Getting a good base line sound in DAW

[stratjacket]

Not sure the sound you’re going for and other variables, but here are some tips I do to get a basic sound

• Turn the gain down from what you’d normally play in the room
• Turn up the mids a little more than you normally would
• Record your rhythm guitar twice
• On each track, add a single band EQ
• On each EQ, make it a High Pass (HP) filter and cut everything at around 50-80hz (adjust to taste). Should look something like this.

• Pan one all the way Left
• Pan the other all the way Right
• Pan leads, licks and solos towards the center it just off center if there are vocals

If you want to add effects and have a single control over all your guitar tracks:

• Add a Stereo Aux Track panned all the way Left and all the way Right
• Send the output of each guitar Track to the Input of the Aux Track over a Bus. For example, send the output of each Guitar Track to Bus 1, Set the Input of your Aux Track to be Bus 1
• Now you can add effects or adjust the Level of your overall guitar by using the Aux Track. You can still adjust individual levels for on each guitar track as well.

If any recording hits Red on your meter, delete it. Record at lower levels. You can adjust the loudness by putting a Limiter on your Master Track to bring up the overall level.

 

[Ventura]

Not sure the sound you’re going for and other variables, but here are some tips I do to get a basic sound

• Turn the gain down from what you’d normally play in the room
• Turn up the mids a little more than you normally would
• Record your rhythm guitar twice
• On each track, add a single band EQ
• On each EQ, make it a High Pass (HP) filter and cut everything at around 50-80hz (adjust to taste). Should look something like this.

• Pan one all the way Left
• Pan the other all the way Right
• Pan leads, licks and solos towards the center it just off center if there are vocals

If you want to add effects and have a single control over all your guitar tracks:

• Add a Stereo Aux Track panned all the way Left and all the way Right
• Send the output of each guitar Track to the Input of the Aux Track over a Bus. For example, send the output of each Guitar Track to Bus 1, Set the Input of your Aux Track to be Bus 1
• Now you can add effects or adjust the Level of your overall guitar by using the Aux Track. You can still adjust individual levels for on each guitar track as well.

If any recording hits Red on your meter, delete it. Record at lower levels. You can adjust the loudness by putting a Limiter on your Master Track to bring up the overall level.

#epic

 

[Ventura]

Coming from a guy who just sent this from a tropical island he's stuck on.... LOL

aaawwwwwww, you ROCK man!!!!!! I ain't bitchin', at all, was just trying to help a Bro out ya know??

But 'stratjacket' nailed all - I mean ALL - the possible milestone points in his reply. I really can't add squat to that response.

Keep it real Brethren!! ?‍??

 

[VESmedic]

Have lots and lots of patience

And stay away from idiots on YouTube trying to tell you how to do things, who they themselves don’t make records or have a clue: just because some clown has 400,000 followers and talks really loud and yells DOES NOT mean he knows what he’s doing.

 

[VESmedic]

And also. There’s no rules here. Like at all. It’s like learning how to play guitar, except way way way less structured and more dynamic with lots of variables... don’t fall into the plug-in craze either, it’s a stupid chase: you can make a Grammy award winning record with pro tools stock plugins, or plug-in alliance for 21 bucks a month, when you get to that point.

great inputs, great playing, great captures: that is the key, period. Anyone who tells you different is lying , or has no clue. Great inputs, great source tones, great takes. Period.

also, be careful when people throw out arbitrary numbers on what to do with this and that: sure there is common ideas and threads, but don’t be afraid to experiment. also , lots of info is just plain wrong and gets regurgitated. Like the one about how a recorded guitar solo’d often sounds bad: I have no idea where this came from, but it’s simply not true at all, in the least, more often than not in my experience. Some of my favorite tones all sound amazing solo’d because... well... they are great tones, simple as that. Great tones don’t go from great, to shit when mixed with other instruments, this is just not a thing. Great is gonna be great, solo’d or not.