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Kevin Taylor
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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Kevin Taylor
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 03/05/00
Posts: 4,722
02/10/2003 7:17 pm
yeah ... I'll go along with that too.
I don't think I've ever used the same settings twice. It all depends on what other instruments are playing, what type of song it is, whether it's rhythm or lead, direct or mic'd etc...
Even after months of trying I still can't find the right sound for my leads on multitrack stuff.
Sometimes, especially on rock guitar instrumental stuff, you're changing it all the time. One part of the song will be double tracked, panned left and right and have both eq's and echoes set differently, then the next part is centred and totally dry. Then another instrument kicks in and you have to yank out a whole spectrum so they don't muddy each other up.
Then when you master it, you have to EQ it all over again to boost the bass & highs and remove some of the mids after you've compressed and limited the entire thing.