Recording HEAVY GUITARS with Adam NOLLY Getgood!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Nice amp, isn't it? Which one is your favorite ENGL?

[@misterjmorgan]

Never found one I liked!

[@gerylodian]

Fireball, all the way!

[@YouCanOnlyImagine]

I have the Invader 100 and love it. Super versatile, but I’d love to test out the Savage MKll.

[@SecretMetalFromAbyss]

My old invader 150. :D That umm artist edition without the honkboost had the same distortion characteristics as my invaders channel 3 and I really love that channel 3 gain structure and eq characterstics. :D I also have older version of powerball and that's also decent amp but for me it does kinda two things correctly (clean and metal rythm) and other bells and whistles are kinda useless. Well it has nice crunch tone for rock too but I think my Marshall JVM's might deliver maybe a little smoother sound for rock. All in all my invader is my "desert island" amp because it can do pretty much everything. :D

[@WyldestZakk1980]

ENGL Invader

[@FabrizioPeretti]

Always stunned at how good a player nolly is...

[@adamnollygetgood]

❤

[@Arkard9]

He is an absolute machine, too bad we do not see more of his playing.

[@AncientLegacyMV]

Nolly = god

[@DericBham]

Another level

[@robh3702]

Tell the secret of this tone. It’s that killer bass sound. It’s making the guitar tone sound even better.

[@Professional.Bro.777]

Is the bass for sure but that guitar sounds godly

[@StephenChapman]

Man, Nolly and Rabea need to cook together. I bet those dudes would put out a killer album!

[@apoplexiamusic]

i think they were planning to after Rabea's band split, or sometime before the pandemic

[@belligerentamateur]

Hey, I like tones!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Welcome! 😎

[@Professional.Bro.777]

Hey it's Kyle!

[@ConstantineM]

Same!

[@PhilMeadJams]

You like tones? Me too!

[@invalidchicken420]

I also like tones, except for the ones Kyle Bull dials in. JK man love your channel.

[@308media74]

Nolly got me into everything. 🤘

[@HASHIRA6505]

Definitely gave me a new way to dial in tone for my tracks . Love this .

[@Ottlovesyou]

THANK YOU

[@metalheadblues]

Those string's are fresh af , great video , maybe in the future can you do a video about dialing in a good live tone ? That's something I've always struggled with a bit , practice volume doesn't always translate to a live environment

[@simonr344]

So nice to see the Artist Edition getting some love

[@JotunStudio]

Amazing, thanks! I love how great player Nolly is. The first riff in this video reminds me of Pantera, btw

[@adamnollygetgood]

❤

[@joederbyshire_]

What can't Nolly do haha. Thanks for this vid! Looks like a super awesome event to have been at in person!

[@vorpalblades]

Can't use anything besides V30's.

[@warrenoids]

⁠​⁠@@vorpalblades he's been known to recommend Creamback Hs on the guitarists' cabs back when he was with Periphery.

[@Sven.Jeschke]

Yep, the Artist Edition is one of my favorite amps. Much more percussive than most other ENGL amps, but also more scooped than the Mk II versions of their more well known models like Fireball & Powerball. The AE is an amazing Thrash machine.

[@KohleAudioKult]

The new Fireball has surprised me as well. So much better than the MK1

[@Soloist1983]

Artist Edition is the best one, I've literally had ALL of them, even the Special Edition FE, which was VERY close, but the Artist, is just perfect!

[@nikolagenov8881]

@@KohleAudioKult , is Engl E633 Fireball 25 the "new edition"?

[@trumancarter1299]

2 of the best in the business 🔥

[@djabthrash]

05:05 i wish i knew that before :) It's hardly talked about... Now i understand the "all tonestack knobs maxed on Marshalls" approach more :) Basically all tonestack knobs maxed is the default sound, and turning them down cuts some frequencies.

[@thunderstein5041]

i love to watch these kind of videos and the commentary is just the Cherry on top. Thank you for this one! 🙏🏼

[@KohleAudioKult]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Enice43]

Full of valuable information

[@djabthrash]

12:10 this plugin (and all similar plugins) need "exclusive solo" buttons, so that you don't have to mute then unmute to compare tones (which ends up in non-instantaneous AB-ing). Just having normal mute and solo buttons is a total vibe and workflow killer.

[@ericwilliams538]

New to the whole world of recording. I wish i would have gotten into it when i was younger, but here I am now!!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Welcome! Check out my academy. That could help you

[@Mossy5150]

Nolly's presets are always my favorite whenever I'm playing around with a new Neural DSP plugin.

