Question about recording guitar tracks

my tune is specially guitar based totally. for my guitar components, i double up every guitar component by means of copying the guitar music, panning the 2 tracks difficult left and right, and making use of a mild put off to the second one guitar track to differentiate it. i then organization the two tracks and observe outcomes to the institution.


as opposed to copying the guitar music to the second track ought to i be recording a wholly new guitar song? i’m questioning if it will likely be simpler to mix and what is the favored manner to do that. thank you! tweakbox appvalley https://vlc.onl/
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If you want a wide presentation and a spread across the speakers, yes you want to record a second take of the same material, as closely matched as possible. When panned outboard, the tiny differences between the two tracks will cause a lovely spread. In fact, studio guitarist Dick Wagner used to talk about the "magic third" meaning a third performance placed in the center and dropped a little to make space for the vocal. This is based upon the face that the brain is a difference machine - it looks for difference between items naturally. As a result, any significant difference between the tracks will stick out. When you reach three versions the brain sees the result as a chorus and stops hearing individual performances as well. I use both doubling and tripling in my work.

Bob

Definitely do a 2nd take rather than just copying the track.
Also, consider playing the same part, but with a different guitar, amp, mic, etc.
Then play with the pans.
Try panning the verb/effects to the opposite side of the dry signals.

Sometimes mids rich tracks work better at 50% panned rather than 100%, leaving the far edges for more swirly stuff.
High pass everything judiciously.
But there's no hard fast rules.

Monroe said:

Definitely do a 2nd take rather than just copying the track.
Also, consider playing the same part, but with a different guitar, amp, mic, etc.
Then play with the pans.
Try panning the verb/effects to the opposite side of the dry signals.

Sometimes mids rich tracks work better at 50% panned rather than 100%, leaving the far edges for more swirly stuff.
Low pass everything judiciously.
But there's no hard fast rules.

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All good advice in my experience. By "Low pass..." did you mean cutting low frequencies? That would technically be high pass. I call it getting rid of mud! No rules are the best rules IMO and if it sounds good, it IS good...have fun!

Copying tracks is not doubling. A second take on a different track is doubling.

LuteGuy said:

All good advice in my experience. By "Low pass..." did you mean cutting low frequencies? That would technically be high pass. I call it getting rid of mud! No rules are the best rules IMO and if it sounds good, it IS good...have fun!

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Yes, sorry... High pass. Corrected.