Adding Rhythm Guitar

I now wanted to record some electric guitar chords over the top of the bass line. I connected my electric guitar to my audio interface and used the new VST Amp Rack in Cubase 6.5 to add virtual amplifier and effects pedals to produce a full rhythm guitar sound. I used the Diamond virtual amplifier and used a virtual Tape Delay unit to produce a repeating rhythmic guitar sound which is in step with the drum rhythm to enhance the groove. I recorded 4 bars of guitar audio which formed a loop which I then copied to make a total of 12 bars of rhythm guitar.

I had recorded everything so far at a tempo of 80 bpm. I decided that this tempo was slightly too slow which gave the track a slightly ponderous feel, and so changed the tempo to 90bpm. The drum and bass MIDI tracks automatically adjusted to the increase in tempo but the analogue guitar part did not. To correct this I used the audio editor to slice the guitar wave form into small sections.

Once sliced, Cubase could then automatically adjust the analogue guitar part to fit the new faster tempo. I also had to manually adjust the Tape Delay unit's delay time to fit in with the new tempo.

The final sound of the rhythm guitar track can be listened to below: