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Recording guitars – The myth and the truth

We could not model more than a handful of amps in a reasonable amount of time, and

we don´t see a reason in doing so. I´ve been recording guitars for 2 decades now and I

have been in many "world-class" studios in Europe and the US, and I have NEVER seen

anybody else use more than 4 amps.

I am talking about working producers now (who have recorded many of your favorite

CDs), not amp collectors.

And all the engineers I ever spoke to have 2 or 3 (or less!) setups of microphones, mic

preamps and EQs or consoles that they use. A setup for a heavy metal session might

look slightly different than the setup for a blues band... but that´s usually about it.

The pros learned how to use their gear and how to adjust it to the different amps and

cabinets that guitar players bring into the studio, and they record killer guitar tones with

their go-to setups.

While you can get away recording vocals by just placing an expensive "vocal mic" and a

decent preamp in front of a singer there is no such thing as a "guitar microphone". At

least most of the distorted guitar sounds you hear on professional CDs have been

recorded through clever "recording chains". With setups that have often taken the

engineer years to develop his / her sound.

Stereo Sounds (aka DOUBLED guitars)

For best results insert bx_rockrack on a subgroup (aux input) and route 2 DI guitar tracks

into this bus, panned hard L/R (100%). DO NOT use 2 mono tracks and 2 instances of the

plugin as this causes higher CPU usage and makes changing settings harder.

Doubling guitars (recording them 2 times with IDENTICAL riffs) is a common practice to

achieve that huge sound you know from many of your favorite bands. It sounds different

and wider than using "doubling FX plugins" or Chorus. It takes some precision in your

playing, but the results are well worth the effort!

The amps we used

As stated before we have taken a few select amps ("our amps") and modeled them by

playing a guitar straight into the computer, routing it through the amp in development

and played the output of this amp plugin (with no cabinet simulation or processing at

all) straight into a power amp. The power amp was connected to our favorite guitar

cabinet(s).

We switched back and forth between the real tube-amp (the "idol" amp) and the

modeled plugin amp, until there was literally no difference to be heard between both of

them.

The Recording Chains

To capture the sound of the cabinets and the studio setups we actually played the

plugin amp through real guitar cabinets, and we miked and EQ-ed them just like in a real

guitar-recording session. We did that in Los Angeles in THE MIX ROOM (with Ben

Grosse) and we obviously used our Brainworx Studio as well.

We used different cabinets and microphone setups, to capture real-life setups for all

kinds of sounds, from sweet clean sounds to raging metal riffs.

These setups rock, and we believe they will not need any further processing to deliver

guitar sounds equal to the best sounds you hear on professional guitar projects.

Connecting your guitar and your computer

You need a professional audio interface (USB or Firewire) with either a "Guitar Input" or

a Microphon input. Use a DI-box if you choose the microphone input. Connect the XLR

output of the DI box to the Mic Input of your audio interface.

A good DI box connected to the Mic Input often gives you better results than using the

"Guitar Input", especially on some cheaper audio interfaces these guitar inputs are "less

than perfect".

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