Recording different effects

[Tangled Wires]

Hello,

I am relative begineer with the Boss Micro, and and am working on a track where I want some of the rythm part to be a clean sound and others to be overdriven. Can I do this on the same track, or will I have to create seperate tracks for the parts that have different effects?

Many thanks

[Farmjazz]

Hi andrewh.

I assume you are talking about a rhythm guitar part. You'll have to use different tracks to have different effects applied to the different sections. After that, however, you can bounce them to one track so they can be handled as one track. Bear in mind that some guitar effects are designed to sound best in the whole stereo field and sound better recorded/bounced onto two tracks.

On second thought

I never tried this, but it might work: record just one of the sections with, say, the clean sound. Then, change the GTR effect to the overdriven sound you want and punch in with that sound applied. Even if this does work, I would use the different track approach anyway - more control of the mix later when bouncing, etc.

Hope this helps.

[Tangled Wires]

Farmjazz,

Thanks very much for your quick reply.

I have tried a number of times to play different parts with different effects on the same track but have found it difficult to move these into the right position, and they either overlap each other or there are pauses between them.

I have just tried your first suggestion, and have found this very helpful, and you can listen to one effect playing and then come in at exactly the right time with the other, which is far better and much easier to control.

Thanks again for your help