Guitarlayering guide

ahjteam · November 23rd, 2008, 06:56 AM

Since many of you guys seem to have questions about guitar panning and layering etc, so I decided to do a quick demonstaration.

Do note that it is not metal nor very tightly played because I was aiming for Foo Fighters kinda vibe, where the untightness actually creates these small nyances, but hopefully it gives you the idea

All of the takes are first or second take as you can see from the picture. All guitars are tracked with LTD EC50 and the free Simul Analog Guitar Suite plugins, bass is LTD B50 thru sansamp.

Anyways, here is the audio file: http://www.ahjteam.com/upload/2008/g...ering_test.mp3 (~5.5mb)

There is a 2+16 bar runs of a very basic drumloop with more guitars added each time. Heres how the runs go and how they are panned:

1: lead guitar alone playing F# and D, R60
2: rhythm guitar alone playing A E and G, L60
3: both together, L60 R60
4: added bass playing same line as rhythm guitar, C
5: rhythm guitar double tracked, R60
6: rhythm guitar quad tracked and lead guitar double tracked, rhythm L100 R100 lead L60

Also do note that my guitarsounds are generally pretty thin sounding by theirselves, but I made it on purpose. This way I can leave a lot more room and definition for the bass guitar. But as you might've noticed, the rhythm guitar has a bit more low end on it than the lead sound, when the lead sound has more mids, high and presence and also a delay effect to mask some of the errors and make the sound a bit smoother. The rhythm sound is dry, no delay or reverb on it.

TheDriller · November 23rd, 2008, 11:41 AM

are all the guitars running through the same (virtual) amp? or two different amps?

ahjteam · November 23rd, 2008, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDriller

are all the guitars running through the same (virtual) amp? or two different amps?

Each layer thru their own amp with slightly different settings

November 23rd, 2008, 06:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
ahjteam Anssi Tenhunen Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virrat/Helsinki, Finland Posts: 9,372	Guitarlayering guide Since many of you guys seem to have questions about guitar panning and layering etc, so I decided to do a quick demonstaration. Do note that it is not metal nor very tightly played because I was aiming for Foo Fighters kinda vibe, where the untightness actually creates these small nyances, but hopefully it gives you the idea All of the takes are first or second take as you can see from the picture. All guitars are tracked with LTD EC50 and the free Simul Analog Guitar Suite plugins, bass is LTD B50 thru sansamp. Anyways, here is the audio file: http://www.ahjteam.com/upload/2008/g...ering_test.mp3 (~5.5mb) There is a 2+16 bar runs of a very basic drumloop with more guitars added each time. Heres how the runs go and how they are panned: 1: lead guitar alone playing F# and D, R60 2: rhythm guitar alone playing A E and G, L60 3: both together, L60 R60 4: added bass playing same line as rhythm guitar, C 5: rhythm guitar double tracked, R60 6: rhythm guitar quad tracked and lead guitar double tracked, rhythm L100 R100 lead L60 Also do note that my guitarsounds are generally pretty thin sounding by theirselves, but I made it on purpose. This way I can leave a lot more room and definition for the bass guitar. But as you might've noticed, the rhythm guitar has a bit more low end on it than the lead sound, when the lead sound has more mids, high and presence and also a delay effect to mask some of the errors and make the sound a bit smoother. The rhythm sound is dry, no delay or reverb on it. Last edited by ahjteam : April 19th, 2009 at 10:05 AM.

November 23rd, 2008, 11:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
TheDriller Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fuck burning churches, lets burn down schools and wildlife preserves Posts: 2,182	are all the guitars running through the same (virtual) amp? or two different amps?