Acoustic Guitar with Octa Capture and X1 Producer: Low input
Hello,
I just upgraded to Sonar X1 and have paired it with the Octa Capture. So far when I record vocals and my roland keyboard the sound is coming out great and I'm very pleased with my new set up. However, I am not able to get a good acoustic guitar sound. As a keyboardist, I know almost nothing about the best ways to record guitar. My guitarist has an acoustic guitar with a acoustic pickup (a d'addario that is placed in the opening by the strings). When playing through an amp live, it sounds great. However, through the recording set up the input is very low and it requires me to turn up the level on the Octa Capture to the max. So then I get a lot of white noise. Even maxed out, the levels in X1 are pretty low.
I am guessing the pickup is either cheap or not an ideal way to record acoustic. When trying to mic guitars in the past, I haven't had much luck either as the placement seems difficult and the sound is flat. Any suggestions on how to get a rich acoustic guitar sound without hiss/white noise?
Thanks!