[@MaxPowersTastyTones]

I love my artist edition, really underrated like you mentioned. Just played a gig with it and didn’t bring any pedals for the first time in ages. Sounded so good on it‘s own. 🎉

[@brandonpratt9353]

This was awesome guys, thanks a ton for this! 😊🙌🏻👏🏻

[@hiyeja]

Nolly just sounds absolutely killer all the time 🔥 🤘🏻

[@VForsaken]

Very cool tutorial! Really love the tones

[@dropentier377]

need this amp.... great masterclass !

[@trixdropd]

Nolly is a genius. he's so good at everything

[@1siriuswolf]

Brilliant!

[@MingTian666]

I attended to this workshop .. it was very good and interesting for me .. thanks again to you both

[@KohleAudioKult]

Thanks for joining us!

[@adamnollygetgood]

Really happy to hear that!

[@Laevus2321]

Excellent video! I have an Engl Savage SE, and I sometimes spend more time tweaking all the dials than playing. But when it's dialled it, it's heaven - especially for B standard, A standard and drop tunings. Definitely making some cheat-sheet notes from this for next time me or someone else fiddles with the settings.

[@enricoincognito8595]

Not even saw the video, already knowing this will hep me out ❤

[@Slotmachine305]

I love learning all this stuff, proper audio nerd shiz

[@Rarefied_]

Some really cool He is Legend vibes in those riffs

[@wakjob961]

Very educational. Thanks guys!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Our pleasure!

[@Soloist1983]

Sweet, Artist Edition is the best one!!!!

[@yeserguitar]

The masterclass was amazing!! Thank you so much again for the insight you provided 🫶

[@KohleAudioKult]

Thank YOU for joining! 🤘

[@marcelo_campitelli]

damn, that sounds SICK

[@SHARt_murmur]

So good, will be sending this to some folks, thanks!

[@metalinsights9664]

I must be in a minority, but I really like compressed guitar tones. They have a nice squish to them and are so easy to embed in a mix. The best guitar compressed guitar tone I've ever heard is from the G&K 250ML and 2000CPL amps (if you're not familiar with them, think Rockman tones, but better), but I think a TS9 into a high-gain amp also captures a lot of that magic, as well. The TS9 adds some really nice compression to the tone that I love.

[@adamnollygetgood]

I think perhaps “compressed” is the wrong term to use for what we’re talking about in many ENGL amps, it’s more like extreme saturation. In amps like the original Powerball or the Special Edition the signal feels so saturated you can’t get it to sound percussive even when you roll the gain back

[@JulesO]

You're definitely in your probation officer's crib at the end. Those tones were so great they're illegal!

[@KreativeDevices]

Another great video 🔥

[@profound369]

High presence is my prefrence. For example "fill the crown" by poppy sounds like the presence is way turned up and the riff hits hard

[@alexts4920]

I NEED that Bass tone on my Quad Cortex! 7:34

[@mattkyne7705]

I’ve been playing guitar for 26 years and embarrassingly have only just learnt that the low eq is just the cut off frequency 🤦‍♂️

[@Davizola91]

Amazing!

[@Zachary-dr1mu]

Cool... can we get dialing in a Lead Guitar sound now? There's so much information on a rhythm guitar and I have a rhythm guitar tone I like and seems to work in a mix, but I'm in a position where I need a lead guitar tone since I'm not super huge on mine, and I can't find a good video on that.

[@DraigGalon]

I recently had my amp re-biased. And the tech told me he adjusted the power input to match my area. Is this a problem when I use my amp in other area's or states? Digging the tones👍😈

[@kagunmarx5914]

Love that Kreative Devices laptop!

[@buzzledoll]

Very nice video. You can on the same song, depending the riffs style, use different amps setting ?

[@KratosIsSick]

Inside the studio next time perhaps? Engg & producing heads are great!

[@KohleAudioKult]

It actually worked out pretty nicely in that room. We had a Bluetooth headphone system for everyone in the room. I even manually EQd the headphones.

[@blueswede74]

That bass tone!! What was used?

[@adamnollygetgood]

Dingwall NG into Darkglass ADAM 👍

[@vorpalblades]

Sounds like dogshit.

[@johnnyresistance]

'that's a nice sausage' lol. nolly is a great player

[@KylePutman]

Who is one of the greatest modern musicians of today and why is it Nolly?

[@aangfranggo]

What the title of this song you played in this session?

[@animusdenproductions]

crazy i cant seem to find anything anywhere saying the bass knob is a high pass filter. any idea where i can read on this?

