Read some articles specific to recording guitar tracks.
Learn something new everyday. Most of my experience is near the end of the analog era. It was understood, and sometimes formalized to print, that guitars should not be freshly strung (i was changing strings almost on a daily basis then) for studio sessions. It didn't matter how adept one was at assuring strings were sufficiently stretched to hold 440 for 5 or 6 minutes, or how tight the intonation was. Some engineers preferred a pure 440 to a tempered sound. I didn't want to blemish my pre CBS strat with bridge micro tuners. Older strats with proper heads are easy to tune-up tight.
Read an article yesterday that said just the opposite. New strings were best.
The article also discussed doubling tracks. Another art on the same topic suggested that the doubled tracks, even for solos, should be recorded separately, instead of simply duplicating the track. That makes sense for back tracks, but doubling solo / fill tracks sure seems like it would give a re tentative ear fits.
Was wondering how others serviced double tracking guitar tracks. We're getting a 1/2 inch 8 track R2R. Is the approach different with analog than it is digital recording?
Thanks
Learn something new everyday. Most of my experience is near the end of the analog era. It was understood, and sometimes formalized to print, that guitars should not be freshly strung (i was changing strings almost on a daily basis then) for studio sessions. It didn't matter how adept one was at assuring strings were sufficiently stretched to hold 440 for 5 or 6 minutes, or how tight the intonation was. Some engineers preferred a pure 440 to a tempered sound. I didn't want to blemish my pre CBS strat with bridge micro tuners. Older strats with proper heads are easy to tune-up tight.
Read an article yesterday that said just the opposite. New strings were best.
The article also discussed doubling tracks. Another art on the same topic suggested that the doubled tracks, even for solos, should be recorded separately, instead of simply duplicating the track. That makes sense for back tracks, but doubling solo / fill tracks sure seems like it would give a re tentative ear fits.
Was wondering how others serviced double tracking guitar tracks. We're getting a 1/2 inch 8 track R2R. Is the approach different with analog than it is digital recording?
Thanks