Adding a Guitar Solo

I wanted an electric guitar solo with a big sound to complement the appeggiated  chords I  had created. I first tried to record the  guitar solo myself but it sounded very amateurish due to my lack  of skill in playing the guitar. I  therefore asked Mike Ohman, a fellow student and an accomplished guitarist, if he would mind recording a guitar solo for me.

Mike plugged his guitar directly into my Focusrite IO interface and spent the best part of 90 minutes working out and playing a guitar solo to fit in with my backing chords, bass and drum beat. We used the new VST Amp Rack plugin introduced into Cubase 5 to create a big epic guitar sound.

We also added a ping pong delay to further create a big 80's style guitar solo sound. I was really pleased with Mike's contribution to my project.