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Righteous Bullet
post Wed 9 Jun 2004, 03:58
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ok i know its a good idea to use a preamp for recording direct with guitar. this is a dumb question but im wondering if you should use it with a mic too. The reason i ask is because i am (for the time being) micing my amp sending that into my mixer and then mixer hooks to the pc, and im using free software just so i can record a little and get my ideas down since i dont have a good setup yet. Anyway when i record my amp with my guitar distorted it can often sound pretty crappy and im not sure why, and i think there are preamps in my mixer anyway... is this something i should fix with the sofware? like use a compressor or something? or what?
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post Wed 9 Jun 2004, 04:17
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Perhaps the quality or placement of your mic is a factor? What mic are you using?
How are you hooking the mixer into the PC -- what soundcard are you using?


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