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Do you need to use a pop filter for acoustic guitars to prevent those scratchy pick sounds are can you eq those out?

You know how a good band has good dynamics? How do you capture that in recording? For example, you might hear a song with a quiet intro but when the whole band comes in on that big note the song just explodes. How do you get that bang in the recording? Turn the volume up? Just play louder?

When recording drums to a click, what do you do if the tempo changes? I can drum along to a metronome through my DAW but if I speed it up the whole project speeds up. I'm baffled on what to do here. I would like to record the whole drum track in one take to a metronome but how do I do those tempo changes?

Thanks.
 
1. Mic placement is important for picking up those scratchy pick sounds. You don't need a pop filter and EQ is not your solution here.
2. You'll be able to automate the instrument levels after recording. Keep the quiet parts over the noise floor (all the non-musical noise on the recording) and make sure the loud parts don't clip. Red lights = bad. It might even be better to record this in different takes and just set the levels in the DAW accordingly.
3. I can only explain it if I know which DAW you are using.
 
For the pick sounds - practice until you don't make them!

Most DAWS have a way to change the tempo at any point in the song (Reaper, you just add a tempo change marker, for example).
 
Good playing and good mic placement leads to good guitar tracks.
 
Pick scratchy sound is way more of a function of players technique. The mic only picks up what it hears. More practice is the answer here.
 
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