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The Re-Ampinator: aka “D.I. Baby D.I.”
Lately I’ve become a huge fan of recording DI (direct-injection) guitar tracks in Pro Tools 10. This is done by plugging directly into the recording interface (in my case an Mbox II), and allows the ability to change amp emulations on the fly once you’ve recorded a performance you’re satisfied with – allowing insane amounts of tonal flexibility. Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks
Tagged 59/Custom Hybrid, Acme Bar Gig Head Case, Charvel, Classic Stack Plus, Eleven Free, line 6, PODfarm, ProTools, Re-Amping, recording, SansAmp PSA1, STK-S4, STK-S6, STK-S9B, TB-16, The Bomber
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Make the Most of Your Studio Time
Time and money – two precious resources that musicians never seem to have enough of. Nowhere is this more apparent than when it’s time to record, especially in today’s era of tight budgets and high production values. A poorly managed … Continue reading
Make Tracks: Recording Electric Guitar
When you get down to it, there are three things a guitarist can do: play alone, play for an audience, or record. Of those three, recording is perhaps the least intuitive. Practice and performance are both simple and natural aspects of music – you plug in, turn up, and make magic happen. Recording is not so simple. Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks
Tagged amps, DIY, electric guitar, guitar, home recording, microphones, modelling amp, recording, studio
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Make Tracks: Recording Acoustic Guitar
Few things make me happier than a great song played on a fine acoustic guitar. The shimmer of the strings and the resonance of the body fill the room and warm my heart. I’m most definitely an electric player first … Continue reading
The Recording Guitarist
As technology advances, it’s becoming easier and cheaper for the semi-pro and hobbyist guitarist to have his or her own high-quality recording rig in their own home. Long gone are the days of futzing about worrying about losing fidelity from … Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage
Tagged AcmeBarGig Headcase, amplitube, Firewire, Garageband, guitar, keith merrow, line 6, Logic, Mac, Nuendo, PC, POD, Pro Tools, reamping, Recabinet, recording, USB
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Recording the Beast: Being Prepared for the Studio
Going into the studio can be a fun and amazing time for any band, but it is work. It isn’t like what we read about- an endless parade of press and groupies with everyone slowly nodding their head as they listen to your superhuman solo. I mean, that is what we might want it to be, but it pretty much never is. Continue reading
Posted in The Players Room
Tagged antiquities for strat, duckbuckers, recording, Single Coils, studio
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Write With Your Brain, Not With Your Hands
My whole leg is asleep to the hip. My guitar, poised restlessly in my lap, has been cutting off the circulation for… a while? I’m not even sure anymore. Shifting position in my computer chair, I brace for the agonizing … Continue reading
Posted in The Players Room
Tagged advice, DAW, guitar, inspiration, music, original, playing, practice, recording, songwriting, studio
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