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frank5o
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2005/10/06 17:38:26 (permalink)

micing guitar

Is micing my amp gonna give me good sound quaility? Granted that I have the right equipment. Right now I am going from the line out on my amp to the mic in on my computer. (Should I be using the line in instead?) My current set up dose not give me a really good sound, its just decent for a demo.
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    Dazed
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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/06 18:58:30 (permalink)
    Hmmm are you eq'ing your guitar track???

    I use my line out on my amp to line in on my sound card and I can get any tone I want by changing the eq or adding effects.

    You can mic your amp but you need a decent mic. If you are doing straight recording I would get a Large Diaphgragm Condenser mic. Great for vocals as well. If you are doing any live shows, you may want to look at a Shure SM57. The Shure will work for either but the LD will give you a warmer sound imho.


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    frank5o
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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/06 20:32:36 (permalink)
    First off I'm going from my amp to the mic in on my sound card, is that diffrent then line in.

    right now my clean sounds are OK but my dirty sounds ( from amp ) just don't sound like they do from the amp by it self, thats why I was thinking about micing.
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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/06 20:50:51 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: frank5o

    First off I'm going from my amp to the mic in on my sound card, is that diffrent then line in.

    right now my clean sounds are OK but my dirty sounds ( from amp ) just don't sound like they do from the amp by it self, thats why I was thinking about micing.



    Yes I read that in the first post that is why I mentioned that I used Line-Out to Line-In :).

    Check your levels on the distortion. Make sure you are not hitting red on your meter.

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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/07 11:37:43 (permalink)
    You should be going line out to line in (not mic in). Also, depending on your amp, yeah, you'll get better sounds if you mic it. Granted, the room you are recording in will play a big part in the overall sound.

    Standard method is a sure SM-57 dead center to the cone with the mic nearly touching the speaker cloth. I'd say about 85% or more of all albums ever recorded are done that way. You can start messing with mic placement (move it closer to the edge, angle it, mic the back if it's an open back cabinet, etc.).
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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/07 18:48:05 (permalink)
    There are a few good threads in the techniques forum on this topic. I think the pros are more all about micing the amp (I read Jimmy Page mic'd in many, many places all over the sound room to get the fullest sound possible.)
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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/12 10:44:24 (permalink)
    thanx guy for the help. Heres were I am now, I hooked up my amp into the line in on my sound card. I am useing a 1/4" to 1/8" STEREO adapter. If the plug is fully ingaged or all the way in the signal is very weak, and unuseable. But I started toying with it, and found that if I pull the plug out on the sound card side about a 1/4", I get a strong and good sounding signal. Weird huh. I'm assuming doing so makes the signal or plug in mono. Am I just useing the wrong plug adapter? Anyway, eventualy I'm gonna graduate to useing a mic.
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    RE: micing guitar 2005/10/13 11:39:19 (permalink)
    Yeah, you should be using a mono adapter, but by using a stereo adapter part-way out, it's the same thing...just not as securely plugged in, so be careful you don't bump it and have it fall out during a take!

    You really would get a much better sound if you mic'ed your amp instead of lining out of it.
    Lining out, even with onboard cabinet simulation (on amp) gives a very ratty sound that needs much EQing.
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