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What We are Working With
The guitars in the Session were playing through out the entire record; basically a 4 bar loop. Something that plays that much throughout a song can become pretty boring.
You need to have a strong vocal and interesting melody to make sure that the listener wants to continue listening. But beyond that a little spice in the mix doesn’t hurt either, so that’s what I tried to do.
The sound of the guitar is complete with 3 different parts – 2 are playing the same thing. The 2 identical guitars are carrying the chord progression for the song while the high pitched guitar is just there to add an interesting sound and vibe to the guitar group.
Let’s take a listen to what they sound like RAW:
This is track “GTR Hi”
[audio:https://modernmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GTR-Hi-Raw.mp3|titles=GTR Hi Raw]
This is tracks “GTR 1” & “GTR 2” together
Okay so now lets put them together and see what they sounds like:
[audio:https://modernmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/All-guitars-Nothing.mp3|titles=All guitars Raw]
Processing of Each Insert
With all 3 guitars together it sounds much better than when they play by themselves but the sound is still lacking something. They still seem to be a bit dull, there’s no real life to them. This track is meant to have a Pop vibe to it so these guitars need to speak a little bit more to the listener.
GTR Hi
Panned 11% to the Left
Sonimus Satson
The first Plugin on this High guitar is the Sonimus Satson which is being used mainly for its slight amount of colour that it’s adding.
The only setting that I’m using on this plugin is the Low Pass Filter. I turned it counter-clockwise until I could hear some of the prickly top end being removed.
Before Sonimus Satson
[audio:https://modernmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GTR-Hi-Raw.mp3|titles=GTR Hi Before Satson]
After Sonimus Satson
[audio:https://modernmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GTR-Hi-Satson.mp3|titles=GTR Hi After Satson]
Waves C1 Compresssor Side Chain
This dynamic EQ is being used to remove some of the 4k whenever it gets a bit irratating. I could have reached for an EQ but I just liked the sound of this.
Another reason for using this plugin is so that I could get the tone to match a little bit closer to the other 2 guitars. This makes my life a whole lot easier so that when I send it to a bus I can get the exact tone I am looking for.
Before Waves C1
[audio:https://modernmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GTR-Hi-Satson.mp3|titles=GTR Hi Before Waves C1]
After Waves C1
[audio:https://modernmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GTR-Hi-Satson-C1.mp3|titles=GTR Hi After Waves C1]