Feedback is when a sound going through a sound system is picked up again at the input amplifying itself in a loop. This is a sound we associate with incredibly loud guitar amplifiers and when recorded can really bring an aggressive moment to life.
I demonstrate with an example of the song Ayil by Rosetta.
Now if we don’t the ability to record our guitar amps at high volume and we’re only recording direct using virtual amps, we can still feedback the signal using a small speaker or a pair of headphones pointed at the guitar pickup.
And that’s the whole trick, route your guitar signal after the virtual amp out to a speaker or headphones, and put the speaker close to the guitar pickup.
You can do this as part of the performance, or recorded separately for accents on another track.
I didn’t invent this trick and I’m not sure where I got it, but if you didn’t know, now you know.
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One response to “Direct Guitar Feedback Trick”
It would be nice if one could get “regular” guitar feedback when playing actual notes. Say like Satriani’s intro to Flying on a Blue Dream.
As demonstrated, it appears to only make “noise”.
Thanks, though. It’s great idea.