Newbie Mixing Queation (Dual Guitars)

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I'm new to mixing and tracking. My band is doing so for the first time.

During our last session we were in a studio with a pro engineer and he recorded the same guitar part over twice. I didnt know the point of it during the session, but the final mix came out pretty decent.

The question is: Is it necessary to record 2 of the exact same guitar line? does this help bring out the "phat-ness" in the final mix?
 
Depending on reasons.

The answer to that question could be a yes but the question you should be asking is why did he have the part done twice and asking him. There are other reasons that he could have wanted that same part twice. It could have been for panning reasons too. Maybe he split the two different parts during a third guitar part.

If you double the same guitar parts and just overlap them yes the sound can sound fatter. When overlapping guitar parts keep on the look out for loss of definition if the guitars are being blended with the same parts. There are many panning techniques that can be used to make those guitars sound bigger and wider too, also done with multiple guitar parts.

Good luck,
sonicpaint
 
I have this band where I am going to record two guitars for real. I have heard in rock band where they pan a single guitar hard right... vocals in center, bass center with drums normally at 10 oclock right? What should I do with two guitars? Pan one hard right then the other at 4 o clock?
 
fluxburn said:
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I think the best answer that anyone can give is do whatever you think sounds the best. Pan one hard left and one hard right, put'em both up the center, pan one hard left and hard right and the other about 2, etc., etc.. Play around and use your ears to hear where they fit the best.
 
Well I have done that before with this trance song I mixed... I had two lead sounds... sort of like two guitars. I just think it is very strange if you put them hard left and right. Sounds better all in the center stage pretty much with nothing all the way left or right mostly
 
:D It just really depends on the sound you are looking for and what style of music you're mixing also. I do a lot of southern rock that is acoustic guitar driven and there are usually 3 - 5 different guitar parts, and if everything were down the center, it would sound like there were 6 guys standing on their amps in the center of the stage beating each other with their instruments. So for me, creating a nice wide stage works great.

Never worked with trance or any type of club music. But I had read somewhere that alot of engineers will mix straight down the center because that's exactly the way it will sound when played inside a club.

Good luck with it :D You should stick it up in the MP3 clinic so others can check it out once you're done.
 
Thanks for all the replies. ill put the mp3 in the "clinic" when we're finished.

We play a mix of hard rock stylings so we want to get the punchiest sounds in some tunes, while in others we're looking for an ambience.

(Another thing) anybody know a link to a mixing tutorial? Ive printed out a few from this forum, but i want to get as many opinions as possible.

Thanks
 
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