Name: Best recording setup for guitar (equipment and software) | Rick Beato and Lex Fridman
Uploaded: 2026-03-05T21:38:30.000Z
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So I use Pro Tools for the most part, but I also use Logic and Ableton.

But like, in terms of editing, I hate how good Mac is.

So good at just integrating the hardware and the software.

If I didn't have a Mac, honestly, I wouldn't be talking to you right now because I got a G3.

The only good thing that a major label did for me is when.

When my band was on UMG and they bought a.

And an SM7 and Pro Tools Digio One, the first prosumer Pro Tools thing, and

I learned how to use Pro Tools and that allowed me to learn how to edit video and become a record producer.

So Pro Tools, I mean, that's still the standard.

I got to ask you, because I know I've never used Pro Tools.

And for the most time, I've used Ableton Live.

I feel like I'm using 1% of the power of the tool, like Ableton Live makes me feel like I'm literally just pressing the record button.

I mean, it's designed for people that are doing, like, all kinds of meaty stuff and like looping and the.

I sound really out of touch, but it's just the power is incredible.

I think it's not just for recording, it's also for live performances.

So this is why Studio One has been a little bit nicer for me, because it's simpler, made for recording more.

So any daw that you get used to, Lex, that's just use anything using it.

And yeah, you have to become a Master at the things.

If you want to be a recording engineer or producer, you.

A lot of the, you know, Phineas and Billie Eilish, I think that they use logic.

You know, I fire up logic every couple days and use it for things.

I have it on my laptop here and I have Pro Tools and Logic on my laptop.

But Pro Tools, that's where you feel like at home.

Are you using any emulation, any amp sims or it's all real amps?

No, I use amp sims on my laptop here when I travel and things like that.

I use Neural dsp, which I just did a video at their headquarters in Helsinki.

And the CEO Doug Castro is a friend of mine.

I actually talked to him today, as a matter of fact.

And I have a Kemper Ampsim, you know, modeler.

But for me, I have 100amps in my studio and I have mics set up all the time and cabinets and stuff.

So everything does one thing really well.

And so it'd be like, okay, so I have this Marshall GCM800 that's modded, that does this one thing.

It's got great mids and it's good for this kind of a tune.