When to quad-track in a song ?
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lanky noob
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automation is your friend, WHen the harmonies come on, automate the quad tracked rhythm guitars down a bit, should help you out a bit
bryan_kilco
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I honestly prefer double tracking over quad any day. Just feels tighter to me. But, there will always be parts (huge choruses, etc) where you would benefit from quad.
I can never seem to get automation to sound smooth enough when automating to make space for leads/overdubs.
I can never seem to get automation to sound smooth enough when automating to make space for leads/overdubs.
Melb_shredder
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I find that when a song is properly mixed dual tracking is usually enough. Mostly because it makes guitars sound wider and not necessarily to make them fatter. Plus it's easier, less time consuming and it's harder to screw things up.
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blue_fAng
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it seems to be like that for some people, for me it sounds almost exactly the same, so why bother spending double the time tracking?
*shrug*
i can pretty well tell the difference myself, so i can understand why people would care to quad track things
personally, i rarely quad track anything...maybe for a bridge or instrumental interlude that doesn't have any vocals or leads over it, and can pretty well handle another pair of guitars filling in some space. other than that, i stick to 2 tracks, and often send each through 2 different amps rather than having 2 performances on each side
i can pretty well tell the difference myself, so i can understand why people would care to quad track things
personally, i rarely quad track anything...maybe for a bridge or instrumental interlude that doesn't have any vocals or leads over it, and can pretty well handle another pair of guitars filling in some space. other than that, i stick to 2 tracks, and often send each through 2 different amps rather than having 2 performances on each side
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Grå Värld
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This sounds like a good compromise. Can you give a link to an example that you recorded/mixed using 1 take per side thru two amps? What 2 amps do you use and how many mics would you use? Thanks mate
in a mix
a big part of it is usually because the 3rd/4th/whatever track isn't panned fully 100%, so you can hear the stereo image being filled in a bit more. it's also obvious if someone has quadtracked really fast/technical shit, and there's differences in the performances
i don't have any links to share, mostly because i'm embarrassed to post any of the bullshit that i fuck with on this forum...but when i have employed this technique, i reamped thru both my 6505+ and krank rev jr. using a single mic(57) in the same position for each. obviously you could switch mics and positioning, but i never have the time to mess with all that, and it could end up fucking with the phase of the tracks. i try to use the peavey to get the bulk of the tone, then dial in the krank to give a bit of top-end grind that the 6505 just can't muster. that sweep knob on that thing is sweet as fuck when blending with another amp, because you can set the voicing of the EQ to coincide with what whatever other amp you're using.
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Thanks for the details. You then blend the two amp tracks into one track for each side and pan them 100/100 or do you do 6505 LR100/100 and Krank LR80/80
I thought that since you are a colonel and a senior member that you must have recorded and mixed a million records.
Hope for me yet lolthis..or something close to it
retains the tightness that you get from 2 well-played rythyms, but can sound a bit fuller and obviously gives more tonal options
