Recording with effects (delay, reverb, chorus, etc) vs adding in DAW

[GreatOz]

Good day,

When you record your electric guitar with a mic'd amp, do you record with your effects loop pedals like reverb, delay, and etc turned on or record it as "dry" as possible with as few pedals or effects to get the "raw" tone and add extra effects like reverb or delay in your DAW?

Thanks,
GreatOz

 

[Mincer]

Most of the time, I do, as the effects are usually as integral to the part as the notes are. It is how I hear that part in my head.

 

[NecroPolo]

I record it drei. I use a DI box that splits the signal into a clean guitar (to be reamped later if necessary) and a normal drive sound that is usually an amp(sim) and that's it. I very rarely record with an FX on and almost always add FX during mixing. Better control.

 

[LLL]

DAW. You can futz with various FX and their settings for maximum... effect.

If you record with the FX in the amp chain, you're stuck with it forever and can't remove it.

 

[LLL]

The other concept some may not realize is you can run your dry tone into the DAW, slap whatever FX on it in the DAW, and play with said FX while listening to the monitors.

...while still recording only the dry tone.

 

[beaubrummels]

I record dry and use DAW effects. The only exception is when the particular effect has no satisfactory emulation (or would not be practical, like a wah) and I need to record the actual room sound for it to sound best. Takes more care to ensure the source sound is as good as it possibly can be, because there's no fixing it later.

 

[GuitarStv]

Record with effects. I play very differently when I can hear the effects vs dry and trying to add them later. Phaser, flanger, delay, tremolo, wah, envelop filters . . . they need to to be in place.

I usually record without reverb though, so will sometimes add a little 'verb and often add some light compression on clean sounds after the fact.