Comments on: Recording Electric Guitar http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/ Home Recording Blog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Milan http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-1005 Milan Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:08:48 +0000 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-1005 i have i little problem...i have a amp Vox AD50VT 212...but i have a realy bad microphone...so...i conect line out with my PC with classic guitar cable smth like this http://www.zzounds.com/item--WHREGC20 and with smth like this http://www.amazon.com/ARISTA-16-098-6-3mm-Headphone-Adapter/dp/B00009V6QB%3FSubscriptionId%3D14H876SFAKFS0EHBYQ02%26tag%3Dhubpages-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00009V6QB and i have a problem because i heard guitar just on left speaker... i think that is a mono sound not stereo... how i can make stereo sound from my amp... sorry for bad english i have i little problem…i have a amp Vox AD50VT 212…but i have a realy bad microphone…so…i conect line out with my PC with classic guitar cable smth like this

http://www.zzounds.com/item–WHREGC20

and with smth like this

http://www.amazon.com/ARISTA-16-098-6-3mm-Headphone-Adapter/dp/B00009V6QB%3FSubscriptionId%3D14H876SFAKFS0EHBYQ02%26tag%3Dhubpages-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00009V6QB

and i have a problem because i heard guitar just on left speaker… i think that is a mono sound not stereo… how i can make stereo sound from my amp…
sorry for bad english

]]> By: Matti http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-705 Matti Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:49:59 +0000 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-705 Hi Great blog, thanks for the Sonar tips. If I'm recording at low amp volumes with a mic I need a pre-amp into the computer. The problem with recording at loud volumes is, if you don't have a dead silent isolation booth, monitoring the true sound of your to be recorded guitar. You also have to crank up the other tracks so loud that it becomes impossible. I'll record guitars using Amplitube and then, when I'm happy with the performance, run the dry signal out to my miced-up amp and then record it back into Sonar. Hey, regards to all and keep on rockin. Hi

Great blog, thanks for the Sonar tips.

If I’m recording at low amp volumes with a mic I need a pre-amp into the computer.

The problem with recording at loud volumes is, if you don’t have a dead silent isolation booth, monitoring the true sound of your to be recorded guitar. You also have to crank up the other tracks so loud that it becomes impossible.

I’ll record guitars using Amplitube and then, when I’m happy with the performance, run the dry signal out to my miced-up amp and then record it back into Sonar.

Hey, regards to all and keep on rockin.

]]> By: cam http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-491 cam Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:31:57 +0000 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-491 hi, how do i set my computer and sonar up nicely for a good guitar recording through a mic. and also, what about plugging straight into the computer and using sometihng like amplitube 2? hi, how do i set my computer and sonar up nicely for a good guitar recording through a mic.
and also, what about plugging straight into the computer and using sometihng like amplitube 2?

]]> By: Dave http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-432 Dave Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:45:19 +0000 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-432 Ben, those are exactly the sort of internet myths this article was written to dispel. In fact, these days I often find myself turning the master volume down. It sounds a little tighter and more in-control that way. Ben, those are exactly the sort of internet myths this article was written to dispel. In fact, these days I often find myself turning the master volume down. It sounds a little tighter and more in-control that way.

]]> By: Ben http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-431 Ben Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:42:23 +0000 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-431 You say that good guitar tone can be had at bedroom levels...while this may get you good tone, great tone comes from both pre-amp tube AND power tube distortion, as well as some speaker distortion. There is no way to get the smooth, creamy distortion out of a guitar amp without cranking it up all the way. You may get some good tone, but it won't be as good as it could be. Isolation booths/rooms/boxes are one solution, as is a power attenuator, but you won't be able to get speaker distortion with the attenuator. You say that good guitar tone can be had at bedroom levels…while this may get you good tone, great tone comes from both pre-amp tube AND power tube distortion, as well as some speaker distortion. There is no way to get the smooth, creamy distortion out of a guitar amp without cranking it up all the way. You may get some good tone, but it won’t be as good as it could be.

Isolation booths/rooms/boxes are one solution, as is a power attenuator, but you won’t be able to get speaker distortion with the attenuator.

]]> By: Third Take » Amps on the Floor http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-369 Third Take » Amps on the Floor Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:28:18 +0000 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/05/recording-electric-guitar/#comment-369 [...] previously mentioned the trick of getting a guitar amp off the floor to minimize the early reflections the microphone [...] [...] previously mentioned the trick of getting a guitar amp off the floor to minimize the early reflections the microphone [...]

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