OK, first off, I just spent the last 3 hours with the search. I gave up by page 18 since I've gotten nothing done at work all day now and am going to get my ass reamed out by my boss tomorrow....lol
Now for my question/issue.
I've just started my first quad tracking project. The tone is huuuge, sounds so much thicker than dual tracking, however there are some areas where there is a lead line which has me a little perplexed as to how they should be layered. There is also 3 guitar parts during the chorus (I'll get to that then).
I have the guitars panned like this:
GTR A - 100L
GTR A-2 - 80R (-3db)
GTR B - 100R
GTR B-2 - 80L (-3db)
During the verse/bridge, all is well, both guitars playing the same thing. Then the chorus hits, there's a rhythm, lead, and harmonizing lead as well. Yes, we can do this live lol - keyboardist (myself) plays a lil guitar as well..haha
What the hell do I do here?
Do I quad track the rhythms as above and do the leads like this:
Lead - 100L
Lead Harmony - 100R
I tried this and it sounds like balls. Could barely hear the lead and lacked all of it's clarity. Could this be a gain issue?
The next area I'm stumped on is the......dum dum dum.....dare I say it:
BREAKDOWN!!
Quad trackin those chuga chugas really sounds beyond sick.
Everything would be fine except for that damn lead riff that comes in over top as well. Double track the lead and pan it hard L & R? Well shit, same scenario as the chorus.......
You guessed it....
Balls.....
Any help would be beyond appreciated. Maybe I should be panning differently? Turning down the gain? But if I turn down the gain it sounds like there isn't enough when there is no lead riff.
Subnote:
I wish there was a "banging your head against the wall" icon.
Now for my question/issue.
I've just started my first quad tracking project. The tone is huuuge, sounds so much thicker than dual tracking, however there are some areas where there is a lead line which has me a little perplexed as to how they should be layered. There is also 3 guitar parts during the chorus (I'll get to that then).
I have the guitars panned like this:
GTR A - 100L
GTR A-2 - 80R (-3db)
GTR B - 100R
GTR B-2 - 80L (-3db)
During the verse/bridge, all is well, both guitars playing the same thing. Then the chorus hits, there's a rhythm, lead, and harmonizing lead as well. Yes, we can do this live lol - keyboardist (myself) plays a lil guitar as well..haha
What the hell do I do here?
Do I quad track the rhythms as above and do the leads like this:
Lead - 100L
Lead Harmony - 100R
I tried this and it sounds like balls. Could barely hear the lead and lacked all of it's clarity. Could this be a gain issue?
The next area I'm stumped on is the......dum dum dum.....dare I say it:
BREAKDOWN!!
Quad trackin those chuga chugas really sounds beyond sick.
Everything would be fine except for that damn lead riff that comes in over top as well. Double track the lead and pan it hard L & R? Well shit, same scenario as the chorus.......
You guessed it....
Balls.....
Any help would be beyond appreciated. Maybe I should be panning differently? Turning down the gain? But if I turn down the gain it sounds like there isn't enough when there is no lead riff.
Subnote:
I wish there was a "banging your head against the wall" icon.