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to stereo track or not - help please

  • 19-01-2009 6:13pm
    #1
    stateofflux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭


    hi ..i just need a bit of advice in regard to guitar tracking...

    i have a roland vs 2480 and im recording a rock/indie song....i overdubbed the chorus rhythm guitar 4 times and overdubbed the solo twice...

    my question is should i always keep the solo guitar center? (if rhythms are hard left and right)

    my other question is...will the bottom fall out of the second verse (mono rhythm) if i don't have 2 guitars panned l+r like the chorus...im a bit concerned :eek:that i have to stereo all the ryhtthm guitar.

    any advice would be apreciated....

    kyle


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  • #2
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    stateofflux wrote: »
    hi ..i just need a bit of advice in regard to guitar tracking...

    i have a roland vs 2480 and im recording a rock/indie song....i overdubbed the chorus rhythm guitar 4 times and overdubbed the solo twice...

    my question is should i always keep the solo guitar center? (if rhythms are hard left and right)

    my other question is...will the bottom fall out of the second verse (mono rhythm) if i don't have 2 guitars panned l+r like the chorus...im a bit concerned :eek:that i have to stereo all the ryhtthm guitar.

    any advice would be apreciated....

    kyle

    As Niall says , there are no rules - in fact often there aren't double tracks at all.

    As was wisely posted by another poster on a similar thread, the solo is often taking over from the Lead Vocal in a track, which is usually centered.

    Also double tracking and hard panning is two track mono. Stereo by it's very definition must be 2 tracks recorded simultaneously with different inputs, in this case 2 mics.


  • #3
    stateofflux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭stateofflux


    thanks for the advice. it helped me a lot :) ...much appreciated

    kyle


  • #4
    ogy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭ogy


    try monitoring in mono and panning the solo to find a nice spot

    i read about panning in mono before in a recording book i have, but never tried it. can't remember the name of the book but its a famous one which has a few chapters of good info then interviews with engineers/producers at the end for their tips,

    can someone explain the idea to me? is it not just adjusting the level? whats going on?:)


  • #5
    Jimbo808
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭Jimbo808


    In the modern mixing style compression plays a huge part here. It's the glue that will bing your tracks together and essentially 'melt' them into one sound. I always submix my related (dynamically/sonically/spectrally) aspects. This allows me two things:

    1) - Single Fader control over multiple parts. A basic principle

    2) - The ability to apply the same compression to multiple tracks. This removes phase and envelope variables that will add up to a sloppy mix.

    J*808

    I do agree with a single part mixed correctly as a better approach to multi-tracking.


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