever seen is Feather Light Studio tutorial. Just perfection, even its long. He explains very clear A-Z. Tc Ray

[@user-tj7fj4hs8j]

Really awesome

[@techman7294]

This channel is GOLD 🪙