Re: [LAU] how record electric guitar?

2009/4/7 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola(a)gmail.com>om>: > 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 >>

>> 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. >>

>> 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). >> >>