I love being in the studio. \u00a0I realize there is so much artists do not realize that is possible. \u00a0I thought I’d take a few moments and relate scenarios for you.<\/p>\n
Today, was guitar vocal. \u00a0Choices\u2026 \u00a0Do you record guitar, then vocal? \u00a0Guitar and vocal simultaneously? So many possibilities. \u00a0Advantages to guitar vocal at the same time\u2026The feel is right! \u00a0So often, the client thinks, they can record the guitar, then the vocal, only to find out the have omitted a chord or a ritardando, etc. \u00a0Then if there is a mistake, how do the get back into the flow of the piece? \u00a0So, record both at the same time.<\/p>\n
Disadvantages\u2026well, the voice ends up all over the guitar and the guitar kind of ends up on the vocal track. \u00a0Pitch correction is for the most part thrown out the window. \u00a0You can’t fix that flat note because it pulls the guitar with it. \u00a0Corrections are with new takes. \u00a0It is simple enough to link tracks together so that when you make a correction with a new take, you can pull all parts (guitar track and vocal track) together. \u00a0This works well.<\/p>\n
Advantages to doing guitar and vocal at separate times\u2026you can focus and make perfect the one then the other. \u00a0It’s amazing how many spare parts a simple song generates. \u00a0Yes, spare parts. \u00a0The chorus at least twice, the verse at least twice, the bridge, okay, only one of those…<\/p>\n
Then, you can do multiple takes of the vocal (at least 2) and then choose the best pieces from both. \u00a0So you bombed the first chorus entrance, borrow it from take 2 or the second chorus in either take. \u00a0So many possibilities, but… the timing and feeling has to be right.<\/p>\n
There is a third solution\u2026<\/p>\n
A guide version, with vocal and guitar. \u00a0Then, go back and play only guitar along with the guide version, then replace the vocal. \u00a0The best of both worlds.<\/p>\n
You would think that this would take more time, but in reality, if you have to keep going back and figuring out what went wrong on the initial passes, it ends up being just as fast and efficient.<\/p>\n
So today’s session went down like this, (and it was a great session…)<\/p>\n
Guitar first, play back, something wrong, retry with guitar\/vocal at the same time. \u00a02 takes. \u00a02nd take a keeper. \u00a0Beautiful. \u00a0Feeling.<\/p>\n
Added harmony<\/p>\n
Mixed<\/p>\n
Done.<\/p>\n
(For techies… I did a Mid side variation with the voice being the mid, the guitar being the side. \u00a0I have had enough problems with phase cancellation of voice\/guitar mics in this scenario to try to avoid\u00a0two great mics in the center…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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