The Buster Odeholm Method For Recording Guitars

'Buster Odeholm shows his method for recording guitars in a home studio in this clip from his course, "Recording Metal For Beginners."

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[BlazonStone]

I always have a "monitor track" so I dont have to activate/deactivate different tracks to hear myself.
It saves time.

[devendasmusic]

Dude that trick for pasting the same take on the opposite has been my go to for years - I thought I was just lazy 💀😭🙏🏻

[ALLforROME]

Buster bustin' them riffs! Good job!

[palabersack]

Funny. I started using exactly this method because I have been really bad at playing more than a few bars at one time. What I discovered is really important is to have the next part in mind so the transitions don't sound unnatural.

[qpphil]

Ola Bustenholm is a god when it comes to producing and thinking outside the box

[DavidAllenMD]

dam the way he plays the guitar is wilddd

[Bonesplitter]

Well done Buster, you have picked the best DAW to make this on 🤘

[noahm]

Love seeing left handed guitarists playing right handed guitars upside down

[GhostsOfJenova]

I could watch Buster play guitar all day

[TylerGibsonMusic]

You’re an inspiration Buster! Such a talented individual!!!

[shreddykruger]

thats cool man you think you could do a video on how to get your tone to be thick and punch in a mix? maybe like a mastering technique ? and eqs

[stijnbos]

Now we need to see the advanced version!

[jcalzada]

I can't wrap my head around how he plays the low strings on the bottom

[soulrebornofficial]

Really interesting.
I also use the same system for noise removal.
I've never tried moving takes from one pan to another.
Is it to have a more stereophonic effect?
And is it possible to do this with harmonized guitar parts too?

[JasonCHarper]

Yeah so we need a buster “from start to finish” template to mix 6 hour or however long it takes video…open the project load the instruments perform and then route the buses and load the plug ins etc etc

[IWILSONMCF]

It’s nice to know Cubase is possible to use. I downloaded it 2 months ago and I can’t figure out how to do anything with it 😅

[professorflitch]

Here's how I do it: arm the 'Guitar Left' track, plug in my guitar, hit the button with the red dot on it, record the song. Repeat that for the right track. Is it going to be 'perfect'? No. But then do I want it to be perfect? What does that mean anyhow? Do we really want music to sound like it got programmed instead of played? Sorry to get philosophical here. This just keeps my mind on its heels.

[deadwolfbk]

Holy shit dude, I probably sound ridiculous, but something so simple as your hand placement having an effect on the tone and sound seems so simple but you never thought you overlooked until it was brought up. Or at least for me 😂

[BroccoliKing-Telluwhut]

I really would like to know what he uses for a DI, equipment wise. He's great about sharing how it's set up as software, just curious.

[boblincolninc.]

I guess you would know what you are talking about if you were in vildjharta, humanities last breath, and thrown