Layering guitar tracks
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Aaron Smith
Envisage Audio
Are you talking about DI tracks specifically? I doubt it would really be effective for lining up a whole song of DI tracks, but I could imagine it being helpful for little sections or stop/start riffs. Maybe? Haha.
Ericlingus
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What do you guys think about using audio quantize on some guitar parts? I use it in cubase SX3 and it works for some things like stop/start riffs.
Ericlingus
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Sorry for being a noob. But....
For two guitar parts.
Guitar A will be, 1 take 100% left and 1 take 80% left
Guitar B will be, 1 take 100% right and 1 take 80% right
?
greyskull
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greyskull
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havn't tried it on d.i tracks to be honest!
found it best on double tracked vocals, or alligning bv's to a lead vocal
jesterroot4
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it could also be:
1 guitar part panned 80% left, and 1 panned 100% left
1 guitar part panned 80% right, and 1 panned 100% right.
lol sorry man , just kidding. theres no rules in being an AE. experiment, fiddle round, do shit you wouldnt normally do, and you will learn faster.
While reading that first bit I was thinking.. that's what I just said!
Hahah. All good.
Is it common to double track the parts? Ending up with 8 guitar tracks in total ?
Eg, 2x 100% left, 2x 80% left and so on.
Hahah. All good.
Is it common to double track the parts? Ending up with 8 guitar tracks in total ?
Eg, 2x 100% left, 2x 80% left and so on.
Torniojaws
They call me Juha
It's been done, but personally I think that amount of guitars will offer no improvement in a dense mix to quad tracking.
"Evil" Aidy
Mörti Viventi
3 guitars panned left and 3 right can sound nice - so six performances in total.
Normally panned 100% - 80% - 60% either side. You need to be ultra tight though!
I have a question too though - when multi layering guitars should you keep them all at the same volume?
Or decrease volume the closer they are to the centre of the stereo field?
Normally panned 100% - 80% - 60% either side. You need to be ultra tight though!
I have a question too though - when multi layering guitars should you keep them all at the same volume?
Or decrease volume the closer they are to the centre of the stereo field?
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Jevil
Pro Evolution Fucker
6 rythm guitars? For Christ's scrotal bag!
Call me old minded bastard, but I always record 2 tracks, panned -91/91.
I usually record 6 tracks of lead guitars and solos in different scales but never rythm guitars. I will have to give a try.
Tad Donley would never track more than 2 rythm guitars.
Call me old minded bastard, but I always record 2 tracks, panned -91/91.
I usually record 6 tracks of lead guitars and solos in different scales but never rythm guitars. I will have to give a try.
Tad Donley would never track more than 2 rythm guitars.
broken81
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grywolf627
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And thats who i trust!
Lest we forget...Tad's wall of guitar sound in the classic "I Want A Walmart Girl".
LOL
"Evil" Aidy
Mörti Viventi
It definately doesn't suit every kind of Metal/Rock but can definately help towards that "wall of guitars sound".
I was thinking the other day of trying to track 8 performances either side (8 left and 8 right) and re-amping with a couple of different amps for each track giving 16 panned left and 16 panned right.
That would be insane.
And would most probably sound COMPLETELY SHIT
Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
what i usually do is either set up 4 mics (1 on each speaker of the cab. maybe 2 from top cab, 2 from bottom. or if using a halfstack, 4 from whichever cab). or i simply copy and paste the actual recording once i get it into logic 8. i was having the same problem trying to get the "wall" of guitars. but i spoke to Arch Enemy guitarist mike amott, at a gig and he said that they have at least 2 guitar tracks each. so 4 guitar tracks altogether. 2 to the left (for one guitarist), 2 to the right (for one guitarist). also, i never pan 100% to right or left. if you pan between 70 and 85%, it should sound really meaty. i did exactly that on my band's album. krank revolution series 1 stack, 4 mics, 1 guitar. that's it. i just had the same set up for me and our other guitarist, then just EQ'ed each mic slightly differently. hope that helps. oh, a good bit of compression, post recording, is always good too. to get a good sound, experimentation is the key. so keep at it! 
Ermz
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So we're heading towards an orchestra of guitars huh? If only guitarists could balance themselves as well as a traditional orchestra...
