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starmaker
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I was wondering how you record the guitar then. Do you use a whole chain like for example Comp - > Distortion -> Modulation -> Delay -> Reverb, or do you save Modulation, Delay and Reverb for the DAW? I always have a feeling that Modulation, Delay and Reverb give me more control in the DAW than when I have those elements in a recording chain. And do you always record the guitar dry simulteneously?
I am gonna use your drum bus routing approach for my other parallel processing as well. I do agree soloing all those tracks is just a hassle. Thank you for the elaboration.
I go completely dry into the computer save for the odd time I need a wah (I haven't found a great wah plugin) and when I do I have a Teese RMC3 'boutique' wah I got from Analog Man. Tunable in so many ways. When I use the wah that's the only time I record both dry and wet at the same time into the daw. I don't like to commit to a specific sound on the way in.
Once inside the box I'll add in this usual order: modulation/delay/reverb and maybe light compression. Any overdrive/distortion I get from the amp plugin I'm using. I do have several distortion plugins but I find them kinda meh. There are the times I want to go Hendrix-ish and put a Fuzz Face type distortion first in the chain. And always a brickwall limiter at the end of the chain after the amp/speaker set to just catch any overs.