How I make my backing tracks (IN-DEPTH)

Yeah, I know it's long, but it's pretty detailed too. I wanted to actually show you how I do it. You will witness me spontaneously write a song that actually took an hour to compose and record. This is only a demo and not meant to be taken as a fully mixed song. Hopefully by the end of this video you will have learned how I make the backing tracks and songs. Usually projects are more complicated that this, in that they include more guitars, tighter rhythms, more thought-out phrases and ideas, are longer, and better quality overall.

Here I will list the equipment used to make this video:

Guitar: Ibanez RG 350 DX (everything stock as of this video)
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ibanez-rg350dx-electric-guitar
http://www.ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-RG350DX

DAW (digital audio workstation): Reaper (free - better than Audacity)
http://www.reaper.fm/

EZdrummer plugin: (ON SALE AS OF 10/07/2011)
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/toontrack-ezdrummer-download/h700470...
https://www.toontrack.com/products.asp?item=7

POD Farm 2.5 Standard:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/line-6-pod-studio-gx-with-pod-farm
http://line6.com/podstudiogx/

ALWAYS CHECK MUSICIANS FRIEND FIRST!!

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[Syntaxon]

Hey, I'm just learning working with Reaper as well, really cool software and easy to handle. Do you know how large the time difference you're talking about at 14:20 is? some milliseconds? Do you know whether Reaper fixed this in later versions? thanks for the vid anyway! Check out some of my recordings if you want to =)

[TheFireball100]

@Syntaxon Yeah, just a few ms. They have fixed this a lot, but I still move the sound backwards (cuz my guitars are slightly ahead of the beat) 2-4ms, but it's not as noticeable if you don't.

[arebanez]

how can i make my guitar sound pass the Pod Farm and then get recorded by Reaper?

[TheFireball100]

@arebanez I select the Send 1 inside Reaper. That's the audio input from the interface.

[chapelofdemons]

Thank you man, great tutorial, it really help me a lot.

[TheFireball100]

@chapelofdemons I'm glad it did. :) You're welcome.

[TheFireball100]

@burnedoutgolfer Thank you, Manny. :)

[TheFireball100]

@nicknchrist Thanks. :)

[nicknchrist]

@nicknchrist Ibanez RG770

[nicknchrist]

oh and I use line 6 ux2 version.