mcbeddall Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Hi , I'm using a firehawk at the moment but I always get good informative answers from this forum , so I have a question. I'm relatively new to recording into a daw (recorded tons of times in studios) and have recorded a few tracks recently and while I'm fairly happy with the overall result, as a band we all feel the guitars could be better. Currently I've been using tones that I've created for live use , they have been road tested and tweaked and everybody loves the tones I use, I play through an lt3. However when recorded they just don't quite hit the spot. When recording into a daw is it better to create the tones using headphones? Or am I better off creating the tones while using the powered speakers I use for mixing? Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated Thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Use both, and any other speaker systems you may have. Things may sound good on one system, but bad on another. If you can get things sounding fairly good on a number of systems, chances are it will sound good enough on most systems. I'm not referring to a single guitar tone, but a finished mix that contains a guitar tone. If you make a tone as standalone and intend to use it with other components of the music, don't expect good results. When constructing a preset, it must be built around the rest of the music, as well as the other components built around the guitar tone. Everything should ideally work together and compliment everything else. I suppose a lot of this can be done within the DAW, and might be the more correct of way, and even easier way, of doing things; I don't know for sure as I've never really had any formal training for this stuff. But I've had decent enough results with trying to get things correct as much as possible at the sound source, or the HD in your case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbeddall Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 OK thanks, so recording without reverb on the guitar would be a good idea? I suppose I'd have more control if I remove it from the patch and add it later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbeddall Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Yes it makes sense for sure , I just hate recording my guitars dry but I'll definitely try it without reverb or delay on the next track So can anybody recommended a good plugin for reverbs and delays? Cost is an issue at the moment but if it's something that's undoubtedly worth the money I'll raise funds somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 OK thanks, so recording without reverb on the guitar would be a good idea? Well, not if you are doing 80's glam rock and hair metal. Reverb rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 or Surf! Love the Shadows and lollipop Dale is always cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKenivel Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Have you tried using IRs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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