capturing sound on recording

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

So often, guitarers will be talking about tone, tone and more tone in guitar forums. In actual situation, are you able to capture that tone, in your own recording?

A true reflection of the sound you are hearing, in own recording or just talking, on forums, bout the mystical tone that prolly has nothing majikal at all other then nice looking wood on the geetars

 

[ShredCow]

Bwahahahahaha....

There are things that matter and things that don't matter in a recording after putting to mix...

There are also things that matter in the recording process - tweaks the feel, the vibes, the mojo, things that influence the playing - that wouldn't get heard in a recording but it matters to the recordist.

 

[edder]

dammit, i'm the only one who voted!!!! Line6 or DETH!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dir]

it's all about the timbre

 

[gsonique]

can i not say anything....

Thanks you...bye

i love you all ...


bye ...

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

i rove you all too!

 

[Whitestrat]

In actual situation, are you able to capture that tone, in your own recording?

Good question. The tone I capture and the tone I WANT to get are 2 different things. Mostly, the tone I capture is still nice to myself, but not quite what I want. Mainly due to differences in equipment in both cases.

If anyone can tell me how to get a nice warm transparent OD-ed tone (ala John Mayer) from a PODXTLive, I would be grateful.

So the answer for me is: NO, I'm not able to capture what I want.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

heh, the trick to get any nice warm tone from anything digital is to, let others use it and not knowing the gear thats used for recording

*meant to be cheeky*

 

[ShredCow]

Tot just use toob can liao?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

toob for noob!

 

[edder]

=dir

you mean that place with great tasting pizza and 2 for 1 erdingers? damn right its the timbre!!!

 

[Whitestrat]

=PatheinRaindropMoe

... you're no help...:mrgreen:

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

i tried... i really do...

the help is in the mind

 

[senn_liu]

the funny thing is that musicians such as guitarists (i'm one myself) spend a lot of money, time and attention on pursuing their ideal tone, but ultimately, during recording and mixdown, even if the guitarist attains their dream tone, there's a very high chance that it will be modified quite significantly to sit well in the mix. it is very common that a solo-ed guitar track (as in heard by itself, not the shred type of solo) will sound strange or outright crappy in itself, but sound incredible in a balanced mix.

 

[dir]

=dir

you mean that place with great tasting pizza and 2 for 1 erdingers? damn right its the timbre!!!

**** yeah

erdingers are great, especially the dark ones !

 

[six-string]

hey mang im using an SM57 and another mic which i record in stereo and it still doesnt capture the tone i want, amp's a 5150 and music is liek death metal stuff you know liek teh brootalz. It sounds fien liek when i play it and stuff but when it comes to recording im liek omgwtfbbq who is playing that, thats not my sound, but its mostly the mids coz i found out when you record hi gain stuff you need more mids compared to non recording situation like in a band or gig, smoothens out all that fizz and all i guess yeh mang im gonna do some later. oh and you has to be patient with recording so im liek all OOOSAH all the time and try to calm yourself down even when you're not gettign that tone you want lolz so try again and again and take a break havea kitkat and reset your ears and try again till you ge tit, so yeah im ready dunno what im ready for but im just ready thats all

 

[edder]

wow mang good to know that liek yr doin all ur recordin at home with liek propr equipment. liek if you experiemt more you'll find liek the rite tecknik to get liek teh rite sound for tat OMGWTFBBQ sound in yr head right into teh hardisk FTW!!! lolz lolz. pwnzorx teh toob amp tone FTW!!!! sometmes a good guitar sound recorded may not sit that well in teh mix liek OMGWTFBBQ it was teh best of teh best by itself but in teh mix its liek its teh drown out. mang recording is a beeyotch i is tellings ya!

 

[Whitestrat]

the help is in the mind

How's this? http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6946036

Blardy tone for this track was so hard to get right... I THINK I got it... But this OD tone was possible because of a distortion patch instead of an OD pedal...