His videos have a lot of useful tips and tricks too

Yup. Actually if you have the Anderton X1 vids he shows that technique being performed. It is in the second one. X1 Advanced or whatever it is called. 

You know... I should probably start watching those again. Last time I did I was only getting confused but I think I know enough now to understand what's going on.

They definitely worth repeat viewing

I gotta install Quicktime or something to get at the chapters. WMP has seriously gone to arse.

Ya know, I played in bands for 20 plus years, getting to the point I am just not into luggin around gear and being in a bar all night etc. So I thought it would be fun to record my own music and have fun with it. I am having a great time, however when I started, i thought it would be easy and my expectations were not very high. well... that was 7 years or so ago, and in the last year I have gotten a lot more into the process and really trying to learn how to do it. You know what?! it's freakin hard !!!!  Sure its easy and i come with stuff that sounds good, but I am always chasing that sound you get with a purchased CD from a major group, as I mentioned AC/DC before.  I have had so much fun with a fair share of aggrivation. But I love it!  and I appreciate all the help I get from all the folks in the forum. Every little thing I learn makes an impact and then I just move onto the next thing to learn.

Thanks All!!!!
Trace

Yup. One day at a time. I've been taking notes as I go along and it's turning into a clusterBLEEP. Gonna have to go back and clean up/consolidate at some point.

VLC does a great job http://www.videolan.org/ handling chapters

Never heard of that one. Cheers.

/sorry for the threadjack... but they're cool vids so you should check them out, TS if you can

another video tutorial that might be of interest... Electric Guitar Production...
http://www.digifreq.com/d...wsinfo.asp?NewsID=4236

Scott

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I was going to say what Sharke said: If you don't HPF the guitars and bass (at different frequencies), things will get muddy quickly.

I also filter and boost kick and bass at different frequencies.  That may not sound like a guitar mixing trick but it does help clear out a space for each thing.

Starting points (for me): cut guitars under 150 hz.  Cut bass under 50-60 or so (depends on the bass).  Notch out the kick (cut it with a fairly narrow Q) around 300 or so.  Some people also boost the bass at 300 to complement the kick, but the basses I use don't need that and 300 is a very muddy area.  The kick thing varies a lot, but I am pretty rigid on low-passing the bass and guitars.

If you guitar sounds boxy, cut a little at 800.  If it sounds dull, give it a little air between 10K-12K.

I also find that too much effect (like too much drive/distortion or too long a delay) gets kind of messy in a mix even though it sounds awesome solo.

I use in-your-face sounds without layers in general, but for your style of music, layered guitar sounds panned in stereo are common.

Also, and this is weird, I have had better luck with Guitar Rig on Strats than on Les Pauls, even though I love Gibsons.  That is probably a gap in my knowledge or experience and not the fault of the software.