Rig-Talk M.I.A

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VonBonfire said:
I agree completely. I dig the Ennio Morricone vibe. Would be a killer project and it sounds like you have a pretty good start on it there. I was waiting for a vibra slap though, lol. Don't be afraid to wet that lead guitar in with plenty of reverb and a good bite on the bridge pickup....maybe a tele or strat through some kinda tweed twin kemper profile......just throwing some ideas around. A good trumpet sound, those horns, is also a good direction to pursue as you mentioned. That surf/western/steel guitar/searing mexican brass sound is some of my favorite listening. There are norteno bands here with amazing brass sections. Can't wait to hear some more of what you come up with. Good luck Daniel!
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It was seriously missing reverb for sure. I have been just recording the tracks with reverb from my Kemper, but I decided to do it “the right way” and record them dry and add it in after so I could adjust it in the mix.
Turns out all my reverb plugins are absolute garbage lol so it didn’t work out for me.

There is a way to have my Kemper split the wet and dry signals into separate tracks in the DAW but I haven’t figured that out yet. I’d love to redo the all melodies with just a trumpet but I’m not there yet
 
Monkey Man said:
Dude, that parody song slays. :rock:
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Thanks man, it was a lot of fun putting it together. It’s the first time I ever tried recording my voice and while no singers are in danger of losing their jobs, I was expecting it to come out worse than it did. I don’t even sing happy birthday at parties lol
 
VonBonfire said:
That's interesting. It sounded so perfect for the gain structure I thought it was either modeled or a killer amp/cab with a sweet mic on it. Sounded great. It was thick but not muddy, clear but not harsh. Very detailed. Nice work.
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The "trick" of splitting the rhythm guitars in two, and hard panning L & R when the lead guitar comes in is just amazing !

Also; pulling out the mids of the double-tracked rhythm guitars gives the lead guitar track plenty of space to exist.

 
Arch Stanton said:
The "trick" of splitting the rhythm guitars in two, and hard panning L & R when the lead guitar comes in is just amazing !

Also; pulling out the mids of the double-tracked rhythm guitars gives the lead guitar track plenty of space to exist.

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Yeah that lead was sitting in there really nicely. So was there more than one rhythm guitar that you laid a track for or were you just recording the rhythm guitar in stereo (or two mics on one amp) then doing the panning? I'm just thinking of ways I can apply some of this to the project I am working on once I am in the mixing process since I have a two guitar band.
 
VonBonfire said:
Yeah that lead was sitting in there really nicely. So was there more than one rhythm guitar that you laid a track for or were you just recording the rhythm guitar in stereo (or two mics on one amp) then doing the panning? I'm just thinking of ways I can apply some of this to the project I am working on once I am in the mixing process since I have a two guitar band.
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The first 8 bars are one guitar track in stereo.

As soon as the lead guitar comes in, I double-tracked the rhythm guitars. One panned hard left, one the other hard right. Also, went from having reverb on that rhythm guitar to "bone dry" when I change to double-tracked. Reasoning here is because the lead guitar is drenched in ping-pong delay, reverb, and Eventide H949

Once the lead guitar tracks starts, I also pull out all the mids from the rhythm, using Ozone 11 equalizer.

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Arch Stanton said:
Reasoning here is because the lead guitar is drenched in ping-pong delay, reverb, and Eventide H949
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Whole post is great info, thanks. I quoted this part because the guitar sounded wet but not drenched in the sense that you lost any clarity which is what I would associate with "drenched". I dunno what it is with some soundmen these days drenching everything, especially the vocals, in delay. A couple times I felt like I was shouting into the grand canyon. I thought the tone you had was tastefully done, not what I would call drenched, but def wet. It just fit the overall scheme of your clip real well.
 
VonBonfire said:
Whole post is great info, thanks. I quoted this part because the guitar sounded wet but not drenched in the sense that you lost any clarity which is what I would associate with "drenched". I dunno what it is with some soundmen these days drenching everything, especially the vocals, in delay. A couple times I felt like I was shouting into the grand canyon. I thought the tone you had was tastefully done, not what I would call drenched, but def wet. It just fit the overall scheme of your clip real well.
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Well, if I "solo" that track in my DAW and listen to it, it sounds like it's drenched in verb, delay and Eventide

:ROFLMAO:
 
I quit playing guitar, I’m only doing midi for pretend spy themes now

 
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