Dual vs Quad Tracked Guitars Explained
If you've ever wondered how bands get those massive-sounding guitars on their recordings, we've got you covered. In this guitar video course, production expert Gary Hiebner will show you several techniques for double-tracking and even quad-tracking guitars that result in exciting, huge tones that turn heads. From part writing and arranging to dialing in tones and more, you'll learn all you need to know about creating killer guitar sounds with this concept. These guitar videos are designed for guitar players with basic recording experience.
Videos
• Intro (00:22) - Gary tells us what the course is about.
• Dual-Tracked Guitars (04:59) - In this video, we see how we can track two different guitar parts and hard pan them. The small differences between each performance, along with the different tones used, result in an interesting stereo spread of the guitars.
• Quad-Tracked Guitars (06:58) - We take what we learned in the previous video a bit further and track two extra guitars using a different guitar, so we have a slightly different guitar tone going in. This means we have four guitars playing the same part. Plus, we tweak the amp tones, EQ, and panning on all four guitars so to get a wall of sound.
• Other Quad-Tracking Techniques (03:57) - Here, we look at other ways you can approach quad-tracked guitars. For example, if the first two guitars are playing chords, then you could play single notes for the extra two guitars and layer them in with the chords.