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Last edited by 80's_Metal; 01-27-2020, 10:34 AM.Go buy my book. https://www.amazon.com/dp/198405564XTags: None
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Multi-tracking guitars, not doubling. Doubling the same part and then panning left/right sounds exactly the same. Multi-tracking gives slightly different sounds which can add up to sound really big . . . especially if you multi-track with different amps, players, effects, etc. Sometimes people play stuff on electric guitar, then track the root notes of the same part on the D string of a bass to make the guitars sound like a baritone/7-string.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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That's multi tracking + having a solid pocket bassline adding depth to the lows
Importantly, it's because the rest of the song is pretty much devoid of big rhythm guitars. The contrast makes it seem huger
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multi tracking and a lot of spectrum planning for each mic on each cab etc.
If you grab the best part of what each mic is doing on mutiple style cabs and layer it in with the other mics doing a different parts of the spectrum and attack/sustain, also using some "strategic bleeding" of mics for the presence/sustain, and then multiple upon multiple takes with one take being the real articulation, and rest being the fat and resolve and the wide stereo panning and squash it hard on the way in to the console you get this somewhat 90s alternative guitar production sound.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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If you search 'Produce Like a Pro Wide Guitar' in YouTube you will get some great tips from Warren Huart. His guitar tracks sound great, and he's a very good guitar player in his own right.Last edited by TwilightOdyssey; 01-28-2020, 03:55 PM.Why don't you take your little Cobra Kais and get outta here?!
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Originally posted by TwilightOdyssey View PostIf you search 'Produce Like a Pro Wide Guitar' in YouTube you will get some great tips from Warren Huart. His guitar tracks sound great, and he's a very good guitar player in his how right.Go buy my book. https://www.amazon.com/dp/198405564X
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The posts above nailed it, but one more tip I can add to the conversation is to try combining multiple amps while multi-tracking. A British gain for the upper mids and a Boogie to fill out the low mids can sound absolutely crushing.Schecter C-1 elite(alt-5, Fullshred)
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Originally posted by TwilightOdyssey View PostIf you search 'Produce Like a Pro Wide Guitar' in YouTube you will get some great tips from Warren Huart. His guitar tracks sound great, and he's a very good guitar player in his how right.
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Originally posted by AmirH View PostThe posts above nailed it, but one more tip I can add to the conversation is to try combining multiple amps while multi-tracking. A British gain for the upper mids and a Boogie to fill out the low mids can sound absolutely crushing.
mixing inheritly scooped amps for the bottom (mesa, Fender etc) in with classic British style amp mids and then maybe a North American (Fender, Traynor) or Solid State Roland or a British Voxy chime for some special top end charm together was a real effective way to get a giant sound.
There is a small downside to this though -in filling the mid range spectrum with an entire thick wall of guitar tone, vocals become harder to place effectively (especially for vocal featured sogs like Top 40 style mixes), and also it's hard to find a place for keys as well if your guitars are giving so much information.
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Lol. Fair point. Though it's worth noting that for someone still getting their feet wet, all these principles translate over to modelers and impulse responses. With the latter, he can experiment with mic combos and placement, and even different "speakers," and with the former he can blend models based on American and British style amps, or whatever real amp he owns plus a corresponding model. It's a compromise, but a useful one for someone with limited access to expensive gear. Your points about the difficulties that can be introduced by devoting too much frequency space to guitar are totally on point though.Schecter C-1 elite(alt-5, Fullshred)
Fender Strat (Jb jr, ssl-2)
Mesa Boogie Rectoverb
Marshall 1960a
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostIndeed, it does. I am happy that sort of production went away- it was everywhere for 10 years.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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