What is the general rule of thumb for the guitar bus? Like if I have my left and right guitars sent to the bus, how much of them do I send to the bus? and how loud do you keep the buss turned up in relation to the guitar tracks?
Guitar Bus question
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EnjoiTrent
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EnjoiTrent
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By definition, the whole guitar signal is sent to the bus, as the bus = grouping. If you're taking a split it's called an auxiliary send.
There aren't really any rules of thumb, it's just what sounds good, and what you like.
Saying that, I often tend to put an LA3a style comp on the bus, often not even pulling any dB, just because I like the way it pushes the mids. If it's just double tracked (1 left, 1 right), I sometimes add a small amount of pitch shift in parallel to help widen and thicken the sound.
There aren't really any rules of thumb, it's just what sounds good, and what you like.
Saying that, I often tend to put an LA3a style comp on the bus, often not even pulling any dB, just because I like the way it pushes the mids. If it's just double tracked (1 left, 1 right), I sometimes add a small amount of pitch shift in parallel to help widen and thicken the sound.
I separate my rhythm guitars from any solos or other lead work.
I have rhythm guitars bussed with a very light bit of compression which is side chained to the lead guitars, this allows the rhythm guitars to duck a little bit during solos.
Sometimes it sounds a little unnatural though so I'll automate if that is the case.
I have rhythm guitars bussed with a very light bit of compression which is side chained to the lead guitars, this allows the rhythm guitars to duck a little bit during solos.
Sometimes it sounds a little unnatural though so I'll automate if that is the case.
