Recording Delay on Guitar

[NSGUITAR]

I don't have a ton of experience with this yet.


I have a band coming in who's sound HEAVILY relies on delay.. Sorta like As Cities Burn.. That sort of genre.

When you guys record this kind of stuff do you typically record the DI still, and just use a digital delay pedal in your DAW, or do you do it during re-amping or do you do it when the guitarist is actually recording?

 

[kass]

Put some plugin delay on while he is tracking, for the vibe. Then you can change whatever you want during mixing because it wasnt printed.

 

[Fragle]

just track their sound with effects, and simultanously track DIs. this way you have a reference in the mixing stage, but still have all the flexibility of DI recording.

 

[pipaguapique]

D D D Double Post! haha just messing with you man.

let them hear it, but don't record the delay to tape. Do that in the mix.

 

[NSGUITAR]

That's messed up. I only posted this once. =/

 

[timislegend]

someone is out to get you again, nick!

*quick! cut to guitar solo!!!

j/k bro!

 

[DanLights]

someone is out to get you again, nick!

*quick! cut to guitar solo!!!

j/k bro!

I'm sorry but this was genius hahahahaa

 

[darthjujuu]

track DI's, use plugins. pod farm would be best. perhaps your waves bundle includes waves GTR? that'd be good as well.

 

[crillemannen]

I would use Delay as an insert in the DAW

 

[Fox Mulder]

Isn't there an SSL Delay or something?

 

[jval]

Why not go old school and just get a good amp sound with their delay pedals going too? Record the DI as a safety net and not as your main source. If they rely so heavily on that vibe then why not try to capture that??
It's easy to get engineer ego and think that you should be shaping everything for them. sometimes that's appropriate, but sometimes you need to back off and actually capture THEIR vibe.