Following on from our recent series on guitar pedals “Which pedals do I need to start playing in a worship band? Part 1, part 2 & part 3″ we were asked to go a little deeper and describe in detail the guitar effects that we used on the professional recordings of some of our backing tracks. You don’t need to “know” the tracks to find this useful of course, and if you click through on the links you’ll be able to hear a 30 second audio sample. The terms “Elec 1”, “Elec 2” and “Extras” refer to the instrument stems on our MultiTrack Player. The very precise descriptions of where in the song different effects are used are of course helpful if you are trying to replicate the exact sounds.
Elec 1 stem
On this stem you can hear the following effects all the way through the song
Elec 2 stem
Introduction to verse 2
Chorus 2 to end
Extras stem (Guitars)
Elec 1 stem
Instrumental on Chorus 3
Elec 2 stem
Introduction to Verse 4
These backing tracks were recorded for use in the Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Player or any other DAW. The Player or DAW enables you to separate out the different instrument “stems” in order to isolate them to hear different parts, change the volume in the mix or to completely exclude them (for instance when you have a live musician in your team. You can find out more on the Worship Backing Band website.
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