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Darangen

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  1. If your computer has a hard time running a guitar sim like Guitar Rig or something, you can always bounce those tracks so you can turn the sims off.

    Just be sure to keep the original unedited take as well and just mute it, in case you decide you want a different sound later.

  2. Unless you double track each element (muting or not muting) it'll just end up sounding like 2 wimpy guitars.

    There are probably some genre's that don't double take guitars, but based on the link you provided, that genre does. You usually want the guitars to sound pretty big.

    With 4 takes, 2 for each element, one panned hard right or left for each and one panned a little under halfway, you can reduce the volume of the takes that are near the middle of the mix and still have a decent sound.

    Just remember that most of what makes the hard panned double takes sound so big is that you have 2 different (sound) yet identical (performance) sounds coming at you from 2 different directions - the left and the right. When one of those two takes are not identical it just makes the track sound like two guitarists that don't know which part to play.

    You can get away with it live because it's usually mixed in mono and not stereo, but for stereo recordings it's almost always better to double take all guitars.

  3. Less boring? Maybe. Thinner? Definitely.

    The reason for double taking each guitar track and panning them left and right is to give it a richer, fuller sound. I you only do one take and pan it one direction it may intrigue the listener for a moment, but will mainly just make the guitar sound wimpy.

    There are times where this can be a cool effect, but it shouldn't be used as a primary setup. If you're looking for a break in a song it can sound pretty cool to drop out one side momentarily and then pick it back up.

    It may end up sounding a bit better if you did 4 takes and panned one set hard left and right, then the other set around 33-40% left/right and messed around with cutting the hard pans out here and there, then you'd still have a pretty full sound but with the same effect you're going for.

    I'm still inclined to think that it's not a good idea to make this your regular approach.

  4. I used pirated software when I first started. I was a high school student with no job and a family that struggled to put food on the table. Now that I'm older, have a steady job and can spend money on hobbies I purchase all my software.

    Snapple and Zircon have pretty good points. For people who don't care enough to save the money, or simply have no money to save, there are plenty of extremely viable free products out there. There's no reason to need to pirate the super duper latest version of cubase/sonar/flstudio or whatever program or sample library you think will magically make your music the best thing since sliced bread. Chances are that if you're not serious enough to save and purchase it, you're probably not serious enough to be able to use it correctly either.

  5. Draenei have the worst starting zone I have ever experienced and I immediately regret my decision to roll one. :(

    Draenei and Blood Elves are the worst starting zones now. At least at level 10ish you can go to Darkshore and actually have some fun.

  6. I play on Stormrage - Alliance. It's very heavily Alliance populated, you can find anything you want or need at any time.

    It's PvE.

    Question:

    I know Illidan certainly isn't for everyone. So I was wondering if there would be any interest in making another guild, Alliance, on a PvE server?

    I've been wanting to play a Draenei priest ever since I first saw Badonk :o

    Also: A worgen anything.

    It'd take awhile to get established, but I think of the Illidan regulars setup shop somewhere else we could get stuff up and running pretty quickly.

  7. As a consumer, I used to always prefer the physical CD. However, a few years ago I started migrating my library to digital and I've noticed my physical library hasn't grown much since then.

    CD's are definitely cool, and there are some artists I always buy a physical copy of, like Dream Theater and a few others. It's nice to have the CD, look through the booklet inserts and enjoy the art, etc.

    But for the majority of my music now, I stick with digital because I don't have to worry about clutter in my room and it's noticeably cheaper.

  8. I'd lean towards Ibanez more than Schecters, I feel they're more versatile with the sound you can get from them. That said, I don't actually own a Schecter, I've just played them in the music store.

    You mentioned prog rock/metal. If it's anything to consider, John Petrucci used Ibanez guitars for a long time before switching to Music Man.

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