here is a tip for syncing any kind of multi-tracks rhythm easily: 1 do a soft take of the whole thing, 2 then adjust the timing of each section to be exactly what you want. 3 then add a gate with sharp attack and long fall off and here is the key: bounce this to audio. Play this scratch track in the background as you go in and detail each section. Seeing those peaks on your guide track helps align everything quickly and helps you keep the original plan intact after several hours of detailed recording!
Niiice... I hadn't thought about it much before I wanted to record... but not all your tracks are neat 4 bars or 4/4 etc so this could help with a nice grid to work too...
I do that to practice, but tracking with lower gain can mask bad muting technique, which is essential to get right. Also you’re not gonna feel the attack and breackup response of the amp correctly, so you can’t really adjust your playing technique to the guitar tone. For example you’re gonna pick harder with more attack on a duller tone to compensate or more relaxed when the amp is already providing a lot of attack and pick response. Significantly changing the amp tone after the fact can cause issues with the "feel" of the performance. I always try to get the tone as close as I can before tracking. This also applies to live performances. When I feel my strings going duller in my in ears, I‘ll automatically pick harder to compensate and get more attack again, but that will also lead to faster fatigue and worse intonation. So I try to change strings before every gig.
@josuastangl7140 I totally understand you. I have a ampsim on standby to have reference on how the mutes are resolving and the tightness. Knowing how your amp is responding to your muting positions and pick attack is important.
nice tips! i would also recommend muting the strings you wont be using when recording the rhythm guitar(like 1st, 2nd and 3rd) to avoid some noise from those strings.
Also keep in mind, as long as you aren't required to play live, and you don't mind admitting it, you can piece things together. I make music for me, I wm perfectly willing to admit most my music I can barely play.
Tuning to your pick attack was one of the best tricks I've learned to get the best takes. This video was world class brother! You killed it. Really insightful and helpful with the guidance you had and knowledge to offer. Keep it up ✌️❤️
another cool trick for super tight guitar tracks is to REMOVE SILENCE. In logic it's pretty easy to dial in how tight or loose you want it and then it takes all the silence out of the palm muted areas etc.
Good luck! Don’t let writers block get to you, just write down what you feel and get creative. There’s more modern bands out there for inspiration too.
Fellow reaper user here. Just curious - why do your guitar take’s wave forms only go vertical? I’ve never seen that before. Does that happen when you change the input signal from mono to stereo?
The DI looks like asymmetrical clipping: one side of the waveform is clipped and the other side is normal. (As opposed to symmetrical clipping where both sides are being clipped - which results in a more compressed sound) Some guitar pedals do that on purpose. I don‘t know if he used a pedal in his chain though..?
Hey bro, great video first off. I have gear question you might be able to help with. I just bought this guitar but it had a very bad setup. Do you know your pickup height or would you be able to measure it and give me an idea where my bridge and neck should be? Fishman is zero help. Thanks for the education!
Hi buddy, thanks for watching! I’m by no means a guitar tech as I get someone else to do it for me but using a ruler, the pickup height I believe is 7mm, which I don’t normally pay attention to apart from intonating the guitar to have the 12th fret play the right pitch an octave up. Hope that helps you!
When your pickups are close to the strings the sound becomes more compressed and sometimes equals to a "thin" tone and further they get will make the tone "thicker" or "full" (add more bass to it) if that makes sense. Basically it's up to your personal preference so experiment and have fun 😁
Since you're recording in well-defined sections (as in, you know how many bars each riff/phrase is going to be), is there a reason you prefer normal recording mode with preroll and manually trimming your clips over selecting the time range and then using time select auto punch?
That’s a good question. Pre rolling is something I didn’t know we could do and I have to be used to it. It’s mainly because I’m trying to avoid recording the takes over my previous takes where it changes the colour of the tracks and I find that annoying to the point I just retake it. Pre roll on the other hand, I feel that it’s just easier and better. What I kept doing is just too much hassle. 😂😅
Thank you man! The string I’ve used is a big .080 gauge string along with Ernie ball power slinky 7s, just get rid of the .011 string and enjoy the chonkz
hey bro just started home recording guitars and using amp sims and experimenting in the last year..your video proves so usefull as ive conducted a few tests my self and everything youve displayed is so 100% correct .....self made musos .....love your work ...rock on
Is there any reason why you couldn't just make a copy of the 1 st recording left wav and swap channel of the copy. The u have L & R. I know you might get a fuller sound recording 2 takes BUT usually we would do this with different mic placements in the cabs. Nice gtar by the way! I had the green 7 fanned Ibanez like yours, imported from Japan , got stung import tax then sold it lol .
It’s because the frequencies and harmonics match up together when the audio is played simultaneously, therefore creates a mono signal, plus it’s sort of a phase issue. Thanks man! Fan fretted guitars never disappoint, just how nice they play and it’s even better when you have it sitting against your chest. And yeah important tax sucks, I sometimes buy stuff from Japan 😂😅
Strings go bad over time if you play them. If you let then sit there, it will take decades for the steel to start stretching on its own. Also, how do I make the guitar sound like a bowel movement like in the video?
I assumed it was where each track is hard panned but looking at the metronome audio clip, it looks like the waveforms just aren't showing stereo information.
@@jackpepperpwbthat click track was put on another track and set to a mono signal panned into the middle. When you do it (and I forgot to do that in the video) click on an empty track before you place the click source in there.
If you are on about the sound of the guitar, it’s from the fuzz pedal. If it was really clipping, it would redline the input gain. I’ve made sure it wasn’t clipping as I mentioned in the video showing the interface while monitoring the input gain.
Noob doesnt even know how to tune guitars proper way. If a string is over tuned : you should first loosen the string so its undertuned. Then and only then you tune it from there.
Get the band in a room and some mics. Record the music live. Sounds better in playback. Listen to old music with a good Dac. Always has more depth. Sound stage is wide and deep with placement everywhere. Modern music is just loud and panned left and right. Boring. This is why Real orchestras sound soo good. They have a 3D sound stage. Not a 2D one like most metal
And he doesnt do recording on cameras which is indicator that he cannot play those parts without lowering the overall bpm when recording. Its all very obvious. I can see it even from the way he holds hds pick that hes not very good
