Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

[Chris of Arabia]

Whilst Periphery might not to be everyone's taste, it's not a bad little video for someone just starting out with recording.

[DankStar]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

Why record in stereo for a mono type track? (i.e., a track that will likely be panned hard L or R)

I don't agree with "let's copy and paste this" riff for the next measure or so - at 8:32. If you're a guitarist, play the whole thing, every part. There's always nuances, that's called a performance.

I never realized double tracking smoothed out a tone, that's interesting.

I'd like to see one of these for drum programming. I know my method is super time intensive, I'd love to learn some shortcuts.

[everdrone]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

Why record in stereo for a mono type track? (i.e., a track that will likely be panned hard L or R)

I don't agree with "let's copy and paste this" riff for the next measure or so - at 8:32. If you're a guitarist, play the whole thing, every part. There's always nuances, that's called a performance.

I never realized double tracking smoothed out a tone, that's interesting.

I'd like to see one of these for drum programming. I know my method is super time intensive, I'd love to learn some shortcuts.

for mono tracks I just duplicate and then hard pan right and left, so that the center is open for the bass/drums

I dont copy/paste either! thats looping like top 40 backing track stuff. Ideally I like to capture the whole track in a single performance with no warts (but many takes), I feel that is most legit and builds chops.

What are you doing for drums? Mine take like no time, but they are not that intricate.

I must say that for Misha's style, that *AxeFXII SOUNDS GREAT WITH NO TWEAKING*

[dystrust]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

Why record in stereo for a mono type track? (i.e., a track that will likely be panned hard L or R)

I don't agree with "let's copy and paste this" riff for the next measure or so - at 8:32. If you're a guitarist, play the whole thing, every part. There's always nuances, that's called a performance.

I never realized double tracking smoothed out a tone, that's interesting.

I'd like to see one of these for drum programming. I know my method is super time intensive, I'd love to learn some shortcuts.

I have no idea why he'd patch his Axe Fx in stereo but only record one of the inputs. It's possible that he's using stereo effects on other takes / tracks and didn't want to re-patch for this, but it's the only reason I can think of.

The reason he's doing the copy/paste thing is most likely consistency since he's in a rather technical metal band. I generally agree with you on this approach, but I remember using it for a track once where I was fading in the guitar with a volume pedal to get some synth-like tones. I wanted all of the fades to be as close to perfect as possible so I made a comp take with the best fade of each chord from several takes and copy-pasted it for the entire track.

[everdrone]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

maybe he has various cabs / IRs that are already panned in his "mono" source and it is really a stereo source? various mics and cabs and whatnot. or maybe effects like delay/reverb that make it into stereo.

with the dual inputs, maybe one is the bare track that is not "reamped" and is just a stem? I would figure USB would be better than the route he chose.

[alteredbeast]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

Dudes got so much gear. Anything is possible.

[DankStar]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

What are you doing for drums? Mine take like no time, but they are not that intricate.*

Typically I'll do it in sections with an Alesis tabletop midi pad device (triggering slate), then add/delete/change some hits in the midi editor. I'll do a pass with the bass drum, hihats, and snare, then another pass or two for toms, crashes, etc. It's daunting getting started but fun once I get into it.

[everdrone]

Re: Misha Mansoor's Guitar Recording Tips

wow man, that is cool! I would like to try that on a similar level and am saving up for a roland vdrums to do it.

my way is cheap and fast, just use midi toontrack, drop and drag:

http://www.toontrack.com/product/drum-riffs-midi/