Re: [LAU] how record electric guitar?

> 2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to record electric guitar chord progression. I've an:
>>
>> - epiphone les paul
>> - little amp, orange 30r
>> - maudio dmp 3 preamp
>> - shure 58a beta
>> - mic stand
>>
>>
>> What do you prefer, preamp of mic in front of amp?
>>
>> How do you manage the gain and eq?
>> - guitar
>> - amp
>> - preamp
>> - ardour
>>
>>
>> How do you mix it?
>> I've read that it is useful to use an low-pass filter, some compression
>> and EQ.
>> What are good plugins on GNU/Linux for this?
>> What goes pre- and what postfader?
>> porl sheean wrote:
>>
>>> definitely use the amp/mic, unless you are after a specific 'dry' tone
>>> (i have done it in the past, but it is very obvious that the electric
>>> guitar is plugged in directly). i guess it depends on what type of
>>> music you are playing. anything bluesy or rocky will definitely need
>>> the amp. you may get away with an amp sim, but i haven't found one i
>>> have liked enough to use for real
>>>
I like to have a bit Jazzy sound.
>>> as for the other questions, again, it depends on the sound you want.
>>> as a basic guide, get the sound you want from the amp and guitar
>>> first. without a good sound here it is pointless continuing. once you
>>> have that, then the gain for the pre and ardour should both be set as
>>> high as possible without clipping. leave a little bit of headroom, as
>>> most people will play slightly louder when recording than when
>>> checking levels.
>>>
Sound load as possible, but I got three ways to manage loudness, guitar,
amp, preamp...
I also got some crisping sounds in Ardour. You can also see it on the
visual waveform, it has some
vertical lines on top and bottom, like: ||| | || |||| | |
People say additional sounds are often an problem with guitar, but is
this normal?

>>> eq is something you will get many different opinions on. generally
>>> (unless i'm going for something specific) i like to use eq as little
>>> as possible, just taking out parts of the sound that are clashing with
>>> the rest of the mix (like lowering the bass range to remove rumble
>>> when you are mainly playing in a higher register etc) or boosting
>>> *slightly* parts of the sound i want to emphasise (this is very easy
>>> to overdo, so be careful - otherwise you will get an artificial
>>> headache sounding song).
>>>
>>>
And maybe the room accoustics does matter? I have an 3-4-4m. clean room
(no much curtains etc.).

\r
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Received on Tue Apr 7 16:15:01 2009