Recording & Editing Your Guitar

If you're looking to jump-start recording your own guitar parts but aren't sure where to begin, you've come to the right place. In this short but detailed guitar video tutorial series, recording guru Gary Hiebner walks you through the process step-by-step, from setting up your audio interface and DAW all the way through to editing the performances to make them really shine. This is absolutely essential knowledge for the beginning recordist and will save lots of time and frustration, establishing a firm foundation from which to build upon throughout your career. These videos are designed for those wanting to record their guitar directly into their DAW for the first time.

Videos

• Intro (00:22) - Gary discusses what we willl learn in the course.

• Pre-Recording (03:42) - First, we start off by looking at everything you need to get ready before you record. This includes things like ensuring your gear is all working, tuning your guitar, and practicing your parts.

• Recording Setup (06:40) - Here, we examine all the steps you need to do to prepare for recording your first part into our DAW. We check all the audio setups that are needed, including the buffer size, setting up your metronome and pre-count, etc.

• Recording Your Parts (03:38) - In this video, we take see how to record your guitar parts. We look at recording to layers (so we can comp together the perfect take) and punching in parts.

• Editing Your Guitars (04:09) - Finally, we finish off by demonstrating how you can edit your guitars to tighten up your performances.