About this course: Great guitar tonesare responsible for the sound signature, memorability and success of some of the worlds biggest hit records. Most guitarist want to create their own distinctive tone but cannot afford expensive amp, cabinets ormicrophones - let alone, a professionalstudio or treated room to record guitars. And even with a good guitar amp it’s nearly impossible to record in ahome studiowithout disturbingneighbours. Fortunately modern technology nowallows anyone with a computer, an interface and a few plugins to design incredible guitar sounds. No loud amps orexpensive microphones needed: it’s all a matter of knowing how to do it. On this step-by-stepcourse you will learn all the tricks and techniques used by the professional in order to designamazing guitar tones in-the-box. In the 31 videos we explain it all from beginning to end: choosing theright guitarfor you, how to set it up, and how to configure your DAW and audio interface, how to choose the right virtual amp, how to tweak it, how to position your virtual microphones, all the way up toguitar mixing techniques and much more. In the course wedemonstrate some of the industry-leading amp simulation pluginsincluding Amplitube andGuitar Rig andweexplain in detailyou how to craft your unique guitar sound usingadvancedfunctions. You will also learn some of the best-kept secrets of famous producers to get incredible depth, width, and grit out of your guitar sound, to help itcut through the mix across many genres, fromfunky twangy rhythm partstobulldozer-heavypower chords. In this course youll learn: - How to get your sound into the system- Choosing Your Guitar- Setting Up Your Guitar- Selecting Guitar Pickups- Guitar Cables- DI Boxes And Preamps- Recording With The Hi-Z Input- Recording Through An External Preamp- Setting Up The DAW- Setting Up The Recording Levels- Monitoring The Amp Sounds- Recording Dry vsRecording With Effects- Processing The DI Sound- Clean Guitar Tones Using Amplitube- Setting Up Your Virtual Mics And Room- Clean Amp Models- Clean Guitar Sounds Using Guitar Rig- Adding Effects To A Clean Guitar Tone- Creating Funky Guitar Tones- Creating Crunch Tones With Guitar Rig- Crunch guitar Tones With Amplitube- Using Hardware FXPedals- Creating Heavy Metal Guitar Tones- Technique: Splitting Into Two Amps- Technique: Layer Recording- Technique combiningCrunch With Heavy Guitar Tones For Definition- Technique: Double Tracking- Getting A Tight Sound ThroughTime Correction- Essential Mixing Techniques
