Guitar mixing and Stereo chorus

[Ace_SD]

Hi. I want to record a guitar track that I intend to
double on another track and pan them at 9 and 3 for a
fuller sound. I was planning on using stereo chorus
on the guitar while recording. My question is should
I not use STEREO chorus? I'm thinking that the sound
will be mush or something because I will have the original stereo sound coming out of the left and right and it won't seem balanced somehow.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Gidge]

I dont see why it would sound bad...i would pan them hard left and right, though....

The way you are describing would put the same exact sound on both tracks...it sounds better when you alter the sound of the two, for example a dry track on the left and a delayed track on the right....if your chorus effect has stereo outs, you could actually record the two tracks at once, depending on the software you are using...let me know what soundcard and software you use, and also if the chorus has stereo outs.....

 

[Ace_SD]

Please elaborate

I'm using a Soundblaster SB live, n-track studio and
the chorus on my multi-fx unit has stereo out.
Just to reiterate, (I'm a recording newbie) I was thinking
that the stereo chorus sound from the left guitar would,
for example, be going left to right or whatever chorus does, and the chorus of the doubled guitar on the right would also be going left to right even though the sound originates from the guitar on the right and maybe this
would mush up the sound somehow. I guess I don't really understand what's going on here.

Also, I was thinking of delaying the cloned track a bit.
Any ideas how to do this?

Thanks for your time.

 

[Gidge]

you can record a dry mono track, pan it left....use N-track to clone it and pan it hard right...process this right one with the delay....

Or you can just set your processor with the chorus effect where you want it, use a 2 -1/4" mono to 1/8" stereo cable, and set N-track to record in stereo to 2 separate tracks....pan these left and right hard....

 

[Ace_SD]

Thanks.

I tried what you said. Sounds great.
Thanks for the advice. Have a nice day.

Wendy.

 

[Gidge]

But I never answered your original question...I guess if you do it the way you described in your original post that could work too....theres many different ways to do it, and thats the beauty of digital...you can try many different ways so easily...the last word is to use your ears...if it sounds good, it is good....

Peace

 

[WISEPAT]

The way a chorus works is that it reproduce the same sound but with a slightly different phase in the signal. An interesting way to produce that effect is to record the same rif twice. Don't copy the wave to a different track. Re-record it by playing it a second time on the guitar. The little differences in your playing will produce a natural chorus. Don't try to play something different the second take. Play exactly the same notes or rif. Try it , you'll see that it produces a very interesting effect.
Don't forget to pan the two tracks far away from each other.