Ok. I'm trying to record a guitar guide track for my drummer (Reaper). I've tried to stick exclusively to a metronome, but it just sounds "wrong".
This song has a lot of tempo and a few time sig changes. But to me it sounds far too rigid and lacks a natural flow.
When we've recorded in studio before, we tended to start recording a section of a song to a click then turn it off after a few bars, get what we are happy with, then record the next section and so on. (we like a lot of odd time changes etc)
I read a lot about how important playing to a click is, and you are rubbish if you can't do it etc etc.
But this song, some of the run downs at the end of section slow down slightly, there are slight pauses at changes that just get lost to a tight click track, and it sounds like lots if different riffs stuck together harshly.
I know I could spend ages with a tempo track in Reaper, and it allows for gradual changes etc... but I don't know... Is it really such a sin to let some parts just happen naturally?
I think maybe I will make my own metronome guide tracks from tapping in kick/snare drums tightly to a grid and going a bit more free where it feels right...
What approach do you guys take?
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I play tight to the click.. I just like it that way.
and if a section needs to speed up or slow down.. I'll programme the tempo changes.. if the changes need to be gradual rather than sudden, I use automation curves to control the rate of tempo change.. a linear increase / decrease in tempo rarely sounds natural