[LAU] how record electric guitar?

[Grammostola Rosea]

Cassiel wrote:
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>     >     Cassiel wrote:
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>     >     > 2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
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>     >     >     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?
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > I would not use a preamp, unless it's a tube preamp or you
>     don't
>     >     have
>     >     > a mixing console
>     >     I have only an preamp maudio dmp 3. It also has two knobs/
>     functions
>     >     e.g, Hi/lo gain range and Low cut 75 Hz, dunno if I should use
>     >     those...
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > According to your style and preferences in using the handle or
>     bridge
>     > pickup (I don't like middle position) I would use EQ instead of low
>     > cut, just be careful with your amp eq and keep away rumbles.
>     >
>     How do you set your guitar? E.g. there are I think two knobs per
>     humbucker on my Les Paul, one for loudness and one for tone or reverb?
>     Turn the second on or off?
>
>
>
>
> The one and only general rule I can suggest is: when your amp sounds 
> your recording will too... with 0.05% confidence level (apologize, I 
> am statistician :-) )
>
And you're using R-project???

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