EZ Mix 2 – recommended packs for metal?

[LeanderL]

Hi!

I bought EZ Mix 2 with the 6-pack bundle…so I can pick 6 packs. Which should I get for metal? I definitely need a good guitar and bass tone and also some presets for drums (I also own Superior Drummer 2 with Metal Foundry).

There are so many packs and I don’t know what to get. I only need 1 good tone without much variation….Mastering tools would be important too.

Any ideas?

Oh, I use DI recording for my guitar….and I use a VST bass (midi) with articulations but need a good tone from EZ Mix 2. Drums -> S. Drummer + Metal Foundry.

SeelenPuls ~ Poetic metal from Austria: SeelenPuls.at
Grummelgnom ~ Sociocritical metal from the forest: Grummelgnom.at

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[lchalk]

I am not an expert in ez mix, in fact I just did the same thing you did (except I bought the guitar god pack + Ez Mix 6pack ), So I am still working my way through all my new toys but here is my pick 6 and I am mostly metal too and spent way too long making my picks

I use superior drummer with + Metal Foundry & Metal Machinery (Also have music city that I got on black Friday).

I have
Mastering I & II – not used much yet but I think it is a must buy (I just can’t personally confirm)
Andy Sneap – very cool but so far only played with the guitar tones
Colin Richardson – haven’t played with it much but I seemed like a good hard rock sound which I also do.
Metal – Hightly recommended, love the drum presets (this has to make it into your list)
Metal Essentials – So far so good, not as good as metal for me at least for the drums
Guitar Gods I,II & III (got in a pack with ez mix w) I think I like II the best but I have had these longer and used them more but some very good sounds here [note: I have to adjust the input volume on most presets to make the gate work correctly]
Classic Amps – got this on the 5 days of Christmas sale, probably my least favorite of the bunch, nothing metal or even hard rock here

By the way, I also own Amplitube 4 with almost everything from the custom shop and I have been happily using just ez mix for the last couple of weeks. Not saying it is better but I want to focus on recording and ez mix seems to make that easier right now and the sounds with ez mix are perfect for flushing out ideas.

I have my go to tone in amplitude but having all the pre-made sound in ez mix has given me a lot of ideas, I ended up liking things I didn’t think I would like. I don’t really have to spend any time tweaking. In amplitube if I start changing my sound I know it going to be an hour or two of messing around with tone (and I won’t even like my original tone when I am done) so I just don’t change my tone often. It’s weird there is a benefit to the take it or leave it tone in my productivity.

[LeanderL]

Thanks! Mark Lewis sounds good to me. What do you think?

http://www.toontrack.com/product/mark-lewis-metal-tones-ezmix-pack/

SeelenPuls ~ Poetic metal from Austria: SeelenPuls.at
Grummelgnom ~ Sociocritical metal from the forest: Grummelgnom.at

[lchalk]

Yes, that was in my list too. I didn’t get it just because I got the Guitar Gods bundle, so I had my guitar tones covered so I wanted to make sure everything had mastering or drums in addition to more guitar tones (which was my main reason for getting ez mix in the first place). So I ruled out all of the pure guitar packs but Mark Lewis and Guitar Gods 4 will be top picks when I get another 6 pack. I also heard the metal amp pack is also very good. The Drum Tool box and Rooms and Verbs also just missed the cut.

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