sound quality (guitar and drums)
sound quality (guitar and drums)
I am trying to record into live guitar and drums. I use an M-audio audiophile usb interface and a mixer. The sound qulaity of the guitar espically isnt very good..are there any tricks with editing or something to make better qulaity stuff on it? and any way to organize parts with live like verse chours intro ect. I tried doing it but there was this pause between switching from the differnt parts causing it not to flow..any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you Screen name is ReFuSeD LcD if you would rather converse with me there for more tips thanks. if not just post here.
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spiderprod
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the best is to record at your highest sample rate.
if you are recording an electric guitar , you need a DI box (direct injection) or a good mic if you record the sound of the speaker/acoustic or drums. i tend myself to compress before going to the mixer but this is up to you if you want to compress before or after.
also a reverb makes the sound less digital.
if you are recording mono from your guitar. try to make 2 takes & assign them to left & right.
for the pause beetween your track , i don't really know what you do when you record so i can really knoe your problem.do you corect the latency you record?
if you are recording an electric guitar , you need a DI box (direct injection) or a good mic if you record the sound of the speaker/acoustic or drums. i tend myself to compress before going to the mixer but this is up to you if you want to compress before or after.
also a reverb makes the sound less digital.
if you are recording mono from your guitar. try to make 2 takes & assign them to left & right.
for the pause beetween your track , i don't really know what you do when you record so i can really knoe your problem.do you corect the latency you record?
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noisetonepause
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If you're plugging your guitar directly into the mixer, it'll sound wank. You'll need either a DI box/line driver/high impedance ("Hi-Z") pre amp or an amp modeller such as the VOX Valvetronix or an amp to mic up and/or direct inject via a line out, preferably with speaker emulation.
If you're using the line out of an amp and it sounds bad, you might need a DI box, such as the little red Hughes & Kettner one.
If you're recording an amp and it sounds bad, provided that the sound of the amp in the room is good, you either need a better mic or a better miking technique.
Hope this helps - your post is a little vague, though, what exactly do you mean by 'bad quality'?
-Paws
If you're using the line out of an amp and it sounds bad, you might need a DI box, such as the little red Hughes & Kettner one.
If you're recording an amp and it sounds bad, provided that the sound of the amp in the room is good, you either need a better mic or a better miking technique.
Hope this helps - your post is a little vague, though, what exactly do you mean by 'bad quality'?
-Paws