[@HKprod90]

Where is this course? I can't find it on your site.

[@HKprod90]

when you click you land on "The NOLLY Drum Experience

[@juicekicksup]

Does he also dial in the Recto in this course?

[@Willjrockstar]

Would have hoped to learn something

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

Gutted I missed this

[@bulletrider8893]

I have special edtion fe. If I get another ENGL, that will be AE

[@vividdreams6396]

7:05 Definitely The Garden by He Is Legend.

[@adamnollygetgood]

Yup!

[@slayabouts]

@@vividdreams6396 hell yeah, He Is Legend is tight

[@adissabovic]

Nolly can play. :)

[@newrosesartworx4662]

is there a reason kohlr audio kult is K.A.K. ? :)

[@Gamma7194]

sounds like Nolly is a Moon Tooth fan !

[@headbangfridays]

Are un in Mallorca by any chance...? That room it's just like my studio' s window! And basically all Mallorquin City center flats 😂

[@KohleAudioKult]

Bingo, I’m in Palma 💪

[@headbangfridays]

@KohleAudioKult hahaa those window's and the big ol' bricks gave you away, enjoy island!

[@djabthrash]

10:44 he doesn't seem to imply that this impedance curve low-end thing is desirable in the mix, and yet many people obsess about it and discard some specific loadboxes because it doesn't have it :)

[@KohleAudioKult]

We actually talked about that in the full masterclass. The Fryette load box we were using actually has some passive filters to "adjust" the impedance curve which is very helpful. So I guess we were not far away from the real thing.

[@bioburden]

Dude, where do i get those kinda hats (to keep your head warm, not hi-hats). Great video btw 😎

[@KohleAudioKult]

Look for jogging beanies. They often look like that

[@aacgoudie3642]

Looks like you're at Joli Studio de Saucisse in Paris, France?

[@vejichan]

hi, i subscribed and never received the complementary ir, kick and snare sample ..please advise

[@KohleAudioKult]

You received a link tomorrow Discord server when you signed up. I guess you missed this. Just write back to any Email from the newsletter and we’ll resend the link

[@creepue]

it's a green screen, you are still in the studio!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Haha! You got me 😂

[@CountNetsrac]

Was the bass in the track one of Nolly's Dingwalls?

[@adamnollygetgood]

Yup!

[@CountNetsrac]

@@adamnollygetgood The sound is spectacular. I really need to try one myself.

[@wickedsoundssteve]

I have a powerball mk1 - it seems to cut it for me

[@metalfather8139]

my favorite German

[@donlynch8285]

Nolly is getting that tone from his fingers

[@euclidesanatolly6175]

😅 Let's give Nolly a piece of wood, leave him in a cave, and see what tone he gets from his fingers.

[@dedompler]

and fresh strings straight outta the pack

[@matrixmodulator]

I wonder why audeze put the cables this way lol

[@wizardsouthJP]

Those the PolyPaf BKP?

[@adamnollygetgood]

No, they are the Polymaths

[@apoplexiamusic]

Such a chonky tone!

[@RicardoBBH]

Daniel Claar -> The Legend

[@antares4975]

Nolly Getsguad? Joai Getscho!

[@teedzay]

What headphones is Nolly using?

[@KohleAudioKult]

I think those are Steven Slate’s

[@teedzay]

@ VSX. Thanks!

[@prashuryagoswami6122]

that man is a god

[@lukevontajikistan3929]

Ok, hear me out. So my situation is the following: I am playing basically everything in a 2 man band situation. I record guitars and bass in my home studio via Kemper profiler. For now, the DI goes into Kohle's own Grindstein. Drums from EZ drummer 2. Metal vocals by my friend. In the not so distant future, I want to record guitars live. We have a place to rehearse (old chicken shed, wood walls, made soundproof by us by putting up self made sound traps). In that place, we have a Behringer x air 16 whichs works as mike preamp for the drum kit and the guitar rig. Now... I want to use the DIs I record at home with my Kemper, feed it into my tube amp at the chicken shed and reamp the signal, using either 2 SM57s in a Friedman clip or a 57 and an MD 421. BUT here comes my question: our recording desk is in the same room as the amp, the drum kit and everything else. One room solution. So basically, I can only dial in what I hear live- not what I hear through my headphones, which would be the signal picked up by the mics. And we all know that what I hear in the room is usually quite different from what the mics pic up. Any suggestions on how to dial in a great guitar sound with such a primitive set up? My first guess is: dial in, record, play back over the cheap monitors that I installed in the chicken shed. But then you just go back and forth each time, losing focus every single time. Constructive critizism or advice is sure appreciated!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Get a really long headphone cable and get away from the noise to be able to judge. Or record / analyse / record / analyse....until you're happy with the recorded tone.

