> 2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
