 Guitar Into Macintosh, newbie getting started question |
  Thu 3 Apr 2003, 20:44
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 03-Apr 03 From: Lund - SE Member No.: 15,504  |
hi macmusicians
i have downloaded and installed PRO TOOLS free and the free version of AmpliTube... so now i want to hook up my electric guitar and start recording some stuff. but i amn't quite sure if i need anything else to be honest.. i need to get started as quick as possible before the AmpliTube free stops working i have a G4 Dual 450MHz 768MB (firewire,USB) anybody that can help? i live in sweden so if there are any Swedishtalking you can write in Swedish.. otherwise English will do fine o.r.e.o ________________________________________________________________________________ ________ ahhhhhhhhhhhhh... i just discovered Kyur4ThIch similar topic. Hope you don't throw me out of this great forum now.. This post has been edited by oreo: Thu 3 Apr 2003, 20:54 |
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Thu 1 May 2003, 02:23
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 Maniac Member  Group: Members Posts: 821 Joined: 25-Jun 01 From: Springfield - US Member No.: 1,082 |
hmm, good luck with imic.... I never used one but seen lots of complaints in forums about them and some describe as poor sound quality. The signal from the amp (if it has a line out) will probably be better than running straight from the guitar to imic. You don't have to get a mixer if you are just doing guitar recording either. You will just have to experiment a bit to see what sounds best. If your signal from the amp to imic is too low and running from the guitar directly is to low... then you might want to consider a preamp of some kind to plug in between guitar or guitar amp and imic.
a preamp basically lets you maximize the line signal and sometimes add color such as from tubes to make it more warm sounding. I have heard some really sterile and harsh guitar recordings that were the result of porr signal path, bad fx, and lack of good amp or preamp. another idea is to buy a nice uni-directional mic and simply record your guitar amp sound. This is what most studio sessions do but if your recording enironment doesn't sound good (reverbs, echoes and vibrations can make a recording sound awful) then recording directly without a mic is sometimes better. i am not sure what guitar port is but it sounds like the Line 6 USB interface I described in last post. -------------------- ----------------------------------------
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oreo Guitar Into Macintosh Thu 3 Apr 2003, 20:44
Synthetic well here is the thing... I have read that if you ... Fri 4 Apr 2003, 16:39 left2write I'm totaly new as well to the whole music mac ... Wed 30 Apr 2003, 21:06 James1966 I'm also getting into the idea of different to... Fri 2 May 2003, 10:22
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