 Recording Guitar... Questions About Preamps Etc... |
 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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Wed 9 Jun 2004, 16:50
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sorry i just realized how dumb all the stuff i was saying about preamps was, just ignore that. the thing is that i can record the guitar on clean and it sounds alright and bass sounds fine too when i mic amp but the distortion sounds really rough and harsh alot of the time. i hook the mixer to the pc with an rca plug i think, its a cheap cord that goes from tape out to the line in of my comp, i know thats not a very good cord but it works alright for most things (as i said this is temporary) my mic is a seinheisser made for micing amps, cant remember the model off tthe top of my head it was a little over a hundred $ US. ill fuck around with placement and my mixer settings to see if theres a problem there. also do you find that you get better sound when you use a decent direct box, like a SansAmp, than you do with micing? or does it all depend?
This post has been edited by Righteous Bullet: Wed 9 Jun 2004, 16:54 |
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Righteous Bullet Recording Guitar... Questions About Preamps Etc... Wed 9 Jun 2004, 03:58
dten Perhaps the quality or placement of your mic is a ... Wed 9 Jun 2004, 04:17 dten If you're not particularly attached to the sou... Wed 9 Jun 2004, 18:16 StratMan Dude - i have to agree with dten. If u want the a... Thu 10 Jun 2004, 09:01 Shredhed There's no real good vs. bad argument when it ... Thu 10 Jun 2004, 17:12 Righteous Bullet i been looking at the SansAmp Classic, that looks... Fri 11 Jun 2004, 04:43 aptmunich Well i have the pod version 2.0 and it is very ver... Fri 11 Jun 2004, 20:06 Righteous Bullet very true, gotta try things out for yourself to re... Fri 11 Jun 2004, 23:32 fingers QUOTE (Righteous Bullet @ Jun 11 2004, 03:43)... Sat 12 Jun 2004, 03:03 StratMan If i may i'd like to reccomend the POD 2.0. I... Sat 12 Jun 2004, 09:05 Panopticon Well, I've been around all the modeling stuff ... Sat 12 Jun 2004, 09:54 Righteous Bullet i was just wondering, i could record direct and us... Sun 13 Jun 2004, 04:25 Panopticon Yes, a pedal will work going direct. Also, some p... Sun 13 Jun 2004, 07:27 fingers QUOTE (Panopticon @ Jun 12 2004, 08:54)Well, ... Mon 14 Jun 2004, 00:00
Panopticon Yeah, the Sans Amp has been around forever. I wou... Mon 14 Jun 2004, 02:37 |
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