1. What audio interface do you recommend? 2. When you play to the song do you play to the actual song or do you play to some type of backing track with all guitars removed? I've discovered recently that most songs have multiple layers of guitars in the mix? Or do you just play over the song in it's entirety? In other words, if you were to remove your guitar recordings could I still hear the guitars in the song itself? Hope this makes sense. Thanks so much. Just trying to make my first video.
Do you use an audio interface? Also do you cut the audio in 1 track? And do you record the audio and video simultaneous? I'm trying to get started making my own videos. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
@@DavidJonesMusic I really like your sound. When you say double trac, do you mean that you layer the audio by playing the exact same track twice? Thanks
@@citrusvenom appreciate it! Well I actually tri track, but double is just fine, and is most often used. Record the same part in 2 separate tracks and pan one hard left and the other hard right for the stereo effect. I only tri track because I like to have one guitar hard left, hard right, and one turned down low in the center to fill up a bit of headroom.
Let's say one part of a song calls for an acoustic guitar and another part calls for an electric... More simply put, can you use different guitars in the same track? If so, how do you sink the parts up to match the track? Thanks. By the way I can't stop watching this particular video. AMAZING!!!
It would be counterintuitive to use multiple guitars in one track because you wouldn’t be able to have one guitar playing the entire time with another track on top of it. It just wouldn’t work. Parts would have to be cut out to work around eachother. Additionally, all plugins ie; Eq, compression, gates, etc would be applied to every guitar in that track. Say you have a electric on one track with a overdrive plugin, then you have a acoustic on the same track, the acoustic would then be getting the overdriven signal due to that plugin being in the chain. Just do 2 separate tracks. One electric, and one acoustic. And there should be no need to sync tracks. If you download the song and throw it into your daw, you can just play over the song and record It.
Do you use a string dampener or fret wrap when recording your audio? If you do use one, which one should I buy? Also you should cover some Queensrÿche songs. Thanks in advance
I only use a wrap when recording solos so no strings ring out. I want solos to be as clean as possible. Other then that i keep it on the back to mute harmonic overtones.
@@DavidJonesMusic thank you. One more thing, is it possible to cut parts of songs and piece the parts together and make it look/sound right? Or do you have to record an entire song in one attempt? What do you do? Thanks
@@citrusvenom Hard to explain what I do, but you can do whatever you want. If you want to record individual parts (comping) it’s fine, but it’s better in my opinion to record the whole song and just redo parts that you messed up on. Not a fan of comping an entire song. In my opinion it just means your not ready to actually record it if you have to comp an entire track.
When you play along with a song, do you use mp3 format of the song? I'm just trying to figure out what quality of audio recording I need to use as the track to play along with or as a base? Thanks
I know you mentioned about double-tracking your rhythm guitars to get a more full sound (panning one left and one right). Is it alright to use one electric guitar for the left and maybe an acoustic for the right? Or would it sound better to use 2 electrics?
Dude you are insane, that was awesome.
Thanks so much man!!
SUPER ENJOYABLE LOVED IT ♥
Dude the intonation of your guitars is perfect, sounds so good!
Hey, thanks man!!
1. What audio interface do you recommend? 2. When you play to the song do you play to the actual song or do you play to some type of backing track with all guitars removed? I've discovered recently that most songs have multiple layers of guitars in the mix? Or do you just play over the song in it's entirety? In other words, if you were to remove your guitar recordings could I still hear the guitars in the song itself? Hope this makes sense. Thanks so much. Just trying to make my first video.
Lots of stuff to cover. Send me a DM on Instagram @ david_jones_music and I’ll send a audio message answering your questions
So calm and smooth , effortless playing. That was insane!!! Cheers
Thank you man!
Keep on rockin' brother! Great chops, and great editing! Cheers
That means a lot man, thank you!
Nice song , great playing!!
Thanks man
Yoooo this is tight!!!
Thanks so much!
Do you use an audio interface? Also do you cut the audio in 1 track? And do you record the audio and video simultaneous? I'm trying to get started making my own videos. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
1)Yes. 2)No. all guitars except for leads are double tracked. 3)no. All tracks are recorded prior to shooting the video.
Only reason I double track is because it fills up way more in my opinion. I’ve always thought just single tracks are lazy, but to each their own!
@@DavidJonesMusic I really like your sound. When you say double trac, do you mean that you layer the audio by playing the exact same track twice? Thanks
@@citrusvenom appreciate it!
Well I actually tri track, but double is just fine, and is most often used. Record the same part in 2 separate tracks and pan one hard left and the other hard right for the stereo effect. I only tri track because I like to have one guitar hard left, hard right, and one turned down low in the center to fill up a bit of headroom.
@@DavidJonesMusic I really appreciate you getting back to me. What would be real cool is if you made a video of how you record your videos
Let's say one part of a song calls for an acoustic guitar and another part calls for an electric... More simply put, can you use different guitars in the same track? If so, how do you sink the parts up to match the track? Thanks. By the way I can't stop watching this particular video. AMAZING!!!
It would be counterintuitive to use multiple guitars in one track because you wouldn’t be able to have one guitar playing the entire time with another track on top of it. It just wouldn’t work. Parts would have to be cut out to work around eachother. Additionally, all plugins ie; Eq, compression, gates, etc would be applied to every guitar in that track. Say you have a electric on one track with a overdrive plugin, then you have a acoustic on the same track, the acoustic would then be getting the overdriven signal due to that plugin being in the chain.
Just do 2 separate tracks. One electric, and one acoustic. And there should be no need to sync tracks. If you download the song and throw it into your daw, you can just play over the song and record It.
@@DavidJonesMusic thank you so much. You're amazing my friend.
awesome dude
Thanks man!
What pedal/effect are you using to get that PRS to sound like a telecaster? Compressor? Thanks
Only effect I have going on is a Ibanez tube screamer. No compression. Using the guitars coil split helps a lot
@@DavidJonesMusic thanks. Sounds amazing
@@citrusvenom No problem man, thanks a lot!
Do you use a string dampener or fret wrap when recording your audio? If you do use one, which one should I buy? Also you should cover some Queensrÿche songs. Thanks in advance
I only use a wrap when recording solos so no strings ring out. I want solos to be as clean as possible. Other then that i keep it on the back to mute harmonic overtones.
And any wrap by Gruv gear is cool. I’m using the Matt Heafy signature wrap
@@DavidJonesMusic thank you. One more thing, is it possible to cut parts of songs and piece the parts together and make it look/sound right? Or do you have to record an entire song in one attempt? What do you do? Thanks
@@citrusvenom Hard to explain what I do, but you can do whatever you want. If you want to record individual parts (comping) it’s fine, but it’s better in my opinion to record the whole song and just redo parts that you messed up on. Not a fan of comping an entire song. In my opinion it just means your not ready to actually record it if you have to comp an entire track.
@@DavidJonesMusic the only reason I ask is that I can play most the song perfect. It seems like a few screw ups always happen though
When you play along with a song, do you use mp3 format of the song? I'm just trying to figure out what quality of audio recording I need to use as the track to play along with or as a base? Thanks
Mp3
@@DavidJonesMusic thanks so much. You are helping.e so much. I'm hoping to get my channel started soon. Thanks because I really needed your help
I know you mentioned about double-tracking your rhythm guitars to get a more full sound (panning one left and one right). Is it alright to use one electric guitar for the left and maybe an acoustic for the right? Or would it sound better to use 2 electrics?
Up to you. I would use 2 electric.
@@DavidJonesMusic thanks so much
Where did you find the backing track?
I make my own using a stem separator. Lalal.ai.
Bro - the cuts to black in this video were annoyingAF !
Good