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A general music theory book isn't going to help you much on guitar unless you already have a fair amount of knowledge. You need a book specific to guitar because it will teach you the scale patterns (the "shape" of a scale on the neck) and how different chords and things fit into those. Then...

The advice I hear everywhere is to use less gain and more mids for recording than you would live. What sounds brutal and heavy live will sound messy and muddy recorded. You don't need to go overboard with it, but don't just crank the gain and cut the mids because that's the classic metal thing...

Recording live in the studio is a very different thing than playing live to an audience, especially if you intend to start and finish at the same tempo (that is, play to a click track). The problem is that guitarists and whatnot tend ot play to the drummer instead of the click track and then...

If you're stuck recording direct (like me) then I think you can eq your tracks differently to at least help a bit. I'm not all the knowledgable myself, but I read an article somewhere talking about how you have to consider the mix as a whole when you record every track. If you record a big...

Your voice is excellent for this song. Like he said, you should bring it up in the mix a bit. The song does drag a little, but I think the general tone and mood of it is excellent. The guitar and vocals both sound a bit hollow or metallic to me (perhaps as a result of your mics? I don't know...

Yeah, that's just the way I recorded the individual intruments. I know you're not supposed to mix through headphones, but at the time I had no good speakers available to me so I did it anyway. This is where that gets me I suppose. I appreciate the feedback though, thanks. Anyone else?

This is an early attempt at recording for me. It's all done digitally, with midi drums and the guitar through a toneport. My questions are mainly about mixing and levels, but you can talk about anything you want (keeping in mind that it's not a complete song, just the basis for one). It...

The secret is to find the worst tone possible for the metronome and turn it up. Once it's really loud and horrible to listen to, you can't help but follow it.

This thread has gone to a weird place...

So when I record with the toneport using the Ableton Live program that came with it I get a ton of latency and it bumps my cpu usage by 50% or so. And not only that, but it distorts the tracks that I record so they become off time. As far as I can tell the problem is that one of my drives (not...

Nothing there, but I finally managed to find it somewhere else. Thanks for the reply though.

While we're on the subject, what are some good distortion pedals?

I would start with high output pickups and a fair amount of distortion. It'll make it quite a bit easier to start. Pinch harmonics are pretty much the same as touch harmonics, just done faster. Keep in mind that you have to hit a very specific part of the string with your picking hand...

So I lost the arm for my ZR trem unit and it takes forever to get these things form ibanez. Like, 6-9 months. I was wondering if anyone knows a good online store that would carry them. I pretty much axhausted my search with eBay. Thanks for your help.

No one seems to be talking about phasing, so I'll fill you in on my limited knowledge. I'm no expert, so if I'm wrong someone please speak up. Now, we all know sound comes in sort of waves. Phasing happens when you have the same sound wave twice, but one is slightly after (or before) the...

Haha, I always wondered why so many engineer's seem to keep guns around.

The simple song would certainly be easier to write vocals too, but I think unless your singer comes up with some really cool melody (which it doesn't sound like he will...) it might just be too boring. The other one is already a cool song, and I'm a firm believer that a song should be good to...

I really like what you've done with this. Too often you see guys playing Vai or Malmsteen songs just to prove that they can, but it feels like you've really added your own touch to this. Even in the parts that are totally your own you've mostly kept the same feel to it, which is also nice...

I think this is the kind of thing where if you have to ask, you should probably let someone else do it. Mounting a bridge is a pretty big deal and it will be obvious if it's not done right.

Cool, thanks. And there's no noise yet, I haven't even started. I just imagine that there will be. I am, after all, pretty incompetent.