REMOTE GUITAR RECORDING
Professional guitar recording, arrangements and sound design for albums, singles, film, theatre and independent productions.
Álvaro Severino offers remote guitar recording for producers, composers, artists and interdisciplinary projects, combining professional performance experience with a wide range of acoustic, electric and processed guitar sounds.
From written parts and chord charts to demos, stems or reference tracks, each session can be approached according to the needs of the production — from precise interpretation to arrangement, improvisation, overdubs and experimental sound design.
WHAT I OFFER
Guitar Recording
Electric, nylon-string, acoustic and extended-range guitar recordings for songs, compositions, theatre, dance and audiovisual productions.
Arrangements & Overdubs
Additional guitar parts, harmonic layers, counterlines, textures and arrangement ideas developed around an existing production.
Improvisation
Improvised material based on harmonic structures, musical direction, visual references or conceptual briefs.
Sound Design & Textures
Processed guitar, ambient layers, loops, granular textures, delays, modulation and experimental sound environments.
Reamping & Multiple Signal Paths
Sessions can be delivered with separate dry DI, processed, amplified and effects signals, allowing maximum flexibility during mixing and production.
WORKFLOW
I work preferably from written music or notation, but sessions can also be developed from chord charts, demos, stems, MIDI references, rough mixes or verbal and conceptual directions.
Once the musical direction and sound are established, I record the material and deliver professionally edited high-resolution audio files.
Depending on the production, sessions can include:
Dry DI tracks
Processed guitar tracks
Amp / amp-simulation tracks
Separate effects stems
Alternate takes
Layered overdubs
Files can be delivered as high-resolution WAV stems, ready for integration into your session.
INSTRUMENTS
Gibson ES-135 — 1995
Semi-hollow electric guitar with a warm, resonant character suited to jazz, clean textures and more driven sounds.
Ibanez Artstar AM200 — c. 1993
Japanese semi-hollow guitar with a balanced, articulate response and a wide tonal range.
Fender American Professional Telecaster — 2018
A direct and highly responsive electric guitar for clean, rhythmic, ambient and more aggressive sounds.
Valeriano Bernal Gadiuca — 2015
Hybrid classical/flamenco nylon-string guitar.
Hanika 8-PRO
Eight-string classical guitar with an extended low register, offering expanded harmonic and textural possibilities.
AMPLIFICATION & SIGNAL PROCESSING
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
At the centre of the recording setup, used for amp modelling, signal processing, direct recording and reamping.
Koch Studiotone 20
Tube amplifier offering warm clean tones and natural overdrive.
Fender Blues Junior Lacquered Tweed
Compact tube amplifier with a characteristic Fender response.
Schertler DAVID
Acoustic amplification system particularly suited to nylon-string and acoustic instruments.
EFFECTS
A carefully selected effects setup allows the guitar sound to move from subtle spatial processing to highly experimental textures.
Strymon Volante — magnetic echo, delay and looping
Strymon NightSky — experimental and ambient reverb
Strymon Mobius — modulation
Chase Bliss MOOD MKI — micro-looping and creative processing
Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII — tape and degraded-texture processing
BOSS OC-3 — octave and extended low-register processing
RECORDING
Neumann TLM 102
Large-diaphragm condenser microphone.
Sennheiser e906
Dynamic microphone for guitar amplifiers.
Shure SM58
Dynamic microphone.
Universal Audio Volt 476
Audio interface and additional recording path.
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Also used directly as a recording interface for processed and dry signals.
Yamaha HS50M
Studio monitoring.
Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro
Reference headphones.
DAWs: Logic Pro & Ableton Live
FLEXIBLE DELIVERY
One of the advantages of the setup is the possibility of delivering multiple versions of the same performance.
For example, a session can include:
DI / completely dry
Amp or amp-modelled version
Effects version
Individual wet effects stems
This allows producers and mixing engineers to retain full control over the final sound while also having access to the artistic processing used during the performance.
MUSIC FIRST
The equipment is there to serve the music.
The goal is not simply to provide a guitar track, but to understand the musical function of the instrument within each production — whether that means performing a precisely written part, developing an arrangement, creating a texture, improvising around a harmonic structure or building an entirely new sonic environment.
NEED GUITAR FOR YOUR PROJECT?
For remote recording, arrangements, overdubs, composition or sound design, get in touch with details about your project.
Please note:
This service focuses on guitar performance, recording, arrangement and sound design. Mixing and mastering are not included.