An odd bit of applied research in what passes for my sound lab

Posted on Aug 22, 2004 04:47 pm
TheTincanbug
sloppy dice, drinks twice
Member Since: Aug 05, 2003

I just wanted to share my progress in the search for a great sound.

For the last few days, my search for a quality guitar sound has intensified... During my time off, I've....

* figured out how to use vst plug-ins! (thanks, coco, for sparking my interest with the plug-ins you told me about)
* copped a few free vsts that have improved my guitar sound
* completely dethinked an' rethunk my approach to capturing my guitar sound
* blew the dust off the old Fender tube amp and jacked in
* figured out to unplug the amp speaker, then ran a line out from the "preamp output" of said amp and use the amp as a tube mic pre, into my mixer
* begun to record only clean (tube-warmed) guitar tones, using distortion only on my monitored signal
* started dynamically applying software-generated, non-destructive, real-time effects to my recorded clean guitar tones, instead of making a series of irreversible changes to a near-infinite hierarchy of backup tracks

So anyway, once again mostly thanks to what I've picked up at HRC, I'm trying to hone my recording techniques. I just wanted to share... I'm sure you guys'll hear the improvements, if any, in my next recording, whatever and whenever that may be. Anybody have any similar "development experiences" lately?

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