and i was about to spend $200!

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I went to a music store today...
While in there I was testing out some delay and chorus pedals for my guitar. They sounded good but then I remembered seeing a digital delay option on CEP.
I went home and did a test and it sounded exactly like the effects pedal.

Im assuming effects pedals are only really needed for live stuff(of which I do none)/
 
sometimes your dedicated effects units are better than their free/cheapie/included plugin counterparts........sometimes they arent.....if the quality of the plugin is good enough for you, then you dont need the box......

however when it comes to guitar, i like to have my effects on when im playing, eben if i dont record them...its hard getting the feel right if you dont have the verb and delay working.....
 
I really like cool edit's echo with progressive EQ. very chíc.
 
Good point, Gidge. I've always had a problem getting into the groove without my effected guitar. I usually don't do anything major, just a chorus and some verb, but its been hard to cut that out completely. But it just makes better sense to record that way. I've finally thrown that habit and its the best thing I've done. I've become more adventurous as a guitarist as a result, and it certainly makes it easier to mix my stuff.

Another interesting thing is that my live sound is totally inadequate when in the studio. In the studio I roll off some of the distortion, pull out some of the bass, and add a little more mid to my guitar (all before it reaches the mic of course). I think that's one of the biggest mistakes of people new to recording, and if I dare say it, one of the problems associated with the POD. I hear more bassy/over distorted POD sounds in recordings than there should be. People need to let their recordings breathe a little and pull out some of that bass/distortion!
 
this shouldnt surprise you by me bringing this up but...
A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdell tracks all guitars totally dry and adds effects in via digital plug-ins. And it still rocks.

Of course pedals and such are needed for live playing.
 
i prefer to record dry as well. then i can hear exactly what i'm playing, and how my timing is with the other instruments. of course by dry i mean an sm57 up on the grill of the left speaker and an audio technica c3000 (i think?) up on the grill of the right speaker, and an audio technica at4033 sitting a few feet back, and a D/I through a whirlwind director connected to the extra amp out of a fender hotrod deville, so i can choose a combination of sounds that best represents what i'm looking for before i add any effects... and if that doesn't do the trick, then i double track it.

oh yeah, then after that i add any plug-in effects i need. of course, i play r&b, reggae, go-go, hip-hop so there's not much of the grunge/crunch mesa boogie type of thing going.
 
I'm dry and I only use a 57 on the cone. I used to chorus my guitar which split it stereo and I'd mic each cabinet, but I find most of my old recordings have strange things going on phase-wise because of the chorus. Now I just eliminate everything. I think I sound a hell of a lot better. Its also got me to think differently as a guitarist...which I needed.
 
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