doubling a track

[manyrains]

I've got a rhythm gtr track that I would like to double. I can figure this out pretty much on my own, but figured I'd ask for some specific instructions. I see a common suggestion is to double the track, pan hard l-r, and add a stereo delay, leaving one side dry. The delay part is where I might get a bit confused- I've monkeyed with stuff like that before , but don't think I've ever really used that technique the right way.
I'd appreciate if someone could outline the steps, which delay patch to use from the digi plugs.
Thanks

[M.Brane]

There's more than one way to double a track, and it depends on what you're trying to achieve: a wider image of the source, the illusion of more than one source, or both.

Polarity (often incorrectly called phase) tricks can give the illusion of a very wide soundstage in stereo, but that will collapse in mono or even cancel completely if the two sides are perfect mirror images of each other.

Adding a stereo delay with some modulation/pitch shifting can sound somewhat like a multiple source, but not completely. The best way to do that is to actually double-track the part.

[barstool719]

heres what I usually do

record guitar part onto mono track
create new mono aux track
send rhythm track to the aux, send level all the way to 0.0dB
insert short delay II on the aux (20ms or so - usually the default short delay sounds fine)
pan aux hard left, audio track hard right

or you can create 2 mono tracks, and record enable both, set both tracks to the guitar input, pan each split wide.

sometimes I go with the latter for using two different amplitube settings for a really huge sound.