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Old 17th March 2009   #6
HeavyG
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Originally Posted by Barriger View Post
I remember reading years ago in a guitar world or other mag. that there are tons and tons of guitar tracks on that record. I would not be surprised if the harmonizer effect you are hearing is actually several guitar tracks layered together to appear as one.

I've been recording a band recently that likes to do this. when they play live the guitarist uses a digitech whammy to achieve the effect, but in recording it sounds better to double track the main riff and the harmony, eq them independently, and sometimes play with the panning a little. it always surprises fans of the band when i tell them i did this because they percieve it all as one guitar, when in reality there are 4 tracks.

Is there a specific part of a song that demonstrates the effect you are after? I haven't listened to that record and years, and this is a good excuse to pull it out!

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Layered guitars...from what I understand...no harmonizer. Just an army of guitars...
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