Recording Rock Guitars

A great guitar sound is the centerpiece of modern rock, metal, pop-punk, and metalcore. Join producer Andrew Wade (A Day to Remember, The Ghost Inside, The Word Alive, etc) for an intensive look into the rock guitar techniques every producer and engineer needs to know. In this two-day course, Andrew will teach you everything you need to know about creating huge, thick guitar tones. You’ll learn how to prep and setup, and develop best practices for tracking guitars. He'll cover both real amp and amp sims, mixing in your DAW, and more. Whether you’re recording tracks at home or in a professional studio, this course will give you concrete, easy-to-apply techniques for taking your guitar sounds to the next level.

• Studio Walk-Through
• Choosing Gear and DAW Discussion
• Prep: Strings and Tuning
• Prep: Picks and Playing Position
• Tracking
• Editing: Melodyne and Quantize
• Editing: Noise Gate
• Editing: Adding Glitches and Compression
• Amp Sims and Impulse Responses
• Real Amps and Mics
• Reamping Overview
• Reamping Demo: One Mic
• Reamping Demo: Two Mics
• Axe-Fx vs. Kemper
• Making an Impulse Response
• Axe-Fx Tones
• Mixing Overview
• Mixing Demo
• EQ and Compression
• Tone Layering