Multi effects.?

[Racerx2k]

I actually have mixed feelings on the way we record too. Its impersonal although the result is excellent and extremely consistant.
I would like to get back to the way we used to recorded guitar in the old days. I liked recording my guitar wet with the exact effects that I would use live. Instead... I record it dry with a wet effects monitor and re-amp it and add studio plug in effects at mixing. I also liked recording solo's as complete compositions instead of doing 10 takes of the same solo and taking the best out of each take and putting it all together digitally.

I basically still try to record the "old fashioned way". I'm not keen on the "10 track / pick-and-choose" method you spoke of, even though I've done it, in the past. Since it was someone else's song, and they were being picky about the solo section, it became a necessary evil for those sessions, but generally, I try to already have the solos plotted out and rehearsed, prior to tracking, and most times, I record the tracks with any effects coming from my rig. Anything else I might add are there to create dimension/space. Once you start polishing tracks alot, you actually start polishing the actual EDGE of the recordings. something I'm not willing to sacrifice.

[jgcable]

I basically still try to record the "old fashioned way". I'm not keen on the "10 track / pick-and-choose" method you spoke of, even though I've done it, in the past. Since it was someone else's song, and they were being picky about the solo section, it became a necessary evil for those sessions, but generally, I try to already have the solos plotted out and rehearsed, prior to tracking, and most times, I record the tracks with any effects coming from my rig. Anything else I might add are there to create dimension/space. Once you start polishing tracks alot, you actually start polishing the actual EDGE of the recordings. something I'm not willing to sacrifice.

again.... good points.

[Newc]

Though we were never really "pro-level musicians" (i.e. sight-reading, classically-trained, etc), my old band tried to record one instrument at a time. It was a nightmare for me to sync it all up on the computer, as well as for them to keep the proper tempo.

We thought about MIDI triggers and human clock things, but in the end it was too much hair-pulling.

Then the singer decided that maybe we'd do better if we went to a "real" studio and had a "real" producer directing us.

Thankfully we were able to convince him of two facts:

1. If we can't nail the songs playing live, making all the FX and tempo changes and doing all the solos we want to do, then we needed to work on that.
2. If we can't, as full-grown adults in their mid-late 30s, focus in a "bedroom studio", we will not be able to do it in a "real" studio with someone barking orders at us.

We were a Bar band, nothing more. We could record our stuff live to 2 tracks and it sounded as good as it did in person. It had the same chemistry and edge as a live performance. Yes you could hear the snare in the vocal mic and the amps in the overheads, but it sounded great.


I've used Amplitube (1.2 and 2.0LE) with Audition 3 and I like the amp tones. I also like the effects that come with Aud3 like the reverb and such. Obviously I'd rather have the incoming signal "record-ready" so there's minimal post-production. I prefer to "record-and-release". Having the inputs EQd and Effected makes recording faster and easier. My PC isn't being taxed by VSTs or other inline effects. All I need to do in post is stereo imaging on the mixdowns to fatten them up, maybe some EQ tweaks here and there. Granted I don't sound like all those bands on the radio, I sound like me.

Individuality vs Conformity? Hmmmmm, lemme think about that one.....