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Typo Szar
Member Since: Jul 04, 2002

So we started our recording again from scratch, because i wasnt really happy with the tone and feel. And our new drum track is feeling good, but i have a question about guitars. I wanted a really think kind of heavy tone, so we did about 5 layers of guitar, a bunch of different micings and tones of an amp, with a dynamic micing. and the last one was direct through a line 6. So that gave us an ok wall of guitar, and then we recorded the lead with the line 6 pod, but that gave me a question i never thought of before.. i know leads like solos and stuff can basically have one track, coz they stand out and dont need to be layered, but our guitarist isnt really a solo lead guy, he does some harmonies over riffs and things, and some parts that arent really riffage, but not solo either... so do i have to layer all these to? and when i pan, do i treat all teh rythm guitars as one, and pan them like that, or do i pan them left and right even though their basically teh same?
any other ideas on recording guitar r totally welcome

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JR Productions
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Since: Mar 03, 2005

Aug 23, 2005 10:55 am

Hey crux
When I record and layer distorted guitars I don't really like to let it get up to more than 4, just because to me, if its not perfectly in time, it sounds very sloppy and muddy. The norm for me is a 57 on the outer edge of the cone panned 30-50% right or left and then a 57 in the middle of the cone panned the other direction. Solo guitar usually stays right in the middle or slightly panned (5-15%). However in a new song we just recorded, I wanted a gigantic difference in girth and size(the first 3/4s of the song is all acustic), so I did three rythms, 2 50% L,R and another 20% R. Then I put the solo guitar 20% L.

I would pan the rythm tracks in different places. That really helps to give that wide huge sound. I wouldnt worry about doubling the solo track, just try and get a seperate guitar tone so that it sticks out from the rythm, but still blends in with song. Good luck.

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Since: Jul 02, 2003

Aug 23, 2005 03:16 pm

I sometimes double solo tracks but usually because I plan on doing slightly different things during the solo with the other guitar part. To fatten up a single lead use pitch shifting (around +5 cents & -5 cents) and a little delay that's usually all you'll need.

For rhthm tracks I too usually wouldn't use more than 2-3 tracks.

Dan

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Since: May 15, 2004

Aug 23, 2005 10:05 pm

For solos, even if it stands out, at least i record 3 tracks so that i can pan one on the left and the other on the right side...

For wall of guitars, i just use max 2 tracks. Never more.. really hard and time consuming... muddy yeah.

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