How do you track guitars
- Thread starter HandsOfDespair
- Start date
Skinny Viking
¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?
AdamWathan
Member
I've done something sorta like that for some complex chords
and, why the hell wouldn't you copy and paste? none of you people must do this for a living?
guitarguru777
Member
i usually do the whole song then fix what needs to be tightened up. Alot of times its going back to correct ALOT, but i find the guitarsts (amatures for sure) I seem to work with like to play the whole song then go back. The riff by riff thing just gets taxing on them, Makes no sense to me either ....lol
I've read about a few people who have recorded shit note by note before 
That would just drive me insane doing that But I've been starting to edit each note to fit perfectly in time with my kicks!
That would just drive me insane doing that But I've been starting to edit each note to fit perfectly in time with my kicks!
Ionei
Member
Riff by riff.
retuning each time.
And for chords, chord by chord, tuning each chord.
Takes time man.
But if its for some demo stuff it'd be whole song a few times and maybe punch-ins.
retuning each time.
And for chords, chord by chord, tuning each chord.
Takes time man.
But if its for some demo stuff it'd be whole song a few times and maybe punch-ins.
drew_drummer
Dancefap
Loop a section of drums. Play it till I know I've got four tight takes... split them out to their own tracks. Pan them as required.
amarshism
Member
tracking other people lots of punch ins and quick punches and edits and elastic audio, and copying the best take of a riff
when i track myself though i really try to avoid editing or anything, just strip silence and go for longer takes
when i track myself though i really try to avoid editing or anything, just strip silence and go for longer takes
bacause I play mainly doom/death music, I prefer to track several sections on one take because of the human feeling, the balance. I use musically speaking the time between two chords, the legatos and slides from a chord to another to create more balance.
I like to record the whole song, if it's not done right first time, do it again, repeat etc... Ocassionally do punch-ins but try to avoid this. I can understand why some would do it section by section for tightness but so far it's only my own band I'm doing and we all share the same ideal in that we want it to sound like a band playing and not machines. Maybe this workflow will change as I learn more but for the time being, this is the only method I'm comfortable with 
If I'm recording myself, I'll try and get it all in a take. If I fuck it up, I'll go to the stop (if there is one) prior to it and work from there.
If I'm recording other people, I'll break it down into bits where possible and get them to do section by section. I only copy/paste if I notice a mistake after they've left.
I did riff by riff with a bass player the other night, he didn't know the song at all.
If I'm recording other people, I'll break it down into bits where possible and get them to do section by section. I only copy/paste if I notice a mistake after they've left.
I did riff by riff with a bass player the other night, he didn't know the song at all.
Seth Munson
How do Amber Lamps?
amarshism
Member
JeffTD
Senhor Testiculo
I really want to hear some examples from you dudes tracking with option 2 - I'm willing to bet it sounds pretty shite.
zackpennington
Like a boss
I usually let them go as far as they can until they fuck up.
Then I go back to the nearest "break" in the part before the fuck up.
I have them double track up to that part (or further if possible), punching in as necessary. Rinse and repeat.
Copy paste if drums are on grid and the part is exactly the same. If you want to keep some feel, flip the doubled tracks when you paste. It's subtle but it might help with changing the perception. I usually have the bass player play all the parts without copying unless they really suck. That helps with the groove.
Then I go back to the nearest "break" in the part before the fuck up.
I have them double track up to that part (or further if possible), punching in as necessary. Rinse and repeat.
Copy paste if drums are on grid and the part is exactly the same. If you want to keep some feel, flip the doubled tracks when you paste. It's subtle but it might help with changing the perception. I usually have the bass player play all the parts without copying unless they really suck. That helps with the groove.
XnaySaturo
Member
Most of the stuff I record has different guitar sounds for different parts, so I go riff by riff.
I also like to do it that way since I'm dual (or quad) tracking stuff, I'll just track the same riff twice instead of worrying about it later.
I also like to do it that way since I'm dual (or quad) tracking stuff, I'll just track the same riff twice instead of worrying about it later.
Harry Hughes
âââ¬â¬
- Apr 25, 2009
- 4,353
- 0
- 36
AudioPhile777
Mathew Cohen
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
Note by note, chord by chord? WTF? NO.
On the topic of that: There is a guy who does this locally. His shit sounds like a sterile turd. Not in a million fucking years would I ever be able to sit through that kind of torture.
On the topic of that: There is a guy who does this locally. His shit sounds like a sterile turd. Not in a million fucking years would I ever be able to sit through that kind of torture.
