AMBIENCE: the secret sauce for real-sounding digital guitar tones 

Not to overstate it but this is one of the most important elements of electric guitar production, PARTICULARLY when you're using Kemper, Fractal AxeFX, Guitar Rig, Helix and so on, and no-one ever talks about it! Using very short room reverbs we can place our guitar (and other) recordings in a physical space to add character, body and presence. Space Designer is the way!
Thanks to Tiago Dias for bass guitar and Stuart Pringle for drums. The full track breakdown video for the musical example is • Why combine fuzz pedal... (it's an oldie!)
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