Play it again. In my eyes it's the best option. The other way seems a bit lazy to me. I can't see why you wouldn't want to play it again. Unless you don't actually like playing guitar or the tune you are recording.
Why not just stereo record and heavy pan? I do this all the time for acoustic stuff and it gives a great overall rich sound. Heck if you have the time you could even throw another mic on the other end of the room and use it as ambiance or a natural reverb.
Why not just stereo record and heavy pan? I do this all the time for acoustic stuff and it gives a great overall rich sound. Heck if you have the time you could even throw another mic on the other end of the room and use it as ambiance or a natural reverb.
I double track acoustic too, but once when working with a piece too complex for me to double nicely, I learned about a mid side stereo set. I was surprised by how good it sounds. A standard wide separated stereo recording sounds great too.
But this is all acoustic--the stereo recording picks up the differences between the two hands and the neck vs. body of the guitar. I've never tried these stereo techniques with an amp...doesn't seem like it'd benefit nearly as much. Anyone? Bueller?
I double track acoustic too, but once when working with a piece too complex for me to double nicely, I learned about a mid side stereo set. I was surprised by how good it sounds. A standard wide separated stereo recording sounds great too.
But this is all acoustic--the stereo recording picks up the differences between the two hands and the neck vs. body of the guitar. I've never tried these stereo techniques with an amp...doesn't seem like it'd benefit nearly as much. Anyone? Bueller?
Good point I wasn't really thinking about that. I suppose if you were just looking for slightly different tones and a fatter overall sound you could just use two different mics and pan them. Why not? It'll probably sound better than just one mic on the amp.
I've found the best results for me come from recording two tracks that aren't very distorted at all and pan one left and one right (with the same amp settings) then recording a few more on differen't amp(s) that are much more distorted than the other two and pan those hard left and right the heavily distorted ones give it a lot of space and the less distorted ones are there for clarity and that in-your-face-sound. Just how I do it.
Might be worth trying--especially for leads.
I've found the best results for me come from recording two tracks that aren't very distorted at all and pan one left and one right (with the same amp settings) then recording a few more on differen't amp(s) that are much more distorted than the other two and pan those hard left and right the heavily distorted ones give it a lot of space and the less distorted ones are there for clarity and that in-your-face-sound. Just how I do it.