audio bleed whilst recording guitar?

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seenky
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audio bleed whilst recording guitar?

Post by seenky » Sat May 21, 2011 3:40 pm

Hi folks,

I've recently started using the guitar line in on my old school M-Audio fast track USB for recording guitar tracks. The problem is, I can't seem to get a decent guitar recording without either:

a) a noticeable bleed of the rest of the track on the guitar track.
or
b) a fair amount of buzz once i put the clean recording through Guitar Rig etc.

I should perhaps point out that the fast track is also being used for playback through a stereo set up. I've tried using heaphones to cut out the potential for the playback being picked up, but even at the lowest audible level I can still hear audio bleed on the guitar track. If I record with no audible playback of the other tracks, no problem, but that makes it a bit difficult to know what I'm playing along to! I figured it might be due to the fast track, if so is it simple a case of buying a newer audio interface? I doubt it's down to the guitar (fender jaguar) which was recently serviced and it's not as if I'm even using a mic to record from an amp.

Help, I just want the background bleed to go away!

Cheers. :cry: :x :oops:

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Re: audio bleed whilst recording guitar?

Post by Dragonbreath » Sat May 21, 2011 8:08 pm

Its a cheap interface... my friend has one and I have notice some bleed where ther should be none.

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Re: audio bleed whilst recording guitar?

Post by spookydirt » Sat May 21, 2011 9:51 pm

you also get terrible buzz if using CRT monitor (but not flat screen), which the guitar amp effect would make worse. (does anyone still have CRT monitors?)
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seenky
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Re: audio bleed whilst recording guitar?

Post by seenky » Sun May 22, 2011 11:12 am

Cheers guys,

Not sure what you mean with regards to the monitor, I'm using a macbook pro so I guess that shouldn't be an issue.

If it is the fact that it's just cheap interface, I'm assuming opting for a higher end piece of equipment should stop it, right? Also, it may be a stupid question but if I go for a higher spec firewire A/I will this improve the general audio quality?

Sorry if these seem like dumb questions, after years of using 4 tracks etc. I'm pretty much a plug in and go type of fella so I haven't really considered the techy side of things too much in the past!
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Re: audio bleed whilst recording guitar?

Post by spookydirt » Sun May 22, 2011 5:51 pm

seenky wrote:Cheers guys,

Not sure what you mean with regards to the monitor, I'm using a macbook pro so I guess that shouldn't be an issue.
in which case, ignore what i said about the monitor ;-)
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