How to Record & Re-Amp Electric Guitars with Matt McQueen
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➡️➡️Check out Matt's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/CapsuletoCone/featured
➡️➡️Learn more about how Matt McQueen records and re-amps guitars here: https://producelikeapro.com/blog/how-to-record-re-amp-electric-guitars-with-matt-mcqueen/ ➡️➡️Gear featured in this video:
➡️Avalon U5 DI: https://imp.i114863.net/2nWYM
➡️Radial X AMP: https://imp.i114863.net/RJ6a2
➡️Antelope Audio Orion 32 HD: https://en.antelopeaudio.com/products/orion-32hd-gen3/ Today, we have the wonderful Matt McQueen with us, and he is going to share with your how he records, edits, and re-amps electric guitars! So what we’re going to do today is we are going to go through that process and I am going to show you how I set it up, how I connect it all together and how I use it inside of Pro Tools. What I do is once I am in Pro Tools, I actually send the DI channel out of its own separate output on the interface, and that output then comes out line level and hits a re-amping box. This then converts the line level signal into an instrument level signal that the guitar amplifier sees and reacts to the same way it would if a guitar was plugged straight into it. There are a few benefits to recording guitars this way. The first one is that on your DAW screen you can clearly see the transient information of what the guitar is playing, which is really difficult when you have a guitar part that is either overdriven, or heavily distorted. That information is basically flatlined and it is difficult to edit those kinds of guitars. The second benefit is that once your edits are done, you can simply unarm the DI track and re-record the guitar with your edits in place, so by the time you get to the end of the song, all of your editing is done for all of your guitar tracks. A third benefit is your guitar performance is now really tight and with your edits in place, you can go ahead and re-record the guitar, through the amplifier that you were using while the guitarist was making the performance and by the time you get finished tracking the song, all of the editing for all of the guitars is done. That’s really cool because you don’t have to think, did I go back and do that? Do I still need to do that? The fourth benefit of recording guitars this way is that once your edits are done, you could also stick a pedal in the chain, between the re-amping box and the guitar amplifier. This workflow really helps you to make sure that as you are going, every step of the way through the song, you’re not thinking about fixing something later and it helps you to pay attention better to the details of what is being played by the artist. So we’re going to jump into Pro Tools, and I’ve got a four-bar chorus riff, and along with the drums and the bass line, and main guitar riff, and I am going to double it with my guitar, to show you how I would go through and edit this and re-amp it if the guitar player were actually here in the studio! This is a really handy way to work really fast and make sure all your editing is done, and all of the guitars are played really tight together. ❤️My Favorite Plugins:
➡️Waves MV2: https://waves.7eer.net/c/1205870/286864/4512?u=https://www.waves.com/plugins/mv2%23make-tracks-cut-through-the-mix-with-mv2
➡️Waves RBass: https://waves.7eer.net/c/1205870/286864/4512?u=https://www.waves.com/plugins/renaissance-bass
➡️Renaissance Vox: https://waves.7eer.net/c/1205870/286864/4512?u=https://www.waves.com/plugins/renaissance-vox
➡️Renaissance Compressor: https://waves.7eer.net/c/1205870/286864/4512?u=https://www.waves.com/plugins/renaissance-compressor
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➡️Warren Huart Kemper Pack https://lancasteraudio.com/shop/kemper-packs/warren-huart-kemper-pack/ ❤️GEAR:
➡️Stealth Sonics: https://stealthsonics.com/?aff=3
➡️UK Sound 1173: https://vintageking.com/uk-sound-1173?utm_source=warrenhuart&utm_campaign=uk1173&utm_content=uk1173
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Resource page for music producers and beat makers. Curated lists of tools and external websites that I have used to help promote my beats online. Throughout my years of selling beats I have used various tools both good and bad.
I decided to make this resource page to give you an idea of what tools work really well and will help you make and sell beats. I will be updating this page often as I am continually trying different methods on selling beats. I recommend bookmarking this page, as it will be updated often. Enjoy!
Disclosure: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links, and at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase. Please understand that I have experience with all of these companies, and I recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions I make if you decide to buy something.
MY MOST RECOMMENDED TOOLS TO HELP YOU SUCCEED
Thrive Themes is a tool that enables me to create these amazing landing pages in a matter of minutes. My resource page and my whole website is created using Thrive Themes.
I've been using WordPress for a long time and, to be honest, I always thought it was the best tool for the job. But recently starting using something that changed my mind (although I'm still using WordPress):
After seeing what this new plugin does, I don't think I can ever go back to the "normal" WordPress editor. I didn't even know it was possible to have this kind of a completely visual editor, but there it is (check the link for a demo video).
Before now, I never realized just how much time I was spending waiting for page reloads while creating content in WordPress. You can save massive amounts of time with a "live" editor like this.
And what I love about this tool is that it doesn't just replace the boring and clumsy old WordPress editor, it's also a whole sales-page-building suite! If you build marketing pages and landing pages, this thing is brilliant!
It is very easy to create sales pages, squeeze pages , download and thank you pages. All in a matter of minutes.
That's without any website code experience. Try It Out Here
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When it comes to picking a hosting company, speed, and reliability matters greatly. When I started selling beats online, I didn’t know much about websites & hosting.
All of my niche websites are hosted on Bluehost. Why? Because they make it incredibly easy to get a new site up and running with their one-click automatic WordPress Blog installation.
I made the mistake of assuming all hosting companies were equally as good as each other!! oh, boy was I wrong. Having a slow website, lost me a lot money in terms of sales from beats. When I look back now I can understand why.
I put myself in my customer's shoes, coming to my site to buy beats. As I typed the url and pressed enter the time it took to load was awful and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I, as a customer don’t want to wait, I want a pleasant experience. It also dawn on me that first impressions are everything when it comes to websites, so you want your website to be fast.
I highly recommend using Bluehost for your first website, and you can get started now at $3.89/month.
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Airbit Beat Store
Beat Store I Use & Trust
When it comes to selling beats, Airbit is a must for hosting your beats. Airbit is an all in one solution for any producer wanting to sell beats online.
No matter how many beats, online profiles, or websites you have, Airbit players can be integrated seamlessly to give you and your customers a professional and fully automated service to sell instrumentals on many other websites.
Your customers can listen to your beats, select the beats they want to buy, and place their order directly from the player. Thanks to the technologies of html5 you can take Airbit players for selling beats and place them all over the internet to maximize your exposure as a producer.
I recently wrote an article on how to place the Airbit player on Your Website, it can be found here – guide on how to add Airbit to Website
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This is one tool/service I cannot live without. Aweber is a vital tool in allowing me to reach thousands of people with the click of a button. I truly recommend Aweber to anyone wanting to sell beats or anything for that matter.
I would even recommend it to bands and artists, who want to communicate with their audience. I could talk for forever about this service but my best advice is to go try it, you’ll see what I mean when you use it.
Also, the first month is only $1 it’s a no brainer!!!
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