Guitar & Bass
Record and produce guitar and bass at home. Amp and DI techniques, mic placement, tone shaping and the gear that gets great-sounding takes.Start here: The Best Guitar Amp Sims · The Best Free Amp Sims · The Best Amp Modelers · The Best Neural DSP Plugins.
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The Best Distortion Plugins for Guitar
The best distortion plugins guitar players use: amp sims, drive and fuzz for crunch to high-gain metal, plus how to…
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Analog Pedals vs Plugins
Analog pedals vs plugins for guitar recording: tone, feel, cost, flexibility and noise compared, plus when hardware is worth it…
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How to Use Guitar Pedals in Your DAW
How to use guitar pedals in DAW workflows: run hardware pedals into your interface, combine them with amp sims, manage…
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The Best Guitar Pedals for Recording
The best guitar pedals for recording at home: overdrive, boost, fuzz, delay and reverb that translate to a DAW, plus…
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The Best Bass Plugins
The best bass plugins for home recording: amp sims, compressors, EQ, distortion and saturation to turn a clean DI into…
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How to Mix Bass Guitar
How to mix bass guitar so it sits tight and full: level, compression, EQ, distortion for definition, and locking the…
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DI vs Amp for Bass
DI vs amp for bass explained: when to record a clean direct signal, when to mic a cab, and why…
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How to Get a Good Bass Tone
How to get a good bass tone at home: capture a clean DI, set compression and EQ, blend distortion, and…
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The Best Bass Amp Sims
The best bass amp sims for home recording, from Neural DSP and Darkglass to Amplitube SVX and Bias. Get pro…
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How to Record Bass Without an Amp
Learn how to record bass without an amp using a DI box, audio interface and amp sims. Get a clean,…