Today’s Tuesday Tip showcases DI Guitar recording with plugging directly into your audio interface. Followed with how to build a guitar amp setup in your DAW using more than a singular all-in-one plugin. Two examples given, one for a clean guitar tone and another for a more complex distorted guitar tone.
Shoutout to: Redwirez, Line 6, Eventide
Chris and Jody tackle the concept of recording Guitar using Direct Input techniques. Generally reserved for electric guitar, but can also be used for acoustic guitar if it’s equipped with pickups. They talk about the different methods of DI that you can use. Plus the how’s and why’s of doing DI type recording. It’s also not unlikely that some nonsense will be discussed.
Shoutout to: StudioDevil, Redwirez, CJ Vanston, Paul Jackson Jr.
Ah, compression. That lovely, magical, mystical thing that supposedly can fix things in the mix. Chris and Jody tackle what is compression. What are the common components and what do they do to the sound. That is the 1000 foot aerial view of compression and the backbone of this particular episode. Also, Friday Finds is here. What did Chris and Jody discover this week? Will they be the same thing? One way to find out… Download and listen!
It’s also not unlikely that there will be some nonsense discussed.
p.s. A premonition for the next Tuesday Tip is also within this podcast.
In this Tip Jody walks you through extreme examples of phase cancellation. Using a Kick drum sample as the instrument to pay attention too. Exploring what it sounds like when a sound can completely erase itself, and when it could fully enhance itself and other sonic values in-between.
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