Heating up the acoustic guitar

17:15 Gordon moves onto the acoustic guitar. “It’s been recorded quietly, so again, I’ve come in through the mic input and given it a bit of a boost. It’s a nice way to add interesting colour to something like an acoustic guitar, which won’t be very loud in the mix, but needs to cut through.”

Next up, guitar ambience. “It desperately needs some space around it, so I’ve got this plugin – Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates – it’s quite long, just to add that space.” Gordon also turns up the plugin’s Analog dial, which mixes in virtual noise to emulate the original hardware.