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I’ve preciously covered the steps I take in the recording process and recently tried things a little bit differently. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way not to deviate from what works. I recorded the drums to a song I had written some time ago but never tracked and when I did that, I failed to play all the parts the way I had originally written the song. I found this out when I went to record the lead guitar parts and got cut off by myself in the recording. That is frustrating. How do you fix this? There really is but one way to fix it. Start All Over! YIKES.

It’s painful but true. There is a positive side to this though; I realized that my previously recorded guitar parts (I recorded them with my Digitech RP350 which is nearly identical to the Digitech RPX400 Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal) clipped in a few spots. For the final guitar tracks, I will be recording my guitar played through my Peavey Prowler 45 watt all-tube combo guitar amp. I did some tracks last night and compared the two, night and day, literally. The tube sound is bounds beyond the tone of the RP350 for a semi-professional recording. I’ve decided to only use the RP350 for silent practice, live performance use or demo track recording. There you go, that is my update for you. I’ll try to make some more progress on this tune over the weekend but can’t make any promises since my wife is pregnant and due to deliver very soon, could be any day. Wahoo, I’m going to be a daddy! Anyway, I hope this helps somebody.
-Ryan