Recent influx of eye candy gear
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THOA
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Er... a cable? :lol:
If it's an analog mixer, you need a cable from the line out to line in that can let you connect to your com's soundcard. But most conventional soundcards use an unbalanced mini plug jack, so it is highly recommended that you get an audio interface that allows you to connect via 1/4 inch jack.
However, there is an option for a USB mixer. As the name suggest, you basically connect the mixer to com via USB.
Side note: Computer Music Magazine recently released a copy of a Special Issue that was dedicated to talking about teh art of guitar recording: digital direct vs analog recording, mic'ing techniques, mics to use, audio interfaces, softwares etc etc. I just bought it and it was a wonderful read. You might take a look at it
thor666
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My 5 cents of thought:
Recording with a mic can be pure frustration. There're probably very few places in your house to record quiet, big, spacious sounds. And then most of us will be really bad at mic placement and stuff.
That said, the Toneport doesn't capture accurately the quality of what you hear off your amp. Most of the clips I hear tend to be compressed and has a certain voice to it. But honestly speaking I suspect going direct is the better choice.
Recording with a mic can be pure frustration. There're probably very few places in your house to record quiet, big, spacious sounds. And then most of us will be really bad at mic placement and stuff.
That said, the Toneport doesn't capture accurately the quality of what you hear off your amp. Most of the clips I hear tend to be compressed and has a certain voice to it. But honestly speaking I suspect going direct is the better choice.
THOA
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You have to kinda expect it to be as such, I guess. Nothing beats the real thing. That goes without doubt. But if you heard the recordings over the internet or their website itself, you have to consider the recording was maybe done with built in presets and/or mastered to lower bitrates for downloading purposes.
But I guess our friends have made up their mind to go for the mic'ing technique. All the best
Indigo_blues
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i've tried recording guitar amps with mics in my house.. yups its really difficult to get a big sound..
its much easier when you have 2 mics and set them up as a stereo pair.
its much easier when you have 2 mics and set them up as a stereo pair.
Whitestrat
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Yeah... but Apache is the ONLY track I've heard from him. And honestly, the FV-HMS set sounds nothing like that. It's something he asked Chris Kinman to create for him in recent years. Kinda like a Clapton Strat with the Mid boost left on permanently... :twisted:
I'm glad Chris Kinman made this for him... heh.
You know, I would have made a recording on my UX2 just to let everyone hear it and be the judge of that. Problem is that I JUST got my first electric guitar and have no pedals, so I think it would be an embarassment to let you hear any of my playing
Well... I don't think it would be apparent unless it was a side-by-side comparison.
I had the microcube and marshall MG15 side by side. The MG15 sounded more natural (for lack of a better term) when running dirt pedals into it.
Ya and why would I be running pedals into these small practise amps? Guitar lessons in guitar school lah. Not being bo liao k.
Whitestrat
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I have to say, the PODXTLive does take pedals quite well. I was pleasantly surprised...
But I'm curious. WHY would anyone need to use extra efx with a POD? Doesn't it already have everything?
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Well, some ppl have pedalboards/efx liao mah... so just need that interface to connect to their recording devices/pc.
wow. nice posts all! thanks no matter what!
so anyway, after doing some home work, sounds like what i need is probably a presonus fp10, you know, the one with 8 channels, and i realized, that with my band, and a mac that i'll get in the long run, or rather this year, I can pretty much record stuff at church, or if its just me, i can record at home!
you guys should really check that firewire interface out. I was reading up on the features/specs, and I must admit that there was a lot of technical jargon that I didnt really understand, but after watching this dude record a song, with all the various parts an all, with the mikes an all, it was very very informative. its like a whole new world *cue ghey ass disney music* where recording is concerned!
and for the price from music123, its damn worth it. plus you get the free cubase software with all the bells and whistles.
so anyway, after doing some home work, sounds like what i need is probably a presonus fp10, you know, the one with 8 channels, and i realized, that with my band, and a mac that i'll get in the long run, or rather this year, I can pretty much record stuff at church, or if its just me, i can record at home!
you guys should really check that firewire interface out. I was reading up on the features/specs, and I must admit that there was a lot of technical jargon that I didnt really understand, but after watching this dude record a song, with all the various parts an all, with the mikes an all, it was very very informative. its like a whole new world *cue ghey ass disney music* where recording is concerned!
and for the price from music123, its damn worth it. plus you get the free cubase software with all the bells and whistles.
Whitestrat
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Then wouldn't a simple DI box suffice?
THOA
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I understand if it's an earlier version of POD. They are more amp modellers rather than efx (just like Native Instrument's Guitar Rig). So yes, a pedal would be substantial to the chain
But if you're asking about the later versions like PODXTLive for example, I wouldn't know either.
unsane
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in my case i close mic just about everything (typically about 1,2inches - a foot max from the grill) and it works just fine. close mic'ing pretty much takes the room sound out of the equation and still sounds pretty massive...
Aye it would but its gotta have some sort of speaker simulation.
But if its an analog device, then you'd have less choices at your fingertips. Sansamps do the 3 more common models... but they tend to sound compressed and flat.
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