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double-tracks?

Wolfbite718	Date: December 31, 2005 @ 10:50 PM if you make a song where your playing rythem AND lead, would you record yourself playing rythem and then record yourself again playing lead while listening to yourself playing rythem? or would you use a metrinome to keep in sync with yourself? cause when i do that i seem to always be like a quarter second or so off and it screws the whole thing up... any help would be appreciated.
guitaroo	Date: December 31, 2005 @ 11:41 PM I WAS just listening to my rhythm then recording a lead over it... NOW I have a metronome in the back and listen to it when I record...
Wolfbite718	Date: January 1, 2006 @ 2:51 AM awsome, thanks man. im gonna start doing that
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 1, 2006 @ 11:21 AM First use metronome when you record the rhytym track. When that's done, record the lead over it. You don't need metronome when you record the lead, if you have a good timing. Allthough, I suggest using it if you're not used to multi-tracking.
BOWILLIE	Date: January 1, 2006 @ 11:49 AM use earphones to listen as you record.. the delay you experiance.. could be caused by the recording device picking up the speaker out put as you play along with a recorded track..