Chapter 16
Recording Guitars and Basses
IN THIS CHAPTER
Direct recording with virtual amplifiers
Recording with a microphone and amplifier
Customizing your guitar tracks’ sound
In Chapters 14 and 15, I explain how to record software instruments and vocal and acoustic instrument tracks. In this chapter, I explain how to record another type of instrument: an amplified instrument, most notably an electric guitar.
For the most part, electric instrument tracks are the same as vocal and acoustic instrument tracks (discussed in Chapter 15). The big difference is that you can record electronic instruments without a mic by plugging the instrument directly into your iDevice ...
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