Learn how to give your guitar tracks the final polish with the new macProVideo.com video tutorial, Rich Tozzoli: Producing and Mixing Guitars.

Led by Grammy-nominated and Surround Music Award-winning producer, mixer, and sound designer Rich Tozzoli, this video tutorial will guide you through everything you need to know about guitar production techniques. It doesn't matter what software you use -- the tips and techniques presented with this tutorial are completely cross-platform, applicable to every DAW.

Tozzoli has worked with artists such as David Bowie, The Blue Oyster Cult, Average White Band, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Hall and Oates.

Rich Tozzoli: Producing and Mixing Guitars covers everything from setting levels and using Aux sends to using electric guitars and gear, amps and amp simulators, DAW track copying tricks and how they are combined to create a high-end sound, acoustic guitar miking, various mic techniques, double tracking, how to incorporate effects, and more.

Listening is a big part of this tutorial. You will study professionally performed guitar tracks and learn why they are recorded in specific ways. Tozzoli explains why and when tracks are doubled and sometimes tripled in unique ways, as well as give you an inside look at his techniques and let you audition the results. He also shows you what kinds of plugins are used and lets you experience first hand how they are fine-tuned to produce the best sonic experience.

Topics and chapters:

• Chapter 1: Intro and Setup
  - 1. Introduction
  - 2. Setting Levels
  - 3. Using Aux Sends
  - 4. Setting Up A Master Fader
• Chapter 2: Electric
  - 5. Single Mic On An Amp - EQ and Compression
  - 6. Single Mic On An Amp - Reverb and Delay
  - 7. Multiple Mics On An Amp
  - 8. Single Room Mic On An Amp
  - 9. Multiple Room Mics On An Amp
  - 10. Single Amp Simultaor Plug In
  - 11. Using Two Amp Simulator Plug Ins
  - 12. Mixing Amp Simulators - EQ and Compression
  - 13. Mixing Amp Simulators - Reverb and Delay
  - 14. Double Your Part
  - 15. DAW track copy
  - 16. Using a Stereo Guitar Bus
• Chapter 3: Acoustic
  - 17. Single Mic - EQ and Compression
  - 18. Single Mic - Room, Plate, Chorus
  - 19. Two Mic Blending
  - 20. Two Mic Panning of Guitars and Effects
  - 21. Multiple Mics and a Vocal
  - 22. Creative Panning Multiple Mics
  - 23. Mixing a DI
  - 24. Using Room Mics
  - 25. Double Tracking
  - 26. Using a Hi String
• Chapter 4: Effects
  - 27. Using Reverb
  - 28. Mono Vs Stereo Reverb
  - 29. Using EQ
  - 30. Using Tremolo
  - 31. Using A Flanger

The 88-minute video tutorial may be downloaded for $31.60 or purchased as part of a monthly macProVideo subscription for $25. For more information, visit macprovideo.com.