Jues - Should I Double track two guitars?
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Posted on Feb 26, 2003 12:11 pm
Bruno
The Quiet Minded
Member Since: Jan 01, 2003
Should I double track both guitars in a two guitar hard rock band????? This question came to my mind while reading the latest Jues Tutorial.
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Feb 26, 2003 02:04 pm I'm not Jues, but I'd say that most of the time, if the guitars are both distorted, then you should just have one guitar in each speaker if they are playing a similar thing. If the second guitar is doing more of a lead thing, than you might want to double track the rhythm and keep the lead in the center. That's just my recommendation. Sometimes it's cool in places if the guitar in the left and right speakers are doing something totally different (i.e. one palm-muted and the other holding out chords), especially if they come together and both play the same thing in the real rocking parts.
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Feb 26, 2003 06:32 pm Heheh, Porp beat me to it (again!) :)
Yeah, I recently worked with a band with 2 guitarists and there is very little point in double tracking both their parts - simply because there will be no "room" for them in the mix.
I would simply pan then both 80% in either direction - this way the listener will be able to differentiate both guitarists and, as Porp said, in the heavy sections when they both play the same thing - it will all come together nicley.
As a final note, it is a good idea to have 2 different guitar sounds (one for each guitarists) - this not only makes it easier to tell the two apart, but it will also add more interest to the sound.
jues.
