starting guitars on new album any techniques??

[EvanHilz]

I have just completed drums and bass guitar on all the tracks of a new album i'm recording. both of which i read about on here and got a lot of cool tricks from you guys. now i'm up to guitars so i was hoping all of you could contribute and help me try new stuff. anything from mic selection to mic placement to sound absorption/reflection. even about layering. lemme know all you know. thanks guys

evan

 

[soldierone]

Your style will largely play into what kind of responses you'll get to this question, so you should probably let us know what kind of music you're doing and maybe even list some of your guitars and amps to give us a bigger picture of what you're trying to accomplish.

That said, I personally like a simple double of my guitar tracks, one panned hard left and the other hard right. I play music with more metal inspired guitar sounds, so that's what works for me. Also, I like to use an SM-57 slightly off center of a speaker in my cabinet to get a brighter tone, as I play downtuned and don't want the bass to overwhealm the bass guitar.

 

[Sloan]

get a DI, so if you end up wanting a different sound later, you can reamp your performances.

 

[Steve Henningsgard]

get a DI, so if you end up wanting a different sound later, you can reamp your performances.

Again, depending on genre!

 

[steppingonmars]

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[EvanHilz]

well as for the styles, its all over the place. i was in a rock band and a metal band with this kid (the singer) and now we're basically doing a solo album for him. its got almost no screaming on it and some are very bluesy and just every song is a new style. i like that though because every song will have its own guitar sound built around the sound and feel of the song. the one song we started tracking was a rock song, almost like a 90s bush song or something but this is one of the only tracks i wanted to have really loud guitars on. so we blasted it but i put the mics right up and as i've been reading they should have been pulled back a few inches or so. i did use the DI box and have that there for when i mix and i miced the amp with a few mics, sm57 and some old dynamic mic that sounds really good, also the d112 just for shits and a large condenser pulled back. so 5 tracks, and i did the double and then for parts that really kick in i put another pair of guitars doing the same thing. it sounds good but i would like to hear more tricks or techniques.. maybe in a more dead sounding room or a booth or recording at a lower volume. i'll be experimenting and i'll post back here some things i learn. thanks for the help, keep em comin