Dom Franco
New member
I think I'm having way too much fun....but I just sort of re-discovered the effects of layering guitar parts.
I had a nice "stereo" doubled accoustic guitar part on two tracks for a song I was working on. But I was looking for a different texture. So I replaced one of the Accoustic tracks with an Electric guitar through a small tube amp. (Slighty breaking up but not too distorted) I played open chords exactly the same part as the accoustic. It sounded great! in stereo but not fully panned left/right. To this I added another electric guitar part, with heavy distortion, and this time just playing the bottom 5th and 6th strings of "Bar" chords.
This part centered and kept low in the mix
added an Awesome sound. It sounds like a wall of guitars, almost like an orchestra!
It was exactly what the song needed to set the mood of the music. I realize 3 tracks of guitars are a lot give up, but I think this would still work well in mono, by combining all three guitars down to one. Just keep the heavy distortion part down in the mix....it's just there to fill in the background, and shouldn't dominate the guitar sounds. Try it!
and share your findings with the rest of us.
Sincerely;
Dom Franco
[This message has been edited by Dom Franco (edited 10-23-1999).]
I had a nice "stereo" doubled accoustic guitar part on two tracks for a song I was working on. But I was looking for a different texture. So I replaced one of the Accoustic tracks with an Electric guitar through a small tube amp. (Slighty breaking up but not too distorted) I played open chords exactly the same part as the accoustic. It sounded great! in stereo but not fully panned left/right. To this I added another electric guitar part, with heavy distortion, and this time just playing the bottom 5th and 6th strings of "Bar" chords.
This part centered and kept low in the mix
added an Awesome sound. It sounds like a wall of guitars, almost like an orchestra!
It was exactly what the song needed to set the mood of the music. I realize 3 tracks of guitars are a lot give up, but I think this would still work well in mono, by combining all three guitars down to one. Just keep the heavy distortion part down in the mix....it's just there to fill in the background, and shouldn't dominate the guitar sounds. Try it!
and share your findings with the rest of us.
Sincerely;
Dom Franco
[This message has been edited by Dom Franco (edited 10-23-1999).]