#18: How DI Tracks Can Save Your Guitar Recordings

When you record a guitar or bass, you should always record a clean DI signal in addition to your amp (or amp sim, Kemper, etc.)There are plenty of

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#13: Understanding The Controls On Your Recording Gear

Confused by all the switches, buttons and knobs on your recording gear? "What does this knob on my recording gear actually do and how does this all work?

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#12: Bass Tone Is More Than Just Low End

Bass Tone is not just about getting the low end right. The bass has to cut through the mix and we need a bass tone that makes it

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How To Get Your Low End Right (BEFORE Mixing)

Getting the low end right is one of the most important and most difficult things in music production. Not because it’s technically hard to do, but because it

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3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Record Bass Before Guitar

Many people record a band in this order:1. Drums -> 2. Bass -> 3. Guitars -> 4. Everything else -> 5. VocalsI used to do the exact same

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Q&A Session #2 – Guitar Recording

Topics Covered In This Video: Computer specs & Settings, Latency, Buffer-Size, Bit Depth, Sample Rate, Silence Before/After Songs, Guitar Cables, Headroom, Editing/Cutting/Fades, Power Strips, Hum Issues If you

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DIY-Recording FAQ – Episode 1: Amp vs DI

This is the first video of the “DIY-Recording FAQ” series that I promised to do and today’s question is: “When it comes to guitars and bass, should we

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Ever Wondered How To Actually Record DI Tracks?

If you record a guitar or bass, I recommend you record a DI track AND a microphone track. I’ve explained the reason for this in one of my

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