I'll bet you guys already know this, but...

[64Firebird]

I was doing a little recording with Bdgr yesterday. I had spent a lot time working up the right sound and he and I were both very happy with it. The song was mostly a repeating riff, so I used the phaser on my J-Station to create sort of a slow combing vibe effect that seemed to add to the hypnotic feeling of the song. After the first take (which was perfect except one small part at the end), it occurs to me that I can't go back and punch in over the mistakes because the phaser sound would be out of sink. It would have been a lot faster and easier to have added the phaser after I'd cleared up any mistakes.

Oh well, live and learn.

 

[philboyd studge]

Yep, its better to bounce the track and add the effect then.

 

[LocusLarsen]

It would have been easier but ya know what, by the time you route everything so that you are just monitoring the effect, the feeling for the riff can be gone. GONE I TELL YOU. I don't much care for proper technique, I like to record though without printed effects, but sometimes a guitar into a pedal into your recorder is the best way to get the job done.

If its at the tail end of the song Firebird, a fancy build-up of reverb and then dropping out the fader, followed by bringing it back in for the last note or two might help, assuming you bring it back as the reverb is dying and almost gone. Wait too long it will just sound wierd.

 

[jcmm]

Hey 64

If it was "The Perfect Sound"







Then go back and get it right!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cyrokk]

you couldve also monitored with the comb effect while playing with a clean signal, or printed the effect to a different track if the filter has to maintain its pattern. That way you maintain the feel of the effect while playing without printing directly to the track.

Cy

 

[Gidge]

if your recorder has S/PDIF inputs you can send a wet track and a dry track out of the J-Station...very useful feature......

 

[64Firebird]

if your recorder has S/PDIF inputs you can send a wet track and a dry track out of the J-Station...very useful feature......

That's the way I should have done it! That way I could get the feeling, but still be able to punch in later if needed. Then, after everything was done, I could go back and add the phaser effect to the guitar track.

 

[Badger]

if your recorder has S/PDIF inputs you can send a wet track and a dry track out of the J-Station...very useful feature......

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It does in fact.