[LAU] Applying effects when recording electric guitars: before or after recording?

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Thu Jul 7 09:12:29 UTC 2011


On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:53:33AM +0200, Roberto Suárez Soto wrote:
 
>     That sounds like an awfully good excuse to burn a lot of money in effect
> processors :-)

Hardware puts the controls in the musician's hands and avoids all
the trouble of setting up computers etc. It's just a lot easier to
use and reliable. There's also a hype factor but the same can be
said about software effects.
 
>     So, ideally, should the computer be used only to record and mix, with
> all the effects already applied? What if you decide afterwards that that
> long solo you played would be better without some effect? You record it
> again? Sounds like a lot of work; but then, that would explain the time it
> takes to record an album.

The 'lot of work' is maybe what it takes, and you can always record
two or more tracks at the same time, a clean one and any number with
effects applied.

Ciao,

-- 
FA



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