[@compucorder64]

​@@KohleAudioKult Yip, distance could definitely help. And maybe also using some of those Etymotic IEM torture devices for monitoring. You shove them so deep in side your ear that the have a high degree of effective attenuation. You put a pair of classic closed back drummer headphones or ear defenders over your ears on top of the IEMs and then you can attentuate a lot of the bleed to the point that you can make better critical decisions, especially about the mids and treble. The bleed won't be so obtrusive, maybe other than low bass thud of the kick drum and sub bass, which you can learn to tune out, at will. If you are DIing the bass, you won't even get bass bleed, just that kick flub. Using closed back cabs pointing in a direction _away_ from your listening position will help too. I've seen some people build kind of recording tents around the cab too, and it has much less of effect on the closed mic sound than I expected. But would really control the spill in the room.

[@lukevontajikistan3929]

Thanks for your advive @Kohle and @Compucorder. I will try a long headphone cord and see if I can make this work!

[@aviolentpurple9925]

Great video

[@PASHKULI]

Great bass tone! Has a tad bit more grip in the mids for my test but can be corrected.

[@gaberox1]

Im in this awful place where nothing sounds good to me 75% of the time. Ive got Engl Ironball, Invective MH, 5150 LBX Stealth, Randal Diavlo, Diesel Mini and lately I hate all of them. I loved all of them for a few years its like my ears have gone sour its miserable.

[@megalodon2875]

It’s easy to get disillusioned by how an amp sounds when switching between multiple different amps. Each one misses something another has, and that applies to each one. Try playing with a backing mix. That way, you can sort out what works best with drums/bass and not focus on the minutia of every EQ point and gain characteristic.

[@gaberox1]

@TheBoss0Time131 well I seem to have broken out of my slump recently with some great sessions. But ya it's totally on me we all know those are tried and true great amps. it's weird how my mood can affect how I perceive the tones sometimes I think that's part of it. Plus just the random variance where some settings sound great to me one day but don't the next day.

[@slayabouts]

You’re in too nice and fancy of a room which would be hell for a metalhead, so looks like you finally followed through on your sign off phrase

[@KohleAudioKult]

😆

[@serber2143]

Chugg

[@Harrysound]

This gives me a Toner!

[@KohleAudioKult]

😳😆

[@bettoandrade1044]

Khole at the dentist waiting room

[@KohleAudioKult]

I prefer being with Nolly compared to my dentist!

[@HogGaming9000]

heavy nickelback vibes from this, love it

[@Pokey7317]

Best toilet room evah

[@lukevontajikistan3929]

I know exactly where you are! Zis is your trein conduktor speeking, we willl be läte for our next stop in Badenhausenburgdorfensgedöns, plies step away froam opening dors and zänk you for träveling wiss deutsche bahn! Blue screen im Zug, ischwör oder was auch immer die Jugend von heute sagt.

[@KohleAudioKult]

Digga, was ist diesen? 😳

[@DraigGalon]

Tone knobs cut not add😮. With that mindset, I think my amp is sounding gooder.😈

[@scottdunn2178]

Sorry, I can't get into that rubber band shit - I'm E Standard all day 🎼🎸

[@Ryan_Messenger]

The setting says quaint but these riffs are anything but..

[@seitsen]

Determined to win the funniest comment about where we think you are: in a Norwegian prison.

[@KohleAudioKult]

Finally a good one! ;)

[@KohleAudioKult]

And this one become my favorite comment! Please get in touch with me!

[@seitsen]

@@KohleAudioKult O yea! How to get in touch with you?

[@mikeingram3186]

Your sitting in front of a casting couch

[@KohleAudioKult]

Now I get it. Not bad!

[@evilone10]

That place could be a fancy Whorehouse in Germany, with hot chicks and great beers....Who knows.

[@eryckcrypton6412]

Oof 7:33

[@chaggasfernandes]

Not sure why you would drop F-bomb in the end of the video. Clearly not a channel I can watch with my family and kids around. I am out. Unsubscribed.

[@josku5]

😂 why would you watch guitar tone videos anyways with kids too young to hear the word fuck?

[@Mr.Pink1996]

No one cares

[@chaggasfernandes]

@ I don’t think anyone asked for your opinion, girl.