IronMaggot512

On 2/7/2021 at 9:54 AM, jeandoumpier said:

 

I know this isn't an answer to your question but dude you seriously  asked the exact question I needed answered. 

Except you asked it way better than I would have lol

On 2/7/2021 at 4:12 PM, msmcleod said:

I tend to keep sound design & mixing separate.

Get your guitar sound sorted first. TH3 is certainly good enough to get a good guitar sound - part of that chain within TH3 may well include a compressor.

Concentrate on getting your guitar track down with a sound you're happy with; worry about channel strips etc once all your tracks are down and you're ready for mixing.

There's a good reason for this:  You may find that at the mixing stage, the EQ'ing / compression / etc  you apply to make your guitar fit in the mix, may make it sound completely awful if you solo it. This is perfectly normal - at this stage it only matters how it sounds in the mix.  Most of the time you shouldn't need to go back to TH3 (i.e. try to avoid that). Just do what needs done to the track afterwards to get it to fit in the mix.

 

Wow this makes so much sense to me...... I often times make a guitar tone while my backing track is playing and when I return to cakewalk days later and try that same guitar tone, I always end up thinking "How the f*ck did I think this sounds good?" and then I start tediously editing it to sound good by it's lonesome and just end up being frustrated.

You just saved me some time honestly.

I'm gonna start making my tone in TH3 first and then with every backing track I play along too, only fiddle with the compressor, EQ. and tube settings within cakewalk, NOT TH3....... 

I only described my plans like that cause maybe it'll give the dude who posted this some ideas