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I've been pondering about this for quite awhile and just wanted to see what other people are doing to see how it benefits the engineer and guitarist.
Let's say you're tracking guitars and these are the final takes that you commit to. Let's also say you're just double tracking and start by recording the first guitar in mono (which will then later be panned left for instance when mixing).
Whether you're going section by section or the full song straight through (it doesn't really matter), are you recording the next guitar take (which is essentially a double that will be panned right in the mix):
1. By itself with the first guitar take completely muted
2. Both playing at the same time panned mono (first take is possibly lowered in volume)
3. The first take panned left while you record a mono take of the second panned right so you're hearing the stereo spread as it's being recorded
Or some combination of those haha.
Hope that makes sense, and I'm curious as to what everyone does.
Let's say you're tracking guitars and these are the final takes that you commit to. Let's also say you're just double tracking and start by recording the first guitar in mono (which will then later be panned left for instance when mixing).
Whether you're going section by section or the full song straight through (it doesn't really matter), are you recording the next guitar take (which is essentially a double that will be panned right in the mix):
1. By itself with the first guitar take completely muted
2. Both playing at the same time panned mono (first take is possibly lowered in volume)
3. The first take panned left while you record a mono take of the second panned right so you're hearing the stereo spread as it's being recorded
Or some combination of those haha.
Hope that makes sense, and I'm curious as to what everyone does.