dub tracks several times or just copy and paste??

[humancircus]

Talking about getting that juicy,fat and wide guitar sound.

What is your tips&tricks in getting that?

The way I see it is that there are 2 options to do this;
eiter create several tracks, 4-5-6-7-8 +++ playing the same riff/chords and just pan them occasionnaly LRC, and maybe some different eq settings

OR: just copy and paste the same recorded track into new tracks and adding effects.

What is the pros and cons with these two?

Any tips??

[Ascend]

I've found I prefer to record several diff tracks rather than copying and pasting. I'll record one track and then maybe change the settings on the amp treble, bass, mid ect and record another track or use a diff amp/guitar altogether. Then blend those together. It's fun to record the same track with diff amps and guitars sometimes and blending these will produce a nice fat sound. Or same thing with plug ins if you can't mic an amp up. Panning is left to whatever the song is calling for.

Tho sometimes you get a real good track and you want to copy and paste it. I tend to stay away from this tho and I will only copy and paste one track as it starts to sound like mush even after eq'ing and phase problems can occur. I don't have a set pattern I use as I'm always experimenting with diff ways of doing things to get a fat sound but copying and pasting is not one of my favorites.

[timriley]

Also, using several different mikes on the same amp might give you the desired results.. Have them in different positions in the room, some away from the cab, some close......

[BradLyons]

Copying and Pasting is faster and easier, but you know that saying....... DO THE SAME THING and EXPECT THE SAME RESULTS. Simply doing this will sound like the same track stacked, but what makes the track come alive is the variance of change. Take ENYA for example, she does something like 200 vocal tracks all layered and stacked, yet it sounds like one track that is HUGE!