RECORDING - GUITAR SESSION

For my last recording session, I intended to record guitar, bass and vocals. However, once listening to my track, I felt that if I added more elements it would be overcrowding the track that had formed. I had initially set out to record a driving, rhythmic bassline to contrast with the one but felt there was already too many instruments sharing the same frequencies in the low end and that the driving bass didn’t fit with the feel of the track.

I had also intended to record vocals and then heavily process them using distortion and reverb to create an otherworldly sounding voice. I then had a listen to what I had already and decided against adding vocals. My reason for this is that I want the listener to be able to create visuals in their mind while listening to this, or for it to invoke emotions. I felt that to add any vocals might influence this if they could make out what was being said.

I did however record some guitar where, similar to how I used the pad, I strummed chords periodically. I recorded this at home using my Focusrite interface and ProTools on my laptop. I recorded using the DI function on the Focusrite and my reasoning for this was that I wanted a clean signal so that I could add effects and processing during the mixing stage to make sure everything sounded blended and well balanced. I could’ve recorded through an amp with effects pedals that I own but I wanted them to have a more electronically processed sound to blend with the other electronic elements present.