Recording electric guitar - DI Joe - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 75
LearningWhen you talk about electric guitar, it's inevitable to think about the instrument and an amp. To the point that when you mention "direct recording" to some guitar players, they cry "heresy!" and shu…
Recording electric guitar - Hardware - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 74
LearningIn this new installment I will suggest some mics and DIs to record electric guitar. By no means is this list meant to be an exhaustive one. As usual, I will stick to the standard solutions which have…
Recording electric guitar - With or without effects? - … - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 73
LearningGranted, the techniques you saw last time are not exactly meant for beginners. That said, I think they allow you to get results that easily compensate for the headaches that thinking about the "routi…
Recording electric guitar - With or without effects? - … - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 72
LearningSecond part dedicated to trying to solve the question of whether you should record an electric guitar with or without effects.
Recording electric guitar - With or without effects? - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 71
LearningToday we'll tackle a rather delicate topic: Should you record with or without effects?
Recording electric guitar - Direct recording - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 70
LearningToday we will discuss direct recording an electric guitar.
Recording electric guitar - Double-tracking - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 69
LearningThis week I will show you a technique that is pretty widespread when it comes to recording electric guitar (but not only), namely: double-tracking!
Recording electric guitar - Combining several mics - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 67
LearningIn this installment we'll see in which cases it might be useful to record your guitar amp with several mics.
Recording electric guitar - In practice - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 66
LearningThis week we retake the recording of electric guitar with the installment you've all been waiting for: the recording itself!
Off track - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 65
LearningToday's article is somewhat special but serves to illustrate perfectly the advantages of splicing into episodes this sort of series.
Recording electric guitar - Prerequisites (Part 2) - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 64
LearningSecond installment of the chapter dedicated to recording electric guitar. Today we'll discuss a small accessory that many guitar players are fond of to see how it impacts the sound and how you can ma…
Recording electric guitar - Prerequisites (Part 1) - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 63
LearningThis week we'll start a new construction site dedicated to recording electric guitar. This chapter will have a lot in common with that of the bass – some of you might even think that certain passages…
Getting to know your gear - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 62
LearningFollowing the previous article, I think it's appropriate to discuss a crucial topic when you want to take recording seriously: the knowledge of the tools at your disposal. That's why today I will sho…
Talking mics - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 61
LearningA series like this wouldn't be complete if it didn't have an article dedicated exclusively to the recording tool by excellence: the microphone. For a change, I'll start today with some theory and the…
Doing away with the complexes - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 60
LearningThis week I will digress a bit to reflect upon recorded music and demystify it all a bit...
Recording bass guitar - Naming names - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 59
LearningThis week we'll discuss an issue that might seem less exciting than the rest we've seen so far but which was specially demanded by some Audiofanziners. It's basically a lean and mean list of mics and…
Recording bass guitar - Tips and tricks - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 58
LearningToday's topic is somewhat off-topic. In fact, while the tricks you've seen so far allow you to improve "soft" and average electric bass lines, they can certainly be used both during tracking and mixd…
Recording bass guitar - With or without effects? - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 56
LearningIn this new episode dedicated to recording bass guitar, we'll deal with a somewhat thorny issue: should you record the bass with or without effects?
Recording bass guitar - Putting the perfect sound toget… - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 55
LearningOkay, now that we've settled once and for all the question of phase correlation, the time has come to mix our bass tracks.
Recording bass guitar - A matter of phase (Part 2) - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 54
LearningI guess some of you are a bit unhappy about how I closed the last installment. And you probably won't like me any better when you realize that the first paragraph still doesn't dive into the topic I …
Recording bass guitar - A matter of phase (Part 1) - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 53
LearningUp to now, we've recorded a bass line in two different ways: directly from the instrument and via one or several mics placed in front of a bass amp. As you were able to hear, each of these methods ha…
Recording a bass amp - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 52
LearningIn the previous article, you saw how to direct record an electric bass. Although such recordings can be pretty good, they have a major drawback: lack of body. This can be a real problem when the prod…
Direct recording a bass guitar - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 51
LearningAfter two articles dealing with the pre-requisites for any bass recording worthy of the name, today we will dive into the heart of the matter with the direct recording of a bass guitar.
Recording bass guitar - Prerequisites (Part 2) - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 50
LearningIn the first installment of this chapter dedicated to the recording of bass guitar, you saw the impact the instrument itself can have on the overall result. But there's much more to consider before p…
Recording bass guitar - Prerequisites (Part 1) - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 49
LearningAfter the chapter dedicated to drums, it seems natural to continue with the second most important element of groove: the bass guitar. To begin this section I would really like to stress a notion I've…