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Hi, foks
Let's move on with the Mesa Boogie TriAxis review
with the mode Rhythm Yellow.
Unlike the first mode,
this mode has a kind of modern sound.
The tone is brighter, thinner
and cuts better on the mix.
The mode Rhythm Yellow
has the bass resonance frequency
higher than the Rhythm Green,
and pulled back in the mix.
This means that no matter how much we raise the bass control,
we simply can't achieve that soft tone.
It just don't belong here.
I'll show
the basic sound of this mode:
That's it, very bright and very thin.
The mode Rhythm Yellow also has that
dynamic bright control
which lower bright as we raise gain.
So, we don't to worry that much about some excess of bright.
With no bass and less brighter, the guitar will sound neutral.
And sometimes that is just what we need, specially when the guitar isn't the main instrument on tune.
It is supposed to be there, it's part of the arrangement, but
must not steal the show.
So, we sometimes need a neutral guitar.
This tone goes well with wha-wha:
That first settings also go well. Very thin,
but sometimes it is what we want.
Very percussive, right?
Percussion is a fundamental feature on this mode.
The attack doesn't cease. Even when
the settings
are kind of stuffy, with much more gain and low than treble,
attack is still there.
That is good to play reggae,
to play dub.
When we're doubling the bass line or something like that,
and the guitar must not disappear,
this is a very interesting option.
Mainly when I'm
palm muting
and hard picking, the attack is very present.
Very dense mixes, with rhythmic delay and flanger,
this is another dangerous situation for the guitar. Sometimes we raise too much the volume
to cut though
and the preamp gets crunchy, loosing that clean tone.
So, this mode goes well with
flanger and rhythmic delay because of that.
I don't need too much volume to cut thought the mix.
Well, this lack of bass
may be compensated
with the Dynamic Voice.
Dynamic Voice is the last control at the right, near the volume ***.
What it does is
present a series of presets
of the classic 5 band graphic equalizer
from the Mark IV panel.
The higher it's value
more in a "V" shape,
sharper,
becomes the equalization.
So, it puts bass on mix.
We must not forget
that it also puts treble
and I need to compensate it,
cutting a little bit of treble and presence because
we may lose control
of this frequencies.
But it's a good solution
to this kind of situation, where I'm in a small band,
and I want a modern tone, not an old school tone.
I want a modern tone but I'm in a small band, a trio or something,
and need bass on my tone to fill the spectrum.
For this, Dynamic Voice is a good option.
Ok? So that's it.
On the theme that I've prepared, I used a lot of rhythmic delay
and a lot influences of U2 and Pink Floyd.
Unlike the Rhythm Yellow, where I
had recorded... I'm sorry... unlike the
Rhythm Green theme, where I had recorded
four guitars,
on this theme I recorded only one guitar.
Just to show how the guitar cuts through a dense mix
with lots of keyboards and percussion,
using this mode Rhythm Yellow.
Ok? A big hug.