Recording with Guitar Amplifier Plugins : A Guitar Teacher´s Perspective

In this Master's thesis I compare the use of plugins and a physical amplifier and effects while recording and consider the advantages and disadvantages with a plugin. I am looking from a teacher’s perspective at how recording could be used in teaching and what the benefits would be. I have recorded two versions of a song called Mr. Smith, where one can hear the differences between plugins and the amplifier. The new basic art curriculums were renewed 2017, and one of many goals was to offer the students opportunities to get to know new technologies. Another goal of the teaching is for the students to begin producing their own musical ideas and solutions. The aim of this thesis is to look from a teacher’s perspective at the difference between using plugins and a real amplifier when recording and to gain knowledge on how to record. This process has shown that recording in large and especially plugins could be very beneficial as a teaching tool in music education