Recording 'Dry'...

[Guitar-Maniac]

I've recorded using the 'dry input effect', chose an effect patch, works fine...
so heres my question, how do i enable this effect to stay while recording another
track??

[Bluesberry]

Once you record dry, then you set effects location to the track that you recorded dry, play it back, try out effects, etc.  When you have what you want, you have to bounce the track to lock in the effect, you can bounce it with the other tracks empty, just to bounce this one track, or you can bounce it just like a regular bounce with your other tracks all panned, etc the way you like.  The key is you set your location to the track you want the effects to go on and then bounce to lock those effects in.

[Guitar-Maniac]

ahhh alright m8, thanks for that !

[Greeny]

Maybe it's just me, but I struggle with recording anything dry and adding effects afterwards. I kind of like to hear how things sound and interact as I'm recording them 

[Ted]

Maybe it's just me, but I struggle with recording anything dry and adding effects afterwards. I kind of like to hear how things sound and interact as I'm recording them 

Me too--but you can record dry while still hearing the effects as you play.  Then, you can try different effects on the recorded track.  Figuring this out was an eye opener for me.  Sometimes I end up using the same effect I started with, other times not.

I'm not a very accomplished electric guitarist, so I like the flexibility of trying different effects after I've recorded the dry track.  However, if you are confident with your playing and the effects you are using, then recording dry just makes more work for you later.

[Bluesberry]

I do it both ways.  A lot of the time with electric guitar I just pick an effect and go with it, but if I am trying something new I always record dry.  I recorded some blues harp recently and I recorded that dry because I wanted to play with the effects after to get it good.  It is hard to really hear the effect when you are in the zone of recording I find, so much easier to really listen to the changes in effects afterwards.  Usually when I record my vocals I record dry and play with effects afterwards as I am not a confident singer and I feel I need to tweek it to get the best sound possible.  It is really nice that the option is there.