3 guitar panning help, and 8th note metrome?

[TheToddGreen]

Hey,

I've seen a lot of different views on panning with 3 guitars. Unfortunately it all pertains to 2 rhythms (not necessarily the exact same) and a lead. What about for 3 guitars that dont always necessarily have ONE lead player. Periphery is a good example of this. I've been doing some pre-production for a client (setting up some tones, drum sounds, etc) and they have 3 guitars. One guitarist does take more leads than others, but there are multiple times where they are all doing different stuff and not necessarily anyone is "lead" per-say. So I was just seeing if i could get some suggestions on panning this.

Also, does anyone know of any free metronome VST's that can pick up 8th notes as well? I've tried some, but as usual, they only click on quarter notes.

-Todd

 

[FrenchFrog]

About panning three guitars, I think you could choose which one have to be in the center (according to each song) but I never had to deal with this kind of stuff so I'm not the best guy to guide you...
About metronome, you can program it and, if necessary bounce it. Don't forget to check it out to ensure it's perfectly aligned (can you say delay compensation

 

[Fbarre]

For panning you could use 100L, Center, 100R right while I would choose the guitar which plays most leads for the center. Otherwise you could double track one rhythm guitar so you could use for example 100L, 50L, 50R, 100R. You could take different approaches depending on how each song is played.

 

[Lon]

this is not about panning, this is about arranging

 

[ahjteam]

Also, does anyone know of any free metronome VST's that can pick up 8th notes as well? I've tried some, but as usual, they only click on quarter notes.

use 8/8 instead of 4/4 time signature

 

[shoelessjoejackson]

when i have to deal with this i normally automate the panning of each guitar so they will switch to center as they come into a lead part. but sometimes depending on what's going on in the song, it may sound cool to have it off center. id say track everything as you normally would, then go through the songs a pan or automate as you see appropriate for the part/song.

 

[BLUElightCory]

this is not about panning, this is about arranging

Absolutely right. If the guitars are properly arranged and tones are carefully selected the process will be much easier.

I'd approach it section by section, using volume/pan automation to place each guitar where it needs to be. The right placement will just depend on what each guitar is doing at the particular time.