How do you record electric guitar and effects?

[yijvapar]

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Thanks for the help guys

[ankely]

Usually with Pro Tools. LOL.

But seriously, is there something in particular that you are interested in?

For most purposes that I'm involved in, I use a Boss pedal board with Comp, OverDrive, Distortion, Graphic EQ, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tuners, and flanked by Dunlop CryBaby, DimeBagWah and Volume pedals.

These are then fed into Mbox or sometimes a MOTU 828 which I use with MainStage or GTRsolo for amp simulators, which are then routed into PT from the MOTU 828 to record into PT.

I tend to do ambience FX, such as Verb and Echo, inside of PT at the mix stage.

Inside of PT I may use Amplitube or Eleven.

As I tend to mult parts (record many passes, left and right, etc.) I'll use different amp simulators, as I may use different amps in a studio to record parts.

Sometimes Eleven, sometimes GTRsolo, sometimes, MainStage, etc.

Sometimes pedal FX, sometimes amp simulator FX.

Sometimes pedal distortions and/or overdrives, sometimes amp simulator/plugin distortions and/or overdrives.

Hope this helps. :cool:

[jonslaten]

I get the sound I want through my amp, then slam my shure 57 into the cloth about 2/3 of the way out from the cone and record directly into my Mbox 2. Then re-record it again doing the same thing then pan each one left and right. I also EQ'd them a bit for contrast. No need for compression cause the speaker does it automatically. Also you can right-click on one of the recorded regions and spot it 10-20 m/s ahead or behind the other to add fullness. Experiment how you want, it's alot of fun.

[chrisdee]

As I dont have the fastest mac in the world I always record dry with low latency monitoring both guitars, bass and vocals. Untill I get a new and faster computer I sacrifise some of the feel for timing. Effects comes later when mixing.

[robertkoa]

Simple way is to use a POD XT and use the outputs to the inputs of your interface. For ALBUM QUALITY GUITARS you can use a guitar Tube preamp like Hughes and Kettner Tubeman, the preamp out from a good tube head or combo(the preamp out). This can be plugged into the INPUT of the POD XT TO USE CAB SIMULATORS ONLY (NO MODELING) and whatever effects you want and still outputs into your DAW. You can also use software cab emulation (CABS ONLY)(NO MODELING) but using a good tube input from guitar preamp or tube head. The tone and amount of overdrive will be in the tube signal,you use the Cabinet modeling to further shape the tone and of course add delay and whatever effects you want. Modeling does cab emulation quite well but the amp models don't have tube harmonics-this technique will give you that. For SUPER CRITICAL GUITAR PARTS- you can also mike the studio monitor(s) and mix the mic signal in with the direct cab emulated signal. This can be done at low volume as well. For basic guitar stuff POD XTs and AMPLITUBE and all those are OK, but the pro stuff has had tubes in the signal chain for decades so if you need real tube sounds this can get you there. Of course you can always just mike a great tube amp but most people can't get real loud at home and most guitar amps sound better at hi volume. I hate high volume when I'm playing so have been on a low volume quest for many years. I don't think you can do a state of the art guitar CD with modeling alone. The technology isn't there yet to do Eagles,Steely Dan,Eric Johnson etc. quality guitar tracks, with clever use of tubes in the signal chain- you can .

[Bodie]

I use a clean/dry input with a THD Hotplate. I can then crank my amp, get the Pre sound I want and it's recorded into the system. Once that's done, I can Bthen process to my hearts delight. By using the THD, I don't kill my neighbors and can literally run my amp up to 10 without blowing my windows or myself out.

My rig varies as I have a lot of choices (Blackbox, PODXT, GNX4, Bluetube, Fatman, not to mention more FX than a human should own. etal), but the best is using the THD so you get your "clean" sound. You can then "re-amp" using an out to those FX and back.

Bodie

[EGS]

Most guitarists are married to their amp sound, so I mic the cab with great mic(s). The amp sim plugs are not as much fun. Having said that, I also take a direct feed right from the guitar in case I want to use amp sim plugs or even re-amp later. My 2 cents.

[tha]-[acksaw]

Most guitarists are married to their amp sound, so I mic the cab with great mic(s). The amp sim plugs are not as much fun. Having said that, I also take a direct feed right from the guitar in case I want to use amp sim plugs or even re-amp later. My 2 cents.

+1

Love to reamp after the fact... and my editing. :D

[sunburst79]

Most guitarists are married to their amp sound, so I mic the cab with great mic(s). The amp sim plugs are not as much fun. Having said that, I also take a direct feed right from the guitar in case I want to use amp sim plugs or even re-amp later. My 2 cents.

If you can afford the bucks the Radial XAmp reamping combo gives you huge flexibility.

[joeydego]

WOW, thats a pretty tall order there! How I track electrics: A shure SM 57 on axis, and a bayer 201 off axis 90 degrees, right up against the grill. My amp is an orange rockerverb 50. Those mics get fed into a vintech 273 pre, which gets converted to digital via an apogee rosetta 200. I take a simultaneous signal via a splitter box direct into PT, for use with eleven to blend sounds later. This allows me to get blaring dual rec boogie type sound, without all the pigishness of mesa. Thats how I do it anyway.