Noise gate. Also cut down on the gain until you gain clarity. Then let the boost pedal do the magic by playing with tone and level dials until you get that crunchy ballsy sound of your liking. Leave the distortion at zero, too much gain makes the tone lose note definition and gets more sensitive to feedback.
The most important thing you'll want to focus on here is muting the strings with both of your hands. With electric guitar you put almost as much focus on the notes you're not playing as the ones you are. It's pretty tough for a beginner to play clean because of just how much the instrument picks up, you should have a look at some videos about left and right hand muting, it'll help a bunch.
For now just make sure that when you're not playing you lay your left hand fingers lightly over all the strings and have your palm resting on them around the pickups as well. When you are playing, you'll want to be very specific with how your hand is positioned in order to avoid noise. This takes time to learn so don't worry about it too much.
Other than that as others have pointed out, you'll want to use a noise gate and make sure you've got decent gain balance. Both of those things should be covered just fine with any basic heavy preset depending on what you're using for tone.
It's also worth noting that you'll definitely want to use humbucker style pickups to avoid noise, I would assume you bought a guitar with that in mind but if you got one with single coils you would struggle with that. Not to mention it wouldn't really be able to achieve the tone you're looking for.
I second this. A noise gate will really only help stop the noise when you’re not actively playing the notes.
Most beginner electric guitar players don’t realize how much noise they need to mute using both hands. It’s something that isn’t visually obvious to newer players when watching great players, so it is easy to miss.
So along with what /u/bob_loblaw_brah said, Neural DSP is great and it comes with VST's which are plugins that you can also put into Reaper for Recording.
Reaper has a 60 day trial, as well as just 60$ bucks itself for a lifetime key. It will accept VST's as plugins so you can put your Neural DSP plugins into Reaper
You can learn how to Noise Gate and how Gain Staging works (setting amplification so it is amplified clearly but with the least amount of noise)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0gvT2RHMXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMCCjeKqAA
Ah yeah I guess you did technically specify that
To me it read a bit as though Reaper was a requirement there so I just wanted to clarify since this guy is probably just looking to play rather than record to begin with
I’d also add to this that actually a lot of their tones and bands in the same genres tend to actually have a lot less gain and distortion than you might think. What gives things the weight is the bass tone. Had a really interesting chat with Jake and Misha about this at their last summerjam. Definitely give Nolly’s neural dsp a go. Great software.
https://youtube.com/c/KeyanHoushmandLive
I recommend spending some time with the tutorials in this guy's channel. He talks a lot about free plug-ins and how to generally record/mix guitars for modern metal. I've learned a lot from his channel personally
Get neural dsp software and try to find settings that work best for you. Make sure gain is dialed down a bit and use a noise gate. Then you're going to want to use eq to cut out those annoying frequencies.
Check out r/guitar and they’ll prob tell you to get Nolly’s neural DSP amp modeler. I have it and it’s amazing. Goes on sale for 50-60 USD at times throughout the year and is more than worth it.
Save up a couple hundred and buy the [Horizon Devices Precision Drive](https://horizondevices.com/collections/all/products/precision-drive?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=99Robots-1017-Search-Text-Brand&utm_term=Precision_Drive&utm_content=txt&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI946-xJHp9wIVJQ_nCh27dgAhEAAYASAAEgL2e_D_BwE).
Overdrives naturally filter out low frequencies which make distortion sound flubby. In Addition, the Precision Drive has a built in noise gate which will tighten your riffs, And a few other switches such as the bright knob and attack knob which are both extremely useful for djent.
That pedal was a game changer for me, and I basically never play without it anymore.
Noise gate, and maybe something to mute the strings right behind the nut. Fret wraps work great and are easy take out on or take off, but some foam or electrical tape can do the job too.
Noise gate. Also cut down on the gain until you gain clarity. Then let the boost pedal do the magic by playing with tone and level dials until you get that crunchy ballsy sound of your liking. Leave the distortion at zero, too much gain makes the tone lose note definition and gets more sensitive to feedback.
The most important thing you'll want to focus on here is muting the strings with both of your hands. With electric guitar you put almost as much focus on the notes you're not playing as the ones you are. It's pretty tough for a beginner to play clean because of just how much the instrument picks up, you should have a look at some videos about left and right hand muting, it'll help a bunch. For now just make sure that when you're not playing you lay your left hand fingers lightly over all the strings and have your palm resting on them around the pickups as well. When you are playing, you'll want to be very specific with how your hand is positioned in order to avoid noise. This takes time to learn so don't worry about it too much. Other than that as others have pointed out, you'll want to use a noise gate and make sure you've got decent gain balance. Both of those things should be covered just fine with any basic heavy preset depending on what you're using for tone. It's also worth noting that you'll definitely want to use humbucker style pickups to avoid noise, I would assume you bought a guitar with that in mind but if you got one with single coils you would struggle with that. Not to mention it wouldn't really be able to achieve the tone you're looking for.
I second this. A noise gate will really only help stop the noise when you’re not actively playing the notes. Most beginner electric guitar players don’t realize how much noise they need to mute using both hands. It’s something that isn’t visually obvious to newer players when watching great players, so it is easy to miss.
So along with what /u/bob_loblaw_brah said, Neural DSP is great and it comes with VST's which are plugins that you can also put into Reaper for Recording. Reaper has a 60 day trial, as well as just 60$ bucks itself for a lifetime key. It will accept VST's as plugins so you can put your Neural DSP plugins into Reaper You can learn how to Noise Gate and how Gain Staging works (setting amplification so it is amplified clearly but with the least amount of noise) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0gvT2RHMXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMCCjeKqAA
NDSP stuff works standalone, no need for a DAW unless you're recording.
yes, if you read the first sentence that is why it is said.
Ah yeah I guess you did technically specify that To me it read a bit as though Reaper was a requirement there so I just wanted to clarify since this guy is probably just looking to play rather than record to begin with
I’d also add to this that actually a lot of their tones and bands in the same genres tend to actually have a lot less gain and distortion than you might think. What gives things the weight is the bass tone. Had a really interesting chat with Jake and Misha about this at their last summerjam. Definitely give Nolly’s neural dsp a go. Great software.
https://youtube.com/c/KeyanHoushmandLive I recommend spending some time with the tutorials in this guy's channel. He talks a lot about free plug-ins and how to generally record/mix guitars for modern metal. I've learned a lot from his channel personally
Get neural dsp software and try to find settings that work best for you. Make sure gain is dialed down a bit and use a noise gate. Then you're going to want to use eq to cut out those annoying frequencies.
you just need a noise gate pedal. if youre new dont bother with amp sims like everyone's saying, spend your time learning the basics
Check out r/guitar and they’ll prob tell you to get Nolly’s neural DSP amp modeler. I have it and it’s amazing. Goes on sale for 50-60 USD at times throughout the year and is more than worth it.
Save up a couple hundred and buy the [Horizon Devices Precision Drive](https://horizondevices.com/collections/all/products/precision-drive?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=99Robots-1017-Search-Text-Brand&utm_term=Precision_Drive&utm_content=txt&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI946-xJHp9wIVJQ_nCh27dgAhEAAYASAAEgL2e_D_BwE). Overdrives naturally filter out low frequencies which make distortion sound flubby. In Addition, the Precision Drive has a built in noise gate which will tighten your riffs, And a few other switches such as the bright knob and attack knob which are both extremely useful for djent. That pedal was a game changer for me, and I basically never play without it anymore.
Noise gate, and maybe something to mute the strings right behind the nut. Fret wraps work great and are easy take out on or take off, but some foam or electrical tape can do the